moirearty, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan Apple gets something like 20 billion dollars a year from Google for search inclusion. It would be a poor decision.

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@moirearty You know who else has endless money

Ash_Crow, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan wouldn't that just be replacing Google with Microsoft (who possesses 49% of OpenAI) from Apple's perspective?

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@Ash_Crow I would be looking to trade up frenemies right now

filmfreak75, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan not sure anything can kill Google at this point

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@filmfreak75 Respectfully, that’s what they always say. A gutted company with the Google name could stick around and YouTube will survive. For now. 😭

filmfreak75, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan plus ChatGPT isn’t real search — no LLM is

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@filmfreak75 I agree

filmfreak75, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan not that i use Google
anyway (DuckDuckGo type of
guy) other than gmail and YouTube and my gmail is via a third party app

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@filmfreak75 Same. I do use Drive a ton tho

filmfreak75, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan i started migrating from Drive to Apple and Proton but still use it for work stuff

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@filmfreak75 I should. Ugh. I hate this shit 😭

filmfreak75, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan for me and my workflow Apple storage and iWork moved a lot smoother

filmfreak75, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan bad leadership decisions will kill Google before another company — having the same CEO in charge of the supposed parent (Alphabet) and the division (Google) has not done either well

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

To be clear, Google Search is dying. Google is their biggest competitor and largest crutch (other than Samsung). OpenAI has a traditional search product coming and Apple’s current AI models look like a college project.

So I’m just following the thought to its logical conclusion here. I don’t care what direction capitalism chooses to collapse in. I do not write horny fan fiction about tech companies.

filmfreak75, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan Google is the cockroach of the business world

abimelex, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan Ever tried just using chat GPT instead of Google? It would be like asking some random dude that can tell you very convincing every BS.

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@abimelex They’re supposedly introducing a more traditional search product. Also, I didn’t say Apple was good.

huggydude, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan Jumping up and down to kill the evil that used to be worthwhile?

ryanhoulihan, 14 days ago

@huggydude I have no dog in this fight. I am poor and both would eat me

huggydude, 14 days ago

@ryanhoulihan Same. Let’s hope they all get broken up and are smaller and less likely to manipulate and control. But Google used to be known for “Don’t be evil” and clearly they don’t care any longer.