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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
It really is. It's clear that Google has invested heavily into research and development, which is very nice to know. It's also nice to know that their development doesn't seem to be solely driven by greed but also the betterment of productive society -- if only in a small part.

I feel as though, this time I've backed the right horse, and I have very high confidence purchasing a Google device. I would not even consider a Nokia/MS/Apple device due to a history of crappiness and/or planned obsolescence.

It's astonishing that they receive so much flack for it from the vocal members of the community. I think many of the vocal members of the community suffer from underdog syndrome and when something becomes too popular it also becomes undesirable.
Agreed. I didn't even mention all the efforts Google has put into solar power development, wind power development, oceanic power development, self-driving vehicles (which I'[m absolutely SURE will be very fuel efficient by nature and will be extremely welcomed by the obnoxiously busy commuters that love to talk on their cell phones, eat, drink, shave and read the paper while driving as well as the senior citizens who will welcome the assisted driving, even if not full self-driving) in addition to what you mentioned about the Google Maps with Navigation contribution to commute fuel savings.

Nokia, at its best, managed to succeed at improving only the tiniest iota of something that many companies before it had already pioneered: making cell phones.

It's nice to see a company that is being run by engineers and inventors, not top-heavy management and fattened bureaucrat executives hiding behind "Finnish culture" as an excuse. Worse, they denigrate Finland by claiming as much.
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