• stoly@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It became this in approximately 2009 - 2010, around when the founders left and the business bros took over. We’ve been seeing the slow decline since then, though it may be accelerating now.

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      9 months ago

      I loved Google for so long, but they have really lost it. I switched back to Firefox last year as a meek sign of protest. My work still uses Gmail and my personal email is still Gmail, it’s gonna be rough to extricate myself. My fucking phone number is Google voice

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        9 months ago

        Yep. Gmail is the final piece for me. Everything else has been migrated at this point.

        I will keep YouTube sadly. Sad because it’s Google.