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Re:No Markdown support in Google Drive after all these years by adrianvoica on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:58AM (#36466901)
'Additionally, the "people who know what Markdown is but also like trusting Google with their files" demographic is vanishingly small and not who Drive is targeting at all.' <--this 200%
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Re:No Markdown support in Google Drive after all these years by danielbln on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:05AM (#36467335)
It's just not true at all. Knowing/using markdown doesn't make you some Richard Stallmann type.
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Re:No Markdown support in Google Drive after all these years by pluijzer on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:15AM (#36467406)
Maybe the original author implies that you don't need to be a Richard Stallman type anymore, not to trust Google.
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Re:No Markdown support in Google Drive after all these years by DangitBobby on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:52AM (#36467703)
HN/Reddit is a bit of a bubble. Most people trust Google just fine with their files.
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Re:No Markdown support in Google Drive after all these years by coldtea on Sunday June 25, 2023 @09:42AM (#36468097)
People who think Markdown users are a demographic major enough to matter in the context of the Google Drive userbase are also in a bit of a bubble...
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Re:No Markdown support in Google Drive after all these years by DangitBobby on Sunday June 25, 2023 @09:52AM (#36468192)
Yep.
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Re:No Markdown support in Google Drive after all these years by indymike on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:30AM (#36469248)
I agree with this. Most people have know idea what markdown is, and if they do use it, it is usually the text format behind a WYSIWYG editor... Some examples: Slack, Github...
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