Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts - eviltoast

Time to get out of Google Podcasts for anyone that is still using the service.

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    fuck it, do gmail next, force me to find a proper provider

    who exactly thinks it’s good that things are this ephemeral? what’s the point of even using and enjoying and getting invested in something when they constantly pull this shit?

      • kratoz29@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        In other words, Google won’t kill what they can use to harvest your data.

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      11 months ago

      I mean, before Gmail, I had a new email address every 2-3 years. I’ve had Gmail for what, almost 20 years? That’s not what I’d define as “ephemeral.”

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      11 months ago

      Finding an alternative is the easy part. You can get yourself a domain on Namecheap, and get an email attached to it for pennies.

      Issue is that a lot of services out there don’t consider alternative email providers as valid. Some as a protective measure against spam, some because… fuck knows why, honestly