Google, the new Microsoft!

▲ cryo32 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think this is just the default endgame of large corporates which suck up large quantities of customers. They are a race to the bottom and you end up with service by footgun. My own company is responsible for doing this in our sector. Literally every technology decision favours automation over verification because it's cheaper to say sorry than do it right.

▲ christophilus 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’m no Microsoft fan, but they are pretty good at long term support of enterprises. Way, way better than Google from what I can tell.

▲ raverbashing 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Amazon played AWS from day 1 as if they were the runner-up (and in a sense they were), and while it does look like it's day 2 there, they are not letting the momentum down

Microsoft might have technical warts but commercially they are strong and Azure is a lot of times bundled with other services and you know you can get someone on the phone if needed

Google has... ?

	▲	wiether 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		`> Google has... ?` A spot in the Top 3, and is neither Microslop nor AWS. At least that's my understanding from discussing with people praising GCP. Let's say you want a big cloud provider, but you don't want Azure because of Microslop's old and recent history, and you don't want AWS because it's the default cloud provider. You're left with GCP. And many people are stuck in the 00's, and still believe Google is the cool kid crushing the boring old corporations.
	▲	rescbr 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Google has... ? former Oracle salespeople

▲ redwood 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Honestly they really are starting to look that way. Total opinionated Walled Garden that's against an open and thriving ecosystem. Unlike Microsoft the technology is not yet garbage but I hope this isn't where they're going to end up

	▲	pesus 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It sure is heading towards being garbage, though. Search is actively being degraded in favor of a barely functioning AI, and I'm sure it's not going to stop there. Seems like it was inevitable once ad/finance people got ahold of the company.