I always try to counteract such comments with 2 arguments:ġ) it may not be news to you, but it's probably news for a lot of other people. They're usually made so the authors feel better about themselves, but they have a very negative effect on the rest of the community reading them as it gives them a sense of powerlessness. But there's not a single of their products I still like to use.Ĭomments that say 'this is not a surprise' have a strong subtext of 'I told you so' and 'I knew this all along, but you didn't', whether the author realizes it or not. They are pushing still impressive libraries and tools. I only use it for streetview, and still I'm appalled at how badly it has evolved. On Firefox it just misbehaves constantly. Maps (the website) used to be a game-changer in the past. I mean, google groups is rotten already on chrome, but just try it on firefox for the full experience.

Google knows this very well.Īlmost all the google websites, except google search, work badly on anything except chrome. At some point, you just give up because it's such a silly waste of time. Why even do this? The list of tracking settings that can be turned permanently on, but only temporarily off is ever growing. They do this in all their products, down to the point of intentionally crippling them.įor instance, since Android 5, the standard contact app doesn't allow you to modify a contact which is not synced with an account. Google has been downright evil for quite a while now.

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