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Firefox is really dying compared to Chrome but I honestly think this is going to cause it to rebound. People aren't going to be happy without uBlock and Ad Blo

Firefox is really dying compared to Chrome but I honestly think this is going to cause it to rebound. People aren't going to be happy without uBlock and Ad Block... Google has been REALLY dropping the ball in the last 2-5 years. What's a NEW Google product that you actually like (that they didn't acquire)? They literally CAN NOT build new products that people like. ... all their hardware products suck. New things like Google Allo exist for like a year and then they are killed. It seems like they give a half-assed attempt at creating new products as a way to keep skilled talent at Google rather than having them leave to work for Facebook or Apple. They're actually DECENT at large acquisitions but that's the only thing that's saved them. It's really a shame because Chrome is actually a GREAT browser but I won't use it without ad blocking. I've already migrated to Firefox on my phone and it's been pretty great so far. It also supports extensions on mobile which is huge!

fwip 7y ago
Their phones are pretty darn good.
klyrs 7y ago
> Google has been REALLY dropping the ball in the last 2-5 years. Nope, they're in the advertising biz now. They aren't so much "dropping the ball" as playing a ballgame (extremely well) that you dislike (because it's harmful and exploitative and destroys the tools you love). They're just a new microsoft. Or since they're in a particular phase of that development, let's say a new M$. Embrace, extend, exploit.
denton-scratch 7y ago
"What's a NEW Google product that you actually like" Robots that kill people? Come on, there are people that think that's cool.
NelsonMinar 7y ago
Not sure what you mean about Firefox dying; the software is the best it's ever been, relative to other browsers. The market numbers are still down though.
- mtarnovan 7y ago
  Product quality up, market share down. Doesn't sound good to me.
- StevePerkins 7y ago
  Well, OS/2 was the best operating system I ever used. But "life" is a matter of useage.
datguacdoh 7y ago
Google Photos is fantastic.
- deleted 7y ago
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- nyuszika7h 7y ago
  The free unlimited high quality storage is great, but as someone who just switched to iOS after many years with Android, the implementation of folders/albums is REALLY poor compared to iCloud. There's absolutely no mapping between folders and albums. If you sync your photos and don't organize them into albums manually every time, the folder structure is lost completely. Pretty much all Android apps will only let you pick images from folders. There's usually an option buried in the hamburger menu to pick images from Google Photos, but you can only see ALL your photos lumped together, no option to choose from an album. Sure, you can use the share feature in Google Photos, but that doesn't work if you need to use the image in a specific context, for example replying to a specific tweet. With iCloud this all works seamlessly, my only gripe is that album order does not appear to be synced and even if I reorder them on my device, many apps appear to list albums in creation order. But overall it's still better.
qes 7y ago
> What's a NEW Google product that you actually like (that they didn't acquire)?... It seems like they give a half-assed attempt at creating new products as a way to keep skilled talent at Google rather than having them leave to work for Facebook or Apple. What new products have Apple or, seriously?, Facebook created that you actually like? Pretty sure people aren't leaving Google for Apple & Facebook because they want to build good new products.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  How new are you talking about?

fwip 7y ago

Their phones are pretty darn good.

klyrs 7y ago

> Google has been REALLY dropping the ball in the last 2-5 years. Nope, they're in the advertising biz now. They aren't so much "dropping the ball" as playing a ballgame (extremely well) that you dislike (because it's harmful and exploitative and destroys the tools you love). They're just a new microsoft. Or since they're in a particular phase of that development, let's say a new M$. Embrace, extend, exploit.

denton-scratch 7y ago

"What's a NEW Google product that you actually like" Robots that kill people? Come on, there are people that think that's cool.

NelsonMinar 7y ago

Not sure what you mean about Firefox dying; the software is the best it's ever been, relative to other browsers. The market numbers are still down though.

mtarnovan 7y ago
Product quality up, market share down. Doesn't sound good to me.
StevePerkins 7y ago
Well, OS/2 was the best operating system I ever used. But "life" is a matter of useage.

datguacdoh 7y ago

Google Photos is fantastic.

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nyuszika7h 7y ago
The free unlimited high quality storage is great, but as someone who just switched to iOS after many years with Android, the implementation of folders/albums is REALLY poor compared to iCloud. There's absolutely no mapping between folders and albums. If you sync your photos and don't organize them into albums manually every time, the folder structure is lost completely. Pretty much all Android apps will only let you pick images from folders. There's usually an option buried in the hamburger menu to pick images from Google Photos, but you can only see ALL your photos lumped together, no option to choose from an album. Sure, you can use the share feature in Google Photos, but that doesn't work if you need to use the image in a specific context, for example replying to a specific tweet. With iCloud this all works seamlessly, my only gripe is that album order does not appear to be synced and even if I reorder them on my device, many apps appear to list albums in creation order. But overall it's still better.

qes 7y ago

> What's a NEW Google product that you actually like (that they didn't acquire)?... It seems like they give a half-assed attempt at creating new products as a way to keep skilled talent at Google rather than having them leave to work for Facebook or Apple. What new products have Apple or, seriously?, Facebook created that you actually like? Pretty sure people aren't leaving Google for Apple & Facebook because they want to build good new products.

saagarjha 7y ago
How new are you talking about?