February 28th, 2021


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Google makes no sense

I'd like to dedicate this episode to Google. Google is probably the most important company in the tech industry. The Google search engine has such a monopoly that people call using a search engine 'Googling'. And they kindly share their smartphone OS duopoly with Apple. You'll also know them for Youtube, Gmail, Google Drive, Chrome, and more. They are great at turning all their services into a monopoly and canceling unsuccessful ones after 2 months.


I don't need to be some kind of economic expert to know that Google is the most scummy company that is possible. And more people need to address this. Google rarely adds any improvements to their products, and if they do they'll suck. Google doesn't care about its users, they only care about expanding their monopolies. YouTube has added Stories and now Shorts, both essentially the same thing. The only reason they did so is to compete with Tiktok. This way they try to make YouTubers avoid Tiktok and stay on the platform that they already have a following on. Sure, Youtube is a child Company of Google, but the tactics remain the same. For example, Chrome rarely gets new features. If you use an alternative browser you'll see many features that Chrome doesn't have. Chrome doesn't get many feature updates because it is already dominating. The Google Search Engine doesn't get many updates either, nor does Gmail. The only time you'll see Google actively update a platform is when there's actual competition, for example, Android.


But Tposs, doesn't it make sense to not update already dominating platforms? Yes, it makes total sense. But that doesn't make a good service. Google’s tactics are complete scum. You make a good service, then let it rot while people don't have any alternatives. At least companies such as Microsoft attempts to improve the user experience. I wouldn't consider Microsoft evil in any way despite its reputation. I can't recommend a single Google product, except maybe Virustotal(If you count that as Google software). And it sucks how most of the internet is trapped in their ecosystem. I myself have to use Gmail because I can't easily switch all my accounts to a different address, I have all my photos on Google photos and have a Youtube channel. Many other people will have to use Google documents and Google drive for work or just own an Android phone with Google services. I find it really annoying how I can't avoid my data being collected without me leaving a lot of important things behind. Sure, you can say the same over other companies, but nothing trapped me so well as Google. Not just without my privacy, but also with outdated features. "Don't be evil" yeah sure.


tldr

host your own cloud services


Also stop ending support for everything google jesus christ bruh






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