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It may be a bad generalization since I imagine Google teams for different products don't have that much in common, but it seems to me that since some time Googl

by comboy 12y ago

It may be a bad generalization since I imagine Google teams for different products don't have that much in common, but it seems to me that since some time Google is pushing more forward and caring less about apps being reliable and bug-free. I've seen errors in inbox, in google music, and most annoying in google photos where I'm unable to access some of my albums (created stories were unavailable for me for about 2 weeks - I've checked almost every day, it's fixed now). I tried taking Google take out (downloading all of my Google data), but all I got was an e-mail that it failed to create it. And there's of course not much I can do, I'm simply out of luck (well I can google similar problems to see I'm not the only one and that others are also out of luck). I'm still a Google fan but I'm very dissappointed with this. Of course they can exist just fine if it works only for 99% of cases, but that's not the same brand that I knew.

kuschku 12y ago
And their new products are even far worse than advertised, for no real reason. for example compare http://i.imgur.com/IxwQwqk.png http://i.imgur.com/IxwQwqk.png with http://i.imgur.com/DrzdQKJ.png http://i.imgur.com/DrzdQKJ.png, it’s not like it would have been much work to implement this design, and it would have made it far nicer, but they didn’t do it. It seems like Google is trying to save on every end and while trying to not spend a single unnecessary penny, they butcher their services.
arenaninja 12y ago
Lollipop definitely feels like a beta release. As for features removed, it feels like this is Google's Windows 8. I had to download QuickPic to do what Gallery used to do (no-nonsense viewing of media stored on my device, no I don't want your cloud). A lot of text is gone and I have to do a web search to figure out what the icons mean and what I'm supposed to touch to do what I'm trying to do. Using my Nexus now requires me to read the manual. My e-mail went unsynced for days before I figured out how to manually sync it again. I bought a Nexus to avoid all the crapware, and now Google is churning out the crapware directly to my phone.
- gcb0 12y ago
  i had to use quickpic since nexus one, mostly because the stock gallery took some 3min to open when i had 1k images on the sd... sadly quick pic now has ton of "cloud" features. only a matter of time until i need an alternative

by comboy 12y ago

kuschku 12y ago

And their new products are even far worse than advertised, for no real reason. for example compare http://i.imgur.com/IxwQwqk.png http://i.imgur.com/IxwQwqk.png with http://i.imgur.com/DrzdQKJ.png http://i.imgur.com/DrzdQKJ.png, it’s not like it would have been much work to implement this design, and it would have made it far nicer, but they didn’t do it. It seems like Google is trying to save on every end and while trying to not spend a single unnecessary penny, they butcher their services.

arenaninja 12y ago

Lollipop definitely feels like a beta release. As for features removed, it feels like this is Google's Windows 8. I had to download QuickPic to do what Gallery used to do (no-nonsense viewing of media stored on my device, no I don't want your cloud). A lot of text is gone and I have to do a web search to figure out what the icons mean and what I'm supposed to touch to do what I'm trying to do. Using my Nexus now requires me to read the manual. My e-mail went unsynced for days before I figured out how to manually sync it again. I bought a Nexus to avoid all the crapware, and now Google is churning out the crapware directly to my phone.

gcb0 12y ago
i had to use quickpic since nexus one, mostly because the stock gallery took some 3min to open when i had 1k images on the sd... sadly quick pic now has ton of "cloud" features. only a matter of time until i need an alternative