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What do you do when you have a job interview that is scheduled as a Google Meet meeting? Or when a friend shares a Google Photos album of their newborn's pictur

What do you do when you have a job interview that is scheduled as a Google Meet meeting? Or when a friend shares a Google Photos album of their newborn's pictures? I guess you are a Google-avoider, so presumably you still have an actual Google account.

jrockway 5y ago
I think you can just talk to the person at the other end and ask for accomodation. I use Zoom for interviews, but if someone emailed me and was like "can we use Google Meet" I would be happy to change. Similarly, if someone texts me "I can't open that link to the photos you sent", I can just email them the photos. It's not really a big deal, and I don't think that your unwillingness to talk with your friends or business partners makes Google a public utility in a regulatory sense.
- SilverRed 5y ago
  >just talk to the person at the other end and ask for accomodation. And for almost every job position. They will tell you Meet is what they use and if that doesn't work for you, they are happy to cancel the interview.
- quadrifoliate 5y ago
  > I don't think that your unwillingness to talk with your friends or business partners makes Google a public utility in a regulatory sense I mean, the tautological definition is that the regulators will decide whether Google is a public utility, or perhaps too big and needs to be broken up (a question separate from this particular lawsuit). All of us are just on the sidelines discussing it, and perhaps trying to influence our elected representatives. The fact that courts and regulators are at least considering it does mean that there is some merit to the argument that it may not be practical to live Google-free these days. It's probably not just me being unwilling to talk to my friends and business partners.
caslon 5y ago
"What do you do when you have a job interview that is scheduled as a Google Meet meeting?" Unlikely scenario; the companies that overlap with my set of skills either have their own offering or use a libre one. I will admit, this might be harder for other people (my skills hover around RTC heavily). "Or when a friend shares a Google Photos album of their newborn's pictures?" My friends range from "Too young to be using a 'boomer' service like Google Photos" to "Too old to be doing anything technical that isn't just texting photos via SMS," and most of them in the 25-30 child-having age either also avoid Google or would just show the pictures in person. I don't live in the Valley, though, so this could be a regional thing. "I guess you are a Google-avoider, so presumably you still have an actual Google account." No, I don't. It never seemed necessary to me.
ipaddr 5y ago
If you need a google work account I guess choices need to be made. It is rare that hr wouldn't have another option available for the interview. But many employers use it. Newborn's pictures could be obtained another way if you were a close relatives or friends. If you are not close enough then the desire to see them decreases anyways. You always have the choice of creating a new google profile and disreguarding it later. Many have

jrockway 5y ago

I think you can just talk to the person at the other end and ask for accomodation. I use Zoom for interviews, but if someone emailed me and was like "can we use Google Meet" I would be happy to change. Similarly, if someone texts me "I can't open that link to the photos you sent", I can just email them the photos. It's not really a big deal, and I don't think that your unwillingness to talk with your friends or business partners makes Google a public utility in a regulatory sense.

SilverRed 5y ago
>just talk to the person at the other end and ask for accomodation. And for almost every job position. They will tell you Meet is what they use and if that doesn't work for you, they are happy to cancel the interview.
quadrifoliate 5y ago
> I don't think that your unwillingness to talk with your friends or business partners makes Google a public utility in a regulatory sense I mean, the tautological definition is that the regulators will decide whether Google is a public utility, or perhaps too big and needs to be broken up (a question separate from this particular lawsuit). All of us are just on the sidelines discussing it, and perhaps trying to influence our elected representatives. The fact that courts and regulators are at least considering it does mean that there is some merit to the argument that it may not be practical to live Google-free these days. It's probably not just me being unwilling to talk to my friends and business partners.

caslon 5y ago

"What do you do when you have a job interview that is scheduled as a Google Meet meeting?" Unlikely scenario; the companies that overlap with my set of skills either have their own offering or use a libre one. I will admit, this might be harder for other people (my skills hover around RTC heavily). "Or when a friend shares a Google Photos album of their newborn's pictures?" My friends range from "Too young to be using a 'boomer' service like Google Photos" to "Too old to be doing anything technical that isn't just texting photos via SMS," and most of them in the 25-30 child-having age either also avoid Google or would just show the pictures in person. I don't live in the Valley, though, so this could be a regional thing. "I guess you are a Google-avoider, so presumably you still have an actual Google account." No, I don't. It never seemed necessary to me.

ipaddr 5y ago

If you need a google work account I guess choices need to be made. It is rare that hr wouldn't have another option available for the interview. But many employers use it. Newborn's pictures could be obtained another way if you were a close relatives or friends. If you are not close enough then the desire to see them decreases anyways. You always have the choice of creating a new google profile and disreguarding it later. Many have