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I'm waiting for AMP chat; I hear it's fast. /s
by mikeytown2 9y ago
I'm waiting for AMP chat; I hear it's fast. /s
- falcolas 9y agoAnd you can run it on any platform, so long as it's Google's. The best user choice since the color of your Model T.
- pasbesoin 9y agoAnd it will supplant Duo and Allo, that were/are supposed to supplant (or augment, or co-exist -- can't we all just get along?) Hangouts, that was supposed to integrate SMS and MMS, but bollocks. Anyway, I prefer my email to remain immutable after initial transmission. I don't need another Snapbookthingie... Which reminds me, Google: You already hosed search results with your first... or second, or third, buzzzzzz... big social, dynamic (comments) push, Plus. And almost nobody liked Buzz, nor the way you tried to shove it down our throats. Are you really going to take another stab at sabotaging one of your successful products -- this time, Gmail? You HAD a successful social platform: Reader. And you nuked it. You want "social" and "changing content"? Bring back Reader. Buy a clue.
- Spooky23 9y agoOne of my coworkers to this day was so upset by the Google Reader fiasco that he has not used any google service in any form since then.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoI was really upset by it too. I used to start my day with Google Reader the same way my dad used to start his day reading the newspaper. This was a crucial part of my morning ritual, and I trusted and relied on Google to maintain it for me. The sudden announcement that it would be taken away felt like a betrayal. It shattered my image of Google and made me completely rethink my dependence on them and seek out alternatives wherever I could.
- Spooky23 9y agoI agree. It was probably the single best social thing I’ve ever used. It was unique as it was actually social. Both my teams at work and family/friends used it as a way to comment on news and share stuff of interest. It was also a product of an earlier era where there was excitement over anything Google released. Google+ tried to capture many of the good parts of reader... but it was too forced.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoThe social aspect was the one part of Reader I never got. I don't think anyone I know uses RSS feeds outside of podcast subscriptions. I just liked that it was the only RSS reader I had ever found that just worked, and it synced my state as a bonus.
- Jhsto 9y agoAFAIK, Google Now, which is well baked into Android uses RSS feeds. It might not be that people subscribe to them manually, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who do consume content from RSS feeds through things like Google Now. I personally find it nifty to receive updates on blogs according to my search history.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoThose people aren't using RSS feeds in a way that would make something like Google Reader social for me.
- aerotwelve 9y agoI would love to move back to RSS for the sites I read regularly, but no one seems to offer RSS anymore...
- daveFNbuck 9y agoYou might try contacting the owners and requesting they add one.
- bsder 9y ago> You want "social" and "changing content"? Bring back Reader. But we can't blast you with ads via Reader. What's the point of that?
- y4mi 9y agouuh, they could've. they just didn't. its pretty easy to parse the content of an rss/atom feed and show targeted ads.
- lern_too_spel 9y agoAMP runs in any web browser. Bing serves AMP search results to Firefox.
- wowamit 9y agoAnd the offers the assistant delivers as ads will be extremely light-weight, signed off by Google-headed committee.
- therealmarv 9y agoSlack needs that! haha