> If you viewed it in reverse-chronological order, it actually looks like progress. You are far from alone: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-a

> If you viewed it in reverse-chronological order, it actually looks like progress. You are far from alone: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-... > … they're already in the sewer. Sadly they still don’t know it on this front https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/after-ruining-android-messaging-google-says-imessage-is-too-powerful/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/after-ruining-androi... Though at least on the payments front they are attempting to acknowledge reality instead of passing blame?https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-pay-hopes-to-recover-from-brutal-2021-with-new-leadership/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-pay-hopes-to-...