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by 0xsnowcrash 2414 days ago
Another typically badly explained Google product.

You arrive at one.google.com and all it says is something about your storage. Is that what it's all about?

Here's what it says in the Google Description (you have to Google what one.google.com is to find out what it does - hilarious!).

"Get expanded cloud storage, access to help from Google experts, and more benefits — in one simple plan that you can share with your family."

So, from this it's storage + experts + some mysterious other benefits - and it's about sharing it with your family.

Why don't they at least say that on their front page?! The reason, cos Google don't employ any decent usability experts.
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maest 2414 days ago
From what I can tell it's:

* extra storage (google drive + google photos + gmail).

* phone photos and contacts backed up (there's a Google One app)

* "access to experts"

* discount on google purchases in "Google Store" - so for Pixels and DayDreams? Does Stadia count?

* discount when booking hotels through google.

Super weird mix of features. The meat of the offering seems to be more storage.

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sundayedition 2414 days ago
I didn't get a discount on my stadia preorder, purchased in July. Of course, it hasn't shipped yet either and the originals release/delivery date was supposed to be the 19th iirc.
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pbhjpbhj 2414 days ago
>The reason, cos Google don't employ any decent usability experts. //

They must, surely?

It seems more likely to be the "one-button mouse effect" where leadership dictates something like "minimal interface" to be king and refuses to believe anyone could possible not understand their product?

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neogodless 2414 days ago
When I go to https://one.google.com/about (the default page) I see the tagline

> Expanded storage, access to experts, and more – all in one shareable plan

I see that they offer some discounts in Google stores and for hotels. I see that you can share the storage (and cost) with your family.

So overall 100GB for $20/year. Not completely awful, though I know plenty of people that use more storage for that just for photos.

Still, I'm thinking whatever you found on web search added little or no information to what's on the page that's linked.

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pps 2414 days ago
Maybe that's problem with your local version, in Polish I see everything described, page is quite long. There's also FAQ.
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