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With Google Chrome and this, Google essentially now has released Chrome OS for Mac. But I agree. If there only was some killer app for the web out there... I still consider them largely lightweight and usually feature-limited versions of native apps for Mac.

So Macs can run OS X, Windows, AND Chrome OS now? I guess a Mac really is the only computer you'll ever need. :D
 
No thanks. I just had to uninstall the google play app, it was messing my system up. Curse this Nexus 4 I'm stuck with. Time to get a new iPhone, but I'm holding out for the 6....
 
Google has a long and strong history of creating new projects, letting the public become dependent on them and then trashing the project, discontinuing it so you loose your functionality and data.

Avoid like the plague.

A bit like iDisk then? and @me.com email addresses?
 
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Google has a long and strong history of creating new projects, letting the public become dependent on them and then trashing the project, discontinuing it so you loose your functionality and data.

Avoid like the plague.

What? Wave and Reader? Those were the two biggies, and the whole reason they cancelled those was due to the fact there weren't enough people using them to justify their upkeep.

Most everything else they've cancelled weren't cancelled outright, but rather ended up being recombined with other services. And hell, everyone does that. Even Apple. Don't see why Google is so much worse here.
 
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Google has a long and strong history of creating new projects, letting the public become dependent on them and then trashing the project, discontinuing it so you loose your functionality and data.

Avoid like the plague.

You are totally right! Remember when Google pulled the plug on Android, Youtube, Gmail, Google.com, Chrome, Google Docs and the Nexus line of phones? I sure do and everything crashed and burned. I'm sure there are many more popular Google things out there that they destroyed much to the absolute horror of their users.

Freedom from choice is a better thing. :apple:

I hope that icon at the end of your post is a "Granny Sarcasm" or a "Mockery Delicious" apple.
 
Only a few things available right after a service launches? Shocking! Almost as if it takes times for the full suite to get ported over.

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If you don't think Apple does it, you're fooling yourself.

Note that I did not in any way, shape, or form defend what Google does.

Apple specifically has said it does not engage in this practice. Moreover, Apple's business model is much different then Googles.

Further, Google calls home repeatedly. This is especially bad when using Chrome, Little Snitch verified this. Moreover, it does it even when you delete its apps. I had to go into the terminal to get rid if Google tools that dialed home even when I had no Google apps on my Mac. Apple apps rarely call home.
 
a classic macrumors circle-jerk in here.

As a longtime iOS + web developer, I'm loving writing chrome apps. Only takes a slight adjustment from writing standard HTML5 webapps.

I write primarily internal-use enterprise apps, and deployment of cross-platform applications is a nightmare. chrome apps make it stupidly simple.
 
This is how Troy fell.

Funny you mention that. One of the "appeals" of OS/2 was that it could run Windows apps. The result was developers stopped bothering to develop for OS/2. Long term Google would love for everybody to develop Chrome apps not in addition to OSX/Windows but instead of OSX/Windows. Troy indeed.
 
Considering they are apps written by developers, I'm not sure how that is relevant.

Allow me to explain. Some of those developers already work for Google. If the app is very successful Google might buy it ... Google is a data collection company and I think it's a very good thing to keep both eyes wide open and think about the actual cost of their offers.

You must have trouble navigating the internet, huh?
Is it really that hard to join a discussion without childish remarks like this?
 
Google has a long and strong history of creating new projects, letting the public become dependent on them and then trashing the project, discontinuing it so you loose your functionality and data.

Avoid like the plague.
A bit like iDisk then? and @me.com email addresses?

And AppleWorks, and iDVD, and iWeb, and Bento… Anyone else?

I trust Apple more than I trust Google when it comes to the privacy of my personal information, but when it comes to unceremoniously dropping support for software and services, let's be honest here!
 
Allow me to explain. Some of those developers already work for Google. If the app is very successful Google might buy it ... Google is a data collection company and I think it's a very good thing to keep both eyes wide open and think about the actual cost of their offers.

Unless you use a program like Little Snitch and have a good eye for potentially obfuscated code (when you even have access to it) you can't be certain that Google isn't accessed at some point in the line. MacRumors.com for instance has a good 50kb of Ajax code running straight from Google's own servers; do you have any idea what it does or what data they are pulling?

You could drive yourself crazy following through on all this and you don't even know at what points they are taking data. I'm also not certain that they could get anything worthwhile out of an (webcentric) app than they already have; furthermore, if they were perusing your hard drive I doubt that nobody would notice.

On a separate note, you might enjoy reading Planet Google by Randall Stross. It's a quick read and it's very interesting (albeit a bit outdated, comparatively speaking).

Is it really that hard to join a discussion without childish remarks like this?

Sometimes, yes. Why do you ask?
 
Err... someone has it on their Mac already, hello.

So how do I get mine??? Where did they get the Gmail app??? I don't see it on Google App Store. :confused:




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They're already in the folder that this puts on your desktop post install. I downloaded the Keep app (great app btw) and everything was in there.
 
What's the difference between these "apps" and loading the url icon to the dock?

Better visibility, I guess. Before, you may have 1-2 google apps, depending on which met your needs. Now, you get to see the whole library of google apps, which increases the chance of you trying out the other apps tout weren't already using?
 
This may be nothing, or we will look back on this five years from now as the moment Google started beating the Mac.
 
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