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Whoever sent this email should be reprimanded. The vast majority of recipients have never used this "product". The images will not be deleted when it's killed b

Whoever sent this email should be reprimanded. The vast majority of recipients have never used this "product". The images will not be deleted when it's killed because they actually reside in other products such as Blogger and will still be downloadable using Takeout[1], so approximately nobody needed to be notified. But now this is yet another PR cycle for the "Google kills everything" meme. [1] https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/7008270 https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/7008270

asciii 3y ago
> Whoever sent this email should be reprimanded. I have never heard/used this product. Maybe there were layoffs and no one cares...or an uninformed individual sent the mass email with short notice. Either way, very telling! Also bad press is good press, I guess?
- nocoiner 3y ago
  I got the email, thought, “huh, never heard of it.” Wasn’t curious enough to find out until I saw this post. Still didn’t understand what exactly this was or how I used it, so I clicked. 30% of the screen (on mobile) is a banner telling me I should be using chrome. Another 40% banner is telling me the site is going away soon soon soon. Another 10% is exhorting me to make connections with my account so others can see my (soon to be deleted) photos. And the remainder of the screen is an empty gray box, with no photos or other content, just gray as far as the eye can see (until you hit one of the aforementioned banners); all that remains in light gray letters is the text “Looks like you’ve reached the end.” A real modern day Ozymandias.
  - asciii 3y ago
    sounds nightmarish Though I’m not seeing what you describe on Safari with iOS 16.5
    - nocoiner 3y ago
      it was so bad, I actually took a screenshot and was going to post it, but I guess imgur doesn’t allow anonymous uploads anymore. Wonder how long that’s been the case. I’ll look for a decent looking photo host that’s not going to mercilessly exploit my metadata and edit and post the screed cap.
    - nocoiner 3y ago
      Ah, I guess I had to request the desktop site to be able to upload to imgur. If you still care, this is what I saw when I clicked the link in the email. https://imgur.com/a/31pSERB https://imgur.com/a/31pSERB For some reason, you may get a sensitive media age gate on that link? No idea why, it is entirely innocuous.
hotpotamus 3y ago
I got the email and was confused because I've never heard of it, but I see another comment in this thread that it's related to Picasa, which I certainly did use, and really liked. So this really just serves as a little salt on that old wound.
- acomjean 3y ago
  I too got the email and was confused. I thought all my photos went from Picasa to google photos… I actually thought the email might be someone trying phish me. Google seems to really need a change to management. I’m not sure what’s going on over there.
rhaway84773 3y ago
So many family members frantically texting me worried that their Google Photos are about to be deleted.
- the_af 3y ago
  And they have every right to be scared. I mean, Google is saying they are deleting something related to photos. Who knows what the hell it is, but it sounds scary. I still cannot figure out what exactly they are shutting down, and I'm computer savvy.
jstrong 3y ago
> But now this is yet another PR cycle for the "Google kills everything" meme. I mean, they earned their reputation, and then some.
captaincrisp 3y ago
> Whoever sent this email should be reprimanded. Even for the subject line alone. "An update to X" is a terrible summary in general but particularly for "We're deleting X".
SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
Apparently I sent two images to a friend in 2015 and they also ended up there. I have no idea how or why, nor do I care. Bizarre.
ekianjo 3y ago
Google is supposed to know everything about every of their users but they cant figure out how to send emails only to the ones concerned. Such epic fail
Rexxar 3y ago
I had one image added in 2013 in this service. No idea what this is exactly but the mail was indeed confusing.

asciii 3y ago

> Whoever sent this email should be reprimanded. I have never heard/used this product. Maybe there were layoffs and no one cares...or an uninformed individual sent the mass email with short notice. Either way, very telling! Also bad press is good press, I guess?

nocoiner 3y ago
I got the email, thought, “huh, never heard of it.” Wasn’t curious enough to find out until I saw this post. Still didn’t understand what exactly this was or how I used it, so I clicked. 30% of the screen (on mobile) is a banner telling me I should be using chrome. Another 40% banner is telling me the site is going away soon soon soon. Another 10% is exhorting me to make connections with my account so others can see my (soon to be deleted) photos. And the remainder of the screen is an empty gray box, with no photos or other content, just gray as far as the eye can see (until you hit one of the aforementioned banners); all that remains in light gray letters is the text “Looks like you’ve reached the end.” A real modern day Ozymandias.
- asciii 3y ago
  sounds nightmarish Though I’m not seeing what you describe on Safari with iOS 16.5
  - nocoiner 3y ago
    it was so bad, I actually took a screenshot and was going to post it, but I guess imgur doesn’t allow anonymous uploads anymore. Wonder how long that’s been the case. I’ll look for a decent looking photo host that’s not going to mercilessly exploit my metadata and edit and post the screed cap.
  - nocoiner 3y ago
    Ah, I guess I had to request the desktop site to be able to upload to imgur. If you still care, this is what I saw when I clicked the link in the email. https://imgur.com/a/31pSERB https://imgur.com/a/31pSERB For some reason, you may get a sensitive media age gate on that link? No idea why, it is entirely innocuous.

hotpotamus 3y ago

I got the email and was confused because I've never heard of it, but I see another comment in this thread that it's related to Picasa, which I certainly did use, and really liked. So this really just serves as a little salt on that old wound.

acomjean 3y ago
I too got the email and was confused. I thought all my photos went from Picasa to google photos… I actually thought the email might be someone trying phish me. Google seems to really need a change to management. I’m not sure what’s going on over there.

rhaway84773 3y ago

So many family members frantically texting me worried that their Google Photos are about to be deleted.

the_af 3y ago
And they have every right to be scared. I mean, Google is saying they are deleting something related to photos. Who knows what the hell it is, but it sounds scary. I still cannot figure out what exactly they are shutting down, and I'm computer savvy.

jstrong 3y ago

> But now this is yet another PR cycle for the "Google kills everything" meme. I mean, they earned their reputation, and then some.

captaincrisp 3y ago

> Whoever sent this email should be reprimanded. Even for the subject line alone. "An update to X" is a terrible summary in general but particularly for "We're deleting X".

SketchySeaBeast 3y ago

Apparently I sent two images to a friend in 2015 and they also ended up there. I have no idea how or why, nor do I care. Bizarre.

ekianjo 3y ago

Google is supposed to know everything about every of their users but they cant figure out how to send emails only to the ones concerned. Such epic fail

Rexxar 3y ago

I had one image added in 2013 in this service. No idea what this is exactly but the mail was indeed confusing.