...but, why?

it's just for fun :)

I too have fallen out of love with my Mac for similar reasons. However I think once the ARM based platform is properly integrated it will change a lot of this.

cough BMW i3

And Audi A3, BMW 3 series etc.

The word model has similarity to the word ID

I’m not saying the number 3 is owned by tesla

A subtle response to the flat Earthers?

Reminded me of their first principle, and how well they did with that one: "Don't be evil"

Pretty well, all things considered.

3 antitrust cases in the EU (Shopping, Android, and Adsense), and a couple of FTC antitrust cases im the US (one of which Eric Schmidt lobbied away through Obama) say otherwise.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/18/google_had_obamas_e...

If that's supposed to be "our best", we're in trouble.

Antitrust isn't about committing a crime so much as competing so well that the the company sucks the oxygen from the room. Becoming a monopoly isn't evil. It's an excess of success.

It's the responsibility of government antitrust law, not Google, to 'un-distort' the playing field and resurrect competition / opportunity. No one expects a corporation to voluntarily give away marketshare to ensure it doesn't run afoul of antitrust law, just because the company also vowed not to be evil. A negotiated settlement with regulators is exactly where this kind of matter should lead; no crime done.

Yes, being a monopoly isn’t evil, leveraging monopoly position is.

Elaborate?

Well I’m guessing everyone will have a slightly different viewpoint, but my use of google services over the last 15? years has not had me feeling they’ve done anything evil to me.

Yes I’m sure they have a huge swell of data about me, but so far the use of that data has not caused me any suffering, or pain, or misfortune etc.

“Don’t be evil” is quite a poignant statement. If they were to say, “don’t do bad things” then I wouldn’t have quite the defence. But no, for at least me, a sample size of one, they have not been evil.

They’re only fighting the EU to maintain their horizontal integration against allegations of unfair competition.

I had one for two weeks and sent it back. The requirement to summon an app before asking your question is clumsy and really takes the "magic" out of the experience. I'm waiting for the Google Home to be available.

Critically lacking in both ecosystems, is the ability to handle multiple user profiles so that it can recognise who is asking the question and tailor the answer to that users schedule, travel etc.

> The requirement to summon an app before asking your question is clumsy and really takes the "magic" out of the experience. I'm waiting for the Google Home to be available.

TBH, GH is just a large speaker for your smartphone.

How will saying "Okay, Google" not be summoning the app?

I agree that a conversational interface will cut down on summoning the app.

Docker for OS X is using this, so not really that underappreciated.

I like the idea of a fish bowl on the desk! Where did you get that one from?

It's actually just a big vase :)

Money.

Just a guess.