Google confirms Gmail is “here to stay” amid speculation over plans to scrap the email service::Claims that Google plans to sunset Gmail were a hoax, so there’s no need to panic

  • @[email protected]
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    374 months ago

    Any of these large business coming out to explicitly say “this will not happen” is concerning.

    • @[email protected]
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      224 months ago

      Especially Google who is famous for randomly getting bored of developing and then suddenly cancelling services

    • @[email protected]
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      114 months ago

      I mean this would be insane. Gmail is probably the most used email service in the world, and even though I’m not a Google fanboy, it’s also probably the best.

      What are people gonna use? Outlook? Fuck that. I only use that piece of trash because of my job.

      • @[email protected]
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        44 months ago

        Yeah a random website on a DDG search (ironically) that I just did said that Gmail has 30% of the email marketshare, which I’d definitely believe. It would be a HUGE shakeup and very disruptive if they were to stop it.

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        4 months ago

        gmail has a fine website but email is a commodity service, hundreds of replacements exist and could be used.

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      4 months ago

      Exactly, it’s like if a company said “We’re not going to launch a bomb, trust us”… It would totally mean that they’re considering launching a bomb

      • @Kellamity
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        34 months ago

        I mean, unless there was a hoax that led to widespread belief that they were gonna launch a bomb

        Its suspicious if its out of nowhere, but less so if its in response to an existing rumour

        • @[email protected]
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          14 months ago

          The risk there for a company is: I had heard nothing about this rumor until they started denying it, and Im far from alone

    • @[email protected]
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      54 months ago

      This is in direct response to a misleading viral social media post that claims that Gmail is going to be discontinued, which selectively quotes from a real announcement that Gmail is discontinuing the “basic HTML” browser interface for the service, now that pretty much every device has good performance on the regular browser interface.