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I avoid using google wherever possible. Forget all the hate they get. Their customer service sucks making it harder to recommend any of their product. Then ther

by Gentil 3y ago

I avoid using google wherever possible. Forget all the hate they get. Their customer service sucks making it harder to recommend any of their product. Then there is the fact that they will just kill the product any time. If you are going to use google products, stick to dinosaur products like android, gmail etc. DO NOT EVER INVEST IN A NEW GOOGLE PRODUCT. It is just a matter of time before it disappears. This has become a joke. The last project I had hold my breath for was Project Ara. And I don't plan to do that again.

MisterBastahrd 3y ago
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- chiefalchemist 3y ago
  Yes, in this case that's it. However, that comment's emotion is driven by Google's fondness for eliminating products so quickly. Diatribe or not, this is how people are reacting to Google's "oh just kill it" habit. fwiw, it's not the only comment in this tread that's effectively called Google untrustworthy, and for good reason. Note: I'm not questioning your loyalty to Google; to each her/his own. However, there are others given Google's history who feel they've been "second time shame on me" too many times now.
  - MisterBastahrd 3y ago
    I don't have any "loyalty to Google." There are no options that are better for what I'm willing to spend and they consistently have a quality phone product. I recently switched my internet service to T-Mobile but their phone options are not up to snuff for what I'm willing to pay and their prices are $30 higher for the same level of service. It's not loyalty. It's economics.
wishfish 3y ago
The customer service is a potential killer for me. For a while, I was relying on Gmail. Then started seeing the horror stories of people losing their accounts with almost no recourse of getting them back. I realize the false-positive bans are probably just 1 in a million but that's still too big of a risk for something crucial like my main email. Moved everything to a personal domain.
spencercwood 3y ago
I really hope they don't kill Firebase, I love it so much for small pet projects...

by Gentil 3y ago

MisterBastahrd 3y ago

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chiefalchemist 3y ago
Yes, in this case that's it. However, that comment's emotion is driven by Google's fondness for eliminating products so quickly. Diatribe or not, this is how people are reacting to Google's "oh just kill it" habit. fwiw, it's not the only comment in this tread that's effectively called Google untrustworthy, and for good reason. Note: I'm not questioning your loyalty to Google; to each her/his own. However, there are others given Google's history who feel they've been "second time shame on me" too many times now.
- MisterBastahrd 3y ago
  I don't have any "loyalty to Google." There are no options that are better for what I'm willing to spend and they consistently have a quality phone product. I recently switched my internet service to T-Mobile but their phone options are not up to snuff for what I'm willing to pay and their prices are $30 higher for the same level of service. It's not loyalty. It's economics.

wishfish 3y ago

The customer service is a potential killer for me. For a while, I was relying on Gmail. Then started seeing the horror stories of people losing their accounts with almost no recourse of getting them back. I realize the false-positive bans are probably just 1 in a million but that's still too big of a risk for something crucial like my main email. Moved everything to a personal domain.

spencercwood 3y ago

I really hope they don't kill Firebase, I love it so much for small pet projects...