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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by AlecSchueler on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:28AM (#13731932)
and YouTube.
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by DashRattlesnake on Saturday February 25, 2017 @12:34PM (#13732639)
Mockery aside, the rule "don't rely on Google products unless they're utterly dominant" is a good one.
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by btown on Saturday February 25, 2017 @03:33PM (#13733671)
Well, Reader was the dominant RSS reader...
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by sdegutis on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:04PM (#13775777)
Then maybe it should be: "Don't rely on Google products unless they're utterly dominant and necessities." Maps, email, search, are all needed in modern life. RSS readers lost out to Twitter & Facebook years ago.
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by dotancohen on Sunday February 26, 2017 @01:52AM (#13736042)
And adsense. Well, I guess the adsense goes without saying.

But what else has Gooogle ever done for us?

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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by caoilte on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:36AM (#13731967)
And droid.
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by throw_away on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:48AM (#13732006)
"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by jaredsohn on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:27AM (#13732225)
and Chrome
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by hooluupog on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:40AM (#13732297)
and Photos
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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by nih on Saturday February 25, 2017 @12:05PM (#13732450)
What has google ever done for us?
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