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Re:Killed by Microsoft by CactusOnFire on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:16PM (#30825965)
When I saw "Killed by google" I came out of it with a general sentiment about how google can't commit to a specific roadmap.

After seeing this site and then the comments here, I am coming out of this with the general sentiment that Microsoft is genuinely thoughtful about addressing end-of-life products.

Re:Killed by Microsoft by abandonliberty on Sunday March 27, 2022 @11:19PM (#30826784)
Google is experimental. We're both the product and research subjects, not customers, for their free offerings.

Their transition into the paid/enterprise space is very interesting. I'm very excited for them to find a non-advertising revenue stream, as it could help Google to stop being evil. They're still a very amazing company.

However, their approach providing free services is a bit subpar. I've ran into so many table-stake bugs that simply don't exist in MSFT offerings (e.g. copy/paste between Google office applications often breaks formatting).

Thanks to our mid-size enterprise contract, I can get someone to tell me that not enough people are complaining about it for them to fix it. Meanwhile, from asking my teams at work, everyone struggles with lack of polish across their applications.