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Google lays off hundreds in Assistant, hardware, engineering teams::undefined

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I appreciate how Google has replaced a bunch of the hands-free functionality with "just Google it, idiot." Worsening their catalog of services will hopefully encourage people to step away from them entirely.

Accessing or managing your cookbook

I vividly remember the image of a 2010s housewife bent over a counter, hands covered in dough, asking the ever-present Google Assistant for the next step in her recipe.

That's how they sold the Kitchen of the Future to us: Google would speak instructions aloud, rather than us illiterate women having to read the instructions off a handwritten 3x5 card.

RIP