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Another day, another service joins the Google Graveyard. (aus.social)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Another day, another service joins the Google Graveyard.

Google's Business Profiles had a feature that allowed sole traders and small businesses to quickly and easily set up a simple website.

Sure, it's not WordPress, but it was a good option for less tech savvy small businesses to get a web presence up quickly and easily.

And, as part of Google's ongoing enshittification, it's going: https://support.google.com/business/answer/14368911?hl=en&ref_topic=7032534&sjid=14999411477128650858-AP

"Websites made with Google Business Profiles are basic websites powered by the information on your Business Profile. In March 2024, websites made with Google Business Profiles will be turned off and customers visiting your site will be redirected to your Business Profile instead. The redirect will work until June 10, 2024."

https://youtu.be/rY0WxgSXdEE?si=G_Jzga_jxc-zH6ST

#Google #tech #enshittification #technology @technology

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I really miss “Don’t Be Evil.”

I still use some of their original services, but I’ve become wary of trusting anything they brought online after about 2010.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Don't worry, they'll probably be sunsetting gmail in 2025

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I still mourn Inbox, it was the best email experience I’ve ever had.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

inbox was actually the best web based email frontend I've ever used, I miss it greatly, I've been using thunderbird since but it's just not the same

[–] deranger 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Doubt it, it’s one of their biggest data mining operations.

I can see them making it suck, though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] flambonkscious 2 points 10 months ago

This is great, as usual

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Please be a joke... I'm unfortunately pretty deep in my current gmail with all kinds of medical, legal, and financial offices it would be a mess for me to lose it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Move.
Now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seriously why now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Better to do now than (most likely) never.
The sooner the better and now new cases are sent to the old email.
If you get your own domain ypu can choose whatever email peovider you want.
Hell. Host it at home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

So that's the plan and I'm not a stranger to doing basic server stuff. For me personally right now though it just isn't feasible. I'm not in a space where I can handle extra overhead like that and I'm entrenched in a lot of important communications through my old email that need as little disruption as possible. In about a year I think things will have cooled down enough for me to switch

[–] humancrayon 2 points 10 months ago

They sunset “Don’t Be Evil” a while ago.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

"Don't be evil" isn't meaning that Google won't be evil, it is a threat to the user. "Be good and obedient, don't block ads and trackers, it's healthier for you"