• baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I am shocked…shocked! that Google would let a product die on the vine and cease supporting it. Google assistant is dead, long live Gemini assistant!

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      2 days ago

      Its about generating investor buzzwords and killing off beloved apps every 3-6 months.

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        19 hours ago

        As I understand it, Google mostly ships new stuff that they let die because it’s one of the only ways to get a promotion at Google - to ship a product.

        Once shipped, the newly promoted staff moves on to something else, and the business people take a look and see if the product actually makes any sense from a financial perspective, which is rarely the case.

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          10 hours ago

          I work at a place that needs completed projects to go up in levels/seniority but the problem is nothing gets completed. Ive been there for 2 years working on a very similar project I’ve completed with 5 other companies and it’s yet to be finished. This type of project has always taken 3 months but here we are…

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      2 days ago

      I Still get their apps confused because of the stupid icon updates…or maybe I stupid and can’t learn new things.

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        2 days ago

        Their new icons are so dumb. I think they thought people would get used to them but no, they’re still bad after several years.

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        1 day ago

        It does take me several seconds to realize which one is which, so I sometimes go by their arrangement on my home screen. Avant-garde design, I guess.