Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams

Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by joering2 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:17AM (#24837546)

Knowing Google history in shutting down anything other than search, mail and maps, yes its a huge advantage. I was approach to use “Authenticator” app in new project and upon finding out its Google, I declined

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by Karunamon on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:52AM (#24837989)

Google authenticator is just TOTP. The whole "scan a QR code, type the number" thing will work with any client, not just Google's app.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by IshKebab on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:04AM (#24838147)

I'd say a VC-funded presentation startup is a fair bit more likely to shut down than one of Google's core products is.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by capableweb on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:09AM (#24838209)

One of Google core product? AFAIK, Google itself has _one_ core product, and only one, which is Ads. The rest are services meant to sell more ads, or get more user data so the ads are more effective.

Other products are usually spin out into their own companies and/or under Alphabet rather than Google.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by echelon on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:57AM (#24838048)

Google is never going to close slides or docs. Gsuite makes them enterprise money.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by capableweb on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:08AM (#24838200)

Don't be so sure. Yeah, G Suite makes them money, free Google Slides or Docs doesn't.

After seeing them close down a couple of services I never thought they would close down, I don't think anything "free" is off-limit right now. Especially depending on how the US/world economy goes.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by pgt on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @06:29PM (#24842962)

Would you bet on Google never closing Slides? I wouldn’t.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by echelon on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:10PM (#24844202)

I'll bet it's still here in ten years. Fifteen if there are no dramatic technological shake ups.

I know Google kills off stuff left and right, but Gsuite has huge penetration in business and academia. Slides are a part of that.

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