That was really interesting.

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Post #439,717 by static 8/27/21 3:08:14 AM 8/27/21 3:08:14 AM Reply	That was really interesting. I remember Google Wave. I also remember the "why?" reactions to it. I suspected for quite some years that there are a couple of products and features that Google keeps running and maintained because they have a large amount of customers who are paying actual money and insisting on actual service. GMail and the whole Docs ecosystem would be one of them. The multi-user login mechanism (something Facebook doesn't do but Twitter does) I would say is another. Wade.
Post #439,718 by drook 8/27/21 7:30:16 AM 8/27/21 7:30:16 AM Reply	Isn't their login just OAuth? If so, that's why it still works. It's an open protocol they don't control. -- Drew
Post #439,732 by static 8/29/21 6:03:27 AM 8/29/21 6:03:27 AM Reply	I meant how you can be logged in to several at once. And there's a neat little switcher to switch between them. I remember when that started rolling out across their properties. I have three Google accounts because they all originated from before they were unified in Google: one was originally for Gmail and now I also use for Android, one was for Google+ and is now my Youtube Premium account, and the last my original Youtube account. Oh, I have a fourth for my Kpop playlist which I share with the other contributors. Wade.
Post #439,733 by drook 8/29/21 6:58:57 AM 8/29/21 6:58:57 AM Reply	Ahh, that ... All the better to target you with -- Drew
Post #439,730 by pwhysall 8/29/21 4:56:31 AM 8/29/21 4:56:31 AM Reply	I didn't get Wave, either. Installed it, and was all "huh? what now? is this email? is it newsgroups? a wiki? WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?"
Post #439,739 by CRConrad 8/31/21 3:53:39 AM 8/31/21 3:53:39 AM Reply	I vaguely recall trying it and having a very similar reaction.
Post #439,741 by drook 8/31/21 10:08:06 AM 8/31/21 10:08:06 AM Reply	I remember thinking they were trying to recreate Facebook -- Drew
Post #439,745 by static 8/31/21 8:34:22 PM 8/31/21 8:34:22 PM Reply	That was most peoples' reaction to Google Plus.
Post #439,746 by CRConrad 9/1/21 2:30:36 AM 9/1/21 2:30:36 AM Reply	Understandable, because that was exactly what they were doing. Only diff: It was better. :-(
Post #439,748 by drook 9/1/21 7:11:44 AM 9/1/21 7:11:44 AM Reply	Oh that's right ... Now I can't remember thinking anything about Wave -- Drew

15 Years Of Failure: A history of Google Messaging Apps - (pwhysall) - (10) - Aug. 25, 2021, 09:22:21 AM EDT

That was really interesting. - (static) - (9) - Aug. 27, 2021, 03:08:14 AM EDT

Isn't their login just OAuth? - (drook) - (2) - Aug. 27, 2021, 07:30:16 AM EDT

I meant how you can be logged in to several at once. - (static) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2021, 06:03:27 AM EDT

Ahh, that ... All the better to target you with -NT - (drook) - Aug. 29, 2021, 06:58:57 AM EDT

I didn't get Wave, either. - (pwhysall) - (5) - Aug. 29, 2021, 04:56:31 AM EDT

I vaguely recall trying it and having a very similar reaction. -NT - (CRConrad) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2021, 03:53:39 AM EDT

I remember thinking they were trying to recreate Facebook -NT - (drook) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2021, 10:08:06 AM EDT

That was most peoples' reaction to Google Plus. -NT - (static) - (2) - Aug. 31, 2021, 08:34:22 PM EDT

Understandable, because that was exactly what they were doing. Only diff: It was better. :-( -NT - (CRConrad) - Sept. 1, 2021, 02:30:36 AM EDT

Oh that's right ... Now I can't remember thinking *anything* about Wave -NT - (drook) - Sept. 1, 2021, 07:11:44 AM EDT

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