Gmail has stagnated so much, I can't believe it. Fastmail Web and mobile apps are 100x better (fast as hell, much clearer UI, no clutter, no ads…). Idem for Web

Gmail has stagnated so much, I can't believe it. Fastmail Web and mobile apps are 100x better (fast as hell, much clearer UI, no clutter, no ads…). Idem for Web search, I find Kagi so much better… I only use Youtube among all Google product nowadays, with lots of uBlock filters to make it simple (and remove all the crazy bad ads and recommendation). A few Google Maps search for location ratings (if only there was a review community for OrganicMaps…). I benefit somehow from AOSP through LineageOS but without any of the Google tracking and useless products' bundling. I hope my past investments don't make me too biases (shareholder from 2004 to 2012) but for the past decade, I feel like their products and services have become worse and worse. I wish more people could afford paid services like Fastmail and Kagi, I'm sure Google would try a little to compete and improve their apps. But I believe they'll have to die before they start doing more than passively exploiting their monopoly to passively generate profits from ads powered by big (never really consented) data collection. I wish.