The problem is that none of Google's products are unified into a fully used ecosystem.

For example with Apple they integrated everything together seamless into the OS - granted I am not sure if people are using their email app or calendar that often. But with AI they integrated it all together at least.

With Microsoft they benefit from their tight integration between Office suite, Outlook, teams (and calendar integration between outlook and teams is quite convenient) etc. They only have issues with consumer products as they are unable to achieve the same level of integrations as they achieve within the corporate - corporate Windows instances with laptops and stuff are corporate to Apple products for consumers. Microsoft does not have user facing products, but their enterprise solutions are nicely connected to each. And new services like Loop or Copilot are just naturally expanded on that.

But Google? I literally use Gmail but only for emails. Chrome for browsing but I have no integrations between Chrome and Gmail aside the account overall in my flow. They have their streaming service with Youtube Premium but it is not really that connected to overall other infra or services - unlike for example Apple, that is offering their Apple One subscription. App Stores? Google Play exists in its own universe that has no relation to other google services either. And that's without AI stuff.

There is something missing between google services.

I dunno. Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, Workspace. There’s a lot there that’s knit together. Compared to what, Safari, Pages and Messages? Teams, Word, and Outlook?

They all have their issues. Maybe the crux of it is chat. If your work is integrated into your chat — the day to day online social space — it’ll feel “integrated”

The difference is that people who use Android don't use ChromeOS for most of the part. Or ignore Workspaces altogether.

With Apple their are not going after Safari and whatever integration - they are embedding stuff into OS across the devices. It helps that they have their Apple One subscription and cloud drive integration. Also MacOS, iOS connectivity etc. Search across all your devices and files, analytics.

With Microsoft the whole Office 365 integration is extremely tight - share files, use analytics dashboard, integration with sharepoint, outlook and calendars and so on.

Just like with GCP and other Google's offerings - they are good separately and people are fine using them independently. But they don't work nicely together.