Anyone that really cared switched a year ago when they said they were going to do this. They told us they were going to do this publicly.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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I stopped using Chrome a while back, but still use Gmail because I'm lazy. Every time I crank open Gmail in another browser, Google whines at me to use Chrome. That grizzling pop-up is now the main reason I don't use Chrome, and it will eventually drive me to migrate away from Gmail. DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
Commenting because I'm in the same boat.
Gmail was so handy because it did a good job at filtering the spam and offered customization. But it's doing a worse job at the spam and not a good enough one at customization. Where should I go?
Proton mail? Some similar platform?
I'm terrible at maintaining my email but I check it often enough.
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I saw a comment mention something about “power vs authority,” and that seems relevant here.
We still have maybe two years before they start destrying gmail. I think they're already itching
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I remember when Chrome released and it was a hot mess performance wise. I haven't used it since and it doesn't seem like I'm missing anything.
The last straw for me was about a decade ago when an update completely broke Chrome on my machine. It would open and immediately crash, even after reinstalling. Everything else worked fine, virus scans came back clean and everything, it was only Chrome. I spent the next 2 months playing browser roulette before settling on ol' reliable Firefox once again.