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> Are Google products getting worse? Yes. But _why_ is a better question. I'd attribute it to their killing off their best products [0], but they even slow dow
by devenblake 6y ago
> Are Google products getting worse?
Yes. But _why_ is a better question. I'd attribute it to their killing off their best products [0], but they even slow down the products they have [1].
Also - why would you keep using their products given that it's common knowledge that Google is anti-consumer in practice? The days of "don't be evil" are unfortunately behind us.
[0]: https://gcemetery.co/ https://gcemetery.co/
[1]: https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_allowance/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_a...
- whimsicalism 6y ago> why would you keep using their products given that it's common knowledge that Google is anti-consumer in practice? For the same reason I'd keep renting from a landlord who let me rent for free, even if they were anti-tenant.
- quacked 6y agoCorrect. Google products used to be free, and noticeably better than the competition. Now they're just free.
- roughly 6y agoWhat if they had a camera in every room watching you? What if they were constantly in your living room pushing crazy politics on you? What if they refused to fix or do maintenance on the property, or they started removing rooms from the house? What if they went to great pains to prevent you from removing anything you owned from the house? Free can be surprisingly expensive in the long term.
- scsilver 6y agoLets say they did, I still havent found a better payed alternative.
- notRobot 6y ago> why would you keep using their products... Because the only realistic alternative is iPhones and those come with their own set of issues w/ not allowing sideloading, root, etc.
- entropicdrifter 6y agoYeah, at that point it comes down to "Do you want to own your product? Or would you prefer slightly less anti-consumer practices on some other levels?"