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I knew Google was "evil" long before then, but the biggest middle finger to me as a customer was dropping ActiveSync. Seriously, try to get Outlook to work with
by partiallypro 10y ago
I knew Google was "evil" long before then, but the biggest middle finger to me as a customer was dropping ActiveSync. Seriously, try to get Outlook to work with Gmail, it's a totally nightmare. Absolutely unnecessary in its complexity to get it to work (lots of buried settings in Gmail, lots of blocking your sign-ins, Calendar syncs only work one way.) I deplore Google Apps for Business, just a complete nightmare, unfortunately I'm stuck with it.
- beagle3 10y agoThat's not much different than dropping xmpp federation: Microsoft was charging them for the patent license on ActiveSync, AND attacking android at the same time. So Google dropped ActiveSync at the point in time when it hurt Microsoft most - WP8 release. Microsoft's response was "no no no, don't pay for ActiveSync but please keep it up" Historically, Google drops features when they don't make financial sense or when they give leverage/advantage to competitors.
- partiallypro 10y agoRight, now try setting up Outlook 2016 with Gmail. It has nothing to do with financial sense, they intentionally broke the functionality. That's anti-competitive. You can search for the various people having problems with it. If Microsoft had done what Google did, they'd have made the front news of major publications for being anti-competitive. Google is a darling, so they get away with murder. This is just a minor example.