Google only ever kills the services I use. I fucking hate Google more and more every year.
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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the services I use
I fucking hate Google
Looks like you need to deGoogle. I did.
RIP Google Reader. 😥
More to the point however, they're killing off the advertising arm of Waze because they're integrating it into the Google Ads department:
The company is moving Waze over to Google’s ads system, and that change will mean cuts at Waze in “sales, marketing, operations and analytics,” Chris Phillips, VP and GM of Google’s Geo unit, wrote in an email seen by the publication.
Since Waze was originally a separate app that was bought by Google, this is likely just killing off a redundant department. So unless the service you use is Waze's ads, this probably won't affect you too much.
Please start using Google SQL
Who decided on any_value(col HAVING MAX(sort_col)) vs max_by(col, sort_col)
RIP Google Reader. Feedly is nice, but I still liked my plain simple Google Reader
Dang, don't remind me.
Reader was sacrificed so they could prop up Google plus... What were they thinking
Damnit, why did you have to remind me about Google Plus.
Crap, and now I feel old remembering life before Google, and watching the rise/fall of so many google products.
Anyone else remember Infoseek? Where you could search within results to refine your search? Ah those were the days
I have a feeling we'll have the same nostalgic feelings about ChatGPT in the future - "Remember when AI was simple and didn't require an hourly subscription for advice on [XYZ topic]"
I'm surprised they kept it up and didn't just incorporate the back end into google maps.
Don't you dare shut it down!
For the longest time, I held on to Gmail, but honestly it’s been surpassed by Hotmail. The sweep feature is very useful in keeping the unread count down. Besides mail and search, I consider every other Google service temporary.
I used to love me some Inbox for Gmail.
How about some Google Wave? No? Just me?
I played Dungeons and Dragons on it! I cried because I lost all those adventures and dialogue between characters. I try to do the same with discord but it's just never been the same. It was truly innovative but that might just be a rose tinted view.
That was the shit
to be fair they bought waze years ago. i'm surprised that waze has lasted this long
Wait until you hear about Grand Central
It would be so neat for a federated Waze like platform built on ActivityPub, OpenStreetMap, and OpenRouteService. Anyone know of anyone doing anything like that?
I know it's due to role redundancy, but ever since Waze was pulled more closely under the Google umbrella, every change they make worries me.
It sucks I use Waze daily and I know maps is t going to have all the same features just like they promised Gmail would get everything from inbox