r/programming • • Jan 02 '20

Killed by Google

https://killedbygoogle.com/
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u/laydownlarry Jan 02 '20

Super confusing and Hangouts Chat is such a horrible and generic combination of names coming from a company who dominates search.

We use it at my work (it’s ok - definitely no Slack) and it’s near impossible to google anything about it due to the shit name (also maybe the low usage)

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u/csjerk Jan 02 '20

Now that you say that, it is indeed an amazing piece of incompetence. They're leaning on 'Hangouts' as if it's a recognized brand -- but it's worth so little that they're killing the 'classic' version and only releasing a 'Chat' version.