Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful
by icelancer on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @07:24PM
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Really makes no sense. Google Hangouts was by far their best product for all the reasons you stated, and kept me on the Android platform + Google Voice. When they started to break it up, I went to iOS and ported my number. Can't be bothered to deal with all that shit.
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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful
by Melatonic on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @10:22PM
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Hangouts was just a terrible marketing name - it was originally Google Chat ( and it did SMS as well) and they should have just stuck with that. I mean hell - we are BACK to google chat again now
Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful
by sumedh on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:45AM
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> Hangouts was just a terrible marketing name
I still have a soft spot for Google Talk, that was such a simple name.
Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful
by Melatonic on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:32PM
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Totally forgot about Google Talk and I agree - great name. It seems like it was right around that time that Google shifted gears from simple and effective development to fragmented and lacking in interdepartmental communication.
Which is pretty ironic now that I think about it because were talking about apps they likely used internally for COMMUNICATION