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All the google and Microsoft ‘apple wannabe’ products seem like such hollow efforts, but maybe especially google. I wouldn’t be surprised if it all goes the way of Zune.

blastdoor said:

All the google and Microsoft ‘apple wannabe’ products seem like such hollow efforts, but maybe especially google. I wouldn’t be surprised if it all goes the way of Zune.

I don’t know. There will always be a market for those who prefer cheaper products instead of quality and features.

fred1 said:

blastdoor said:

All the google and Microsoft ‘apple wannabe’ products seem like such hollow efforts, but maybe especially google. I wouldn’t be surprised if it all goes the way of Zune.

I don’t know. There will always be a market for those who prefer cheaper products instead of quality and features.

Have you visited the Google store?
https://store.google.com/us/category/connected_home?hl=en-US

Just like there's no Google equivalent for some of Apple's first-party products there are first-party devices Google can offer but Apple doesn't: 
 - Smarthome products like smoke and CO2 alarms
 - Networking devices such as routers and mesh systems
 - Security products from cameras to doorbells
 - Countertop displays for home control and media streaming. 
 
Those are hardly me-too copycat products. 

gatorguy said:

fred1 said:

blastdoor said:

All the google and Microsoft ‘apple wannabe’ products seem like such hollow efforts, but maybe especially google. I wouldn’t be surprised if it all goes the way of Zune.

I don’t know. There will always be a market for those who prefer cheaper products instead of quality and features.

Have you visited the Google store?
https://store.google.com/us/category/connected_home?hl=en-US

Just like there's no Google equivalent for some of Apple's first-party products there are first-party devices Google can offer but Apple doesn't: 
 - Smarthome products like smoke and CO2 alarms
 - Networking devices such as routers and mesh systems
 - Security products from cameras to doorbells
 - Countertop displays for home control and media streaming. 
 
Those are hardly me-too copycat products. 

I was only referring to the copycat products. I didn’t say everything offered by Google and Microsoft was a copycat product — that’s trivially obviously not the case 

fred1 said:

blastdoor said:

All the google and Microsoft ‘apple wannabe’ products seem like such hollow efforts, but maybe especially google. I wouldn’t be surprised if it all goes the way of Zune.

I don’t know. There will always be a market for those who prefer cheaper products instead of quality and features.

Yeah but that’s what the android and windows OEMs are for.