Ever wondered why we often praise Google but can't stand Facebook? It all boils down to value exchange. This video dissects why Google's free tools and innovation earn our grudging respect, while Facebook's data collection without apparent 'give back' sparks widespread disdain. Plus, a peek into the harsh realities of product profitability in the tech world. #TechTalk
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If we didn't have Google circles then we probably wouldn't have V3. I think a lot of the good things that we know about the internet today we are in a way owe it to Google. They figured out the how AdSense works in general. They were not the first uh search engine but they were the kind of like the first who figured out how can we be profitable and just grow and they figured it out using you know AdSense. So I know we all hate ads but at the same time we have YouTube which is like amazing right? I I think we might hate Google or like I don't but a lot of people might hate Google for a few reasons. One is collecting data, but at the same time they give something back, right? They have a lot of free tools you could argue that are really good for humanity and it's really hard to argue against it like YouTube. But with Facebook, they collect your data, they sell it just like how Google does it, but they don't return anything really good, you know, to humanity. M they give you Facebook which is uh used to make you angry. They give you Instagram to kill a lot of your time. They give you WhatsApp they collect your data. So, Facebook is hated because of that and also because Mark has multiple times like tried to sell us something else like the idea of that he's pro privacy and that they are not you know misusing data and we've seen again and again and again that he just doesn't truly care. Yeah, that's so true. Google are giving back whereas Facebook do not seem to give anything back much at all. There is another reason why people don't like Google that much and that uh also something that Google doesn't give back. It's that they kill products because it's it's not profitable or you know whatever not their focus. You don't see that with Apple. That's why you you don't see like new tools that you try and then you know get killed. I hate to sound like the capitalist pig that I am, but if it was your money and you were paying for server usage and you were inevitably losing money on a product and it was like so you're you have to support this product just cuz you release it, you have to support it. Like this is just the way the world works and if it was your money you would you would kill off these products as well, you know. And if they didn't have those, they wouldn't have the evolution. If we didn't have Google circles, then we probably wouldn't have V3. Bit of a stretch there, but you know what I mean. But no, I I completely agree. I understand. Like, if it's not profitable, they got to kill it. This is part of a larger conversation on my show, Command AI, which we stream live every single week. We discuss the news and all things related to AI in the world of design and web. Catch us next week and join in the banter.
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