The Screwed-O-Meter

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by codepoet80 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:16PM (#36937840)

I have a sinking feeling this applies to most Google services...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by EdwardDiego on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:35PM (#36937920)

You can pay them at least.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by themodelplumber on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:49PM (#36937988)

Yeah I mean I even get invoice emails from them which is kind of amusingly reassuring.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by Pxtl on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:58PM (#36938037)

Yup I paid them for my domain OH WAIT

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by somsak2 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:05PM (#36938393)

Right, which they didn't cancel, they sold and assured that your domains didn't just disappear.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by fanf2 on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:41AM (#36939769)

* * *

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by mdwalters on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:39PM (#36938229)

I think the checklist is based on Rachel's experince with companies

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by deadmutex on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:43PM (#36938254)

or Apple:

> My account has a unique identifier which is referenced by others (e-mail addresses, phone numbers, URLs, ...)

> I have a nontrivial investment in hardware or software which only works with this provider and will not interoperate with competitors

etc.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by genocidicbunny on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:06AM (#36938708)

It's not quite Google-specific, but many of Google's free services do tick a lot of the checkboxes. Gmail is at least 15.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Screwed-O-Meter by alex7734 on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:54AM (#36939544)

> They have a history of killing projects

Yeah that's Google alright

[ Parent | on HN ]