[111111101101]

I was interested. Clicked the try button and just another wait list. When will Google learn that the method that worked so well with Gmail doesn't work any more. There are so many shiny toys to play with now, I will have forgotten about this tomorrow.

[jwr]

And if you don't sign up quickly after your turn in the queue comes up, you might miss the service altogether, because Google will have shut it down already.

[_ink_]

And if you are from Germany you can't even join the list. First I needed to verify it is really me. Get a confirmation code to my recovery mail. Get a code to my cell phone number. And than all I got is a service restricted message.

[android521]

Google will die by its waitlist and region restrictions.

[miki123211]

The method absolutely does work, but you need loyal advocates who are praising your product to their friends, or preferrably users who are already knocking on your door.

[EugeneOZ]

They have a name for these people: Google Developer Experts (in reality: "Evangelists").

https://developers.google.com/community/experts

[IshKebab]

I assume they weren't intending to release it today, and didn't have it ready, but didn't want people thinking that they were just following in Github's footprints.

[bognition]

I already pay $20/month for Gemini, I clicked sign up and had access instantly.

[hawk_]

Offtopic but how does Gemini $20 compare to the equivalent ChatGPT?

[sagarpatil]

I signed up on the waitlist when it was announced, got my invite today.

[ldjkfkdsjnv]

They had to release something, openai is moving at blazing speed

[mirekrusin]

At the moment the only thing openai is doing at "blazing speed" is burning investors' money.

[-__---____-ZXyw]

Sounds like a meme. I just can't take the phrase "blazing speed" seriously anymore. Is this intended humorously? Or is it just me