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Anon thinks about Google (programming.dev)

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[–] user134450@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

https://xkcd.com/1361/
't was just a matter of time.

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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mate, I haven't forgiven them for google reader.

They killed my boy.

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[–] Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Bring back Google Wave, goddammit!

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[–] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Not even gmail.. They turned that to shit years ago.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

All it should be is a goddamn mailbox. Instead it's now an ad-fueling chunk of spyware that has fucking social media bullshit built into it. I started paying for Proton and have been emptying my Google crap

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[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What have Google developed inhouse that’s good since Gmail?

Android and YouTube were both acquisitions.

[–] Eiim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hm, 8.8.8.8? That was 5 years after Gmail.

Docs, Sheets, and Slides were all acquisitions. I guess Drive and Forms are good.

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Google has one of the biggest data/ad empires on the planet and is doing just fine lol

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that's part of the reason they tend to fail in other areas: it's just not important enough to them except for the data it generates for thier ads.

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[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't feel like Chromebooks are all that bad. Especially if the other option is limited capacity computer rooms. I imagine the restrictions of a Chromebook would be similar to the limitations imposed by the IT department.

[–] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

It's good if you need to protect and restrict a large group of computer illiterate people with low needs for applications or power.

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[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've been using Google voice for almost 20 years it's wonderful

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[–] electricprism@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Gmail is ass. Dump it.

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[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Don't tell them about Gmail, they forgot ruining it. Don't wake sleeping dogs.

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