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'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture (www.businessinsider.com)

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'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture::An ex-Googler wrote a 1,500-word letter criticizing the firm and CEO Sundar Pichai's lack of "visionary leadership."

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (42 children)

Google's decisions in the time Pichai has been CEO, have been anti-consumer all the way. Not the fun conpany it used to be, now users are being forced out of adblockers and a products promise is abandoned way too often.

[–] [email protected] 117 points 10 months ago (41 children)

I am probably the perfect google customer. I used google search when it still had an exclamation point. I got my gmail account by invite in ‘04. Downloaded chrome on day one. I used nexus/pixel phones almost exclusively

Today, ddg search on Firefox. I am using an iPhone. I still have the gmail account but I am slowly migrating away from it. I am done with google. They don’t produce anything that has any value for me anymore.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (9 children)

I'm doing all the same as you

What I'm not moving away from though is Google Maps and Photos. No good alternatives exist

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

For photos, I have been using Immich, and have been very impressed. It has pretty much all the features I want (automatic backup, chronological timeline, mobile/web app, face tagging, semantic search, albums, sharing, etc). It's a server you self-host though, so setting it up might be a pain if you've never done something like that before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This looks good as a self hosted option, but I want something hosted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pay for a cloud server and install it? There's a hosted option 😀

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Lol I've been a software developer for 20 years, I'm well aware of what it takes to maintain a server. Which is exactly why I would rather pay someone else to do it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Amazon photos?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is super neat

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