[umanwizard]

The important part is not google vs alphabet, it’s the fact that their site will only be available for the Bay Area.

[jpster]

Exactly. For weeks people have been clamoring to get tested, including outside of the Bay Area. But whatever they’re launching will not help provide this in the short-term. That is the point.

[threeseed]

And that there isn't 1700 people working on it.

[tathougies]

Good point. The most important part of the speech is the number of engineers working on it. If we have 1699 it might not work but if only we could know we had 1700 then we would all be saved /s.

[threeseed]

Number of engineers is a sign of the scale and significance of the project.

[koheripbal]

initially.