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You misunderstood the intent of the parent post. It's not to illustrate which companies are partnering, but to demonstrate the type of partnering we might be likely to see. You are missing the broader commentary, and only commenting on the immaterial, specific example they provided.

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Nope, I didn't misunderstand the intent. I pointed out the fact that Sonos is not a good example of a company that might partner exclusively or even mostly with Google, due to their "voice-and-cylinder-neutral" business model as well as the already-available integration with Amazon.

That's a well and fine point. However, by being unclear there is no indication that those companies are not partnering. That could be construed as propagating false rumors. It's not just the intent that is important, but how people are likely to perceive it.

I'm happy with that view and will state for the record that they weren't factual partnerships.

The transit companies were also arbitrary.

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