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Google's missteps are someone else's opportunity. I use FastMail, NewsBlur, etc, all so I don't have to use Google. Vote with your wallet and choices. Use non-Google tooling whenever possible.
Yay, FastMail! I've been using them for going on three years with no end in sight. Gmail adds all the "cool" features but us old men appreciate not being told how to reply ...
Very surprised of general negative sentiment towards Stadia. Why is it like this? Because it's Google, the evil company? Seriously, if any startup launched it in its current state, people would be cheering and blaming it on a new tech/new challenges. But cause it's a very big corporation with top talent it means that they have to release top quality product every time? What the hell... I'm very excited about the proj…
A good model will be to start working on a new startup with a competing product as soon as google launches something. In couple of years when they shut down, provide migration paths. Swim in $$$.
Sunset Chasers™
Sorry, but pet peeve. Shutdown is not a verb. (should be "shut down") http://notaverb.com/shutdown
This does not cause ambiguity to anyone. Its a distinction in search of a non-existent problem. The dictionary will change to follow our usage on this one, and we will lose nothing. Compound words become closed all the time.
This sort of word does not become compounded in the way "rain coat" can become "raincoat".
There isn't a single example where the verb form of any of these, as a single word, is considered correct:
backup carryout checkout comeback cutover cutoff failover handout knockout lookup lockdown login logoff logon logout meetup meltdown pickup rollback rollout rollover setup showoff shutdown shutoff signin signoff signout signup slowdown startout startup takedown workaround workout
This makes me shed a solitary tear for Google Reader :'( And another solitary tear from the other eye for Google Inbox :,(
It was pretty nice to have some kind of dashboard when opening the browser.
A todo list, a calendar, emails, news, weather.
When it went away I tried some alternatives, but they weren't the same :/
Honestly, as soon as Google announces a new product, my first thought is to wonder how long until it is shut down. Google has completely lost my trust in relying on any of their products. Even when they come out and claim that this product will not be cancelled, for reals this time, pinky promise, etc. I simply can't believe them.
> Even when they come out and claim that this product will not be cancelled,
When has this happened?
Has Google broken its contracts?
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Maybe I'm crazy but I've never thought google had a good product team. Has there ever been a coherent vision for their collection of products? Edit: just to be clear. I'm not saying google doesnt have good products. I use and enjoy lots of them but for a long time it has seemed like even google isn't sure how all their products fit together. Perhaps that leads to weird forays into territories that don't fit which the…
Has a Google product ever been good? - Search (was once good, now just "marginally better than Bing") - Reader (was good, the highest profile victim of Google Death Syndrome)
Uhhh...
Maps? Mail? Pixel 2 and 3? Fi? Sheets?
Sure, their Cloud doesn't sell as much as Amazon's, but it's been praised as being a much more coherent product.
Not sure how anyone could argue that Google hasn't gotten it right several times.
My theory is this was a ploy to make use of idle cloud resources Google invested in for GCP. If that is the case I have much less fear of it just being shut down since its just gravy on top.
Honestly, as soon as Google announces a new product, my first thought is to wonder how long until it is shut down. Google has completely lost my trust in relying on any of their products. Even when they come out and claim that this product will not be cancelled, for reals this time, pinky promise, etc. I simply can't believe them.