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[-] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, another project abandoned by Google. Add it to the pile.

[-] 1000mH@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

melt it down and it add it to the rest

[-] goose@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Good. There's no way Google could possibly afford to keep a service like this running

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago

I don't understand why though. A url redirection service would cost them practically nothing to run.

[-] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Because they hate us, I can't think of another explanation

[-] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Took long enough for QR codes to catch on. I wonder how low usage got before the killed it.

[-] charly4994@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Living in Japan back in 2009 was enough to convince me, really quite something it took this long for it to become standard, still have my old app I used to have to use to even read them back in the day on my phone.

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Lol.

I am glad I no longer use google for anything beyond bulk photo storage for which i pay monthly. Paying monthly at least makes me feel like it wont be going away versus anything else they offer free of charge.

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2024
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