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Ars Technica | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 This week’s dead Google products: Google Podcasts, basic Gmail, and more!

A thrilling roundup of the things Google has killed this week.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/this-weeks-dead-google-products-google-podcasts-basic-gmail-and-more/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Ant_H1ll_47 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 I like Google Podcasts. Not super feature rich, but a good player none-the-less.
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Another3quenc | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 I liked Google Podcasts. I'm happy I didn't use it anymore or otherwise it would've been another loss after services like Allo and many more ...
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33641fb9 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 https://killedbygoogle.com/ Google cemetery is busy
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7e71518e | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 New in app purchases in Photos, relegating old tools like crop and resize no longer free with the app.

Also, endless nagging to turn on Google backups. And a new UI making it very difficult to find specific photos. 

F-Droid to the rescue.
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3be1b772 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 what I find sad is Google Suite is the only real alternative to the MS365 hegemony of sadness and mediocrity. But they do their damnedest to actively destroy the offering.