Google, how you twist my heart…
Dear Google,
Like everyone else I ‘google’ on Google, map my routes on Google Maps, and use Google Calendar. I store some important portable files like my resume on Google Documents, but unlike everyone else, I don’t use GMail. Instead I rely on Yahoo! Mail, which is excellent, although it’s been sent to the wayside by GMail (That’s why Yahoo! introduced RocketMail and YMail accounts in stupid desperation. You also tempted my beloved Yahoo! to deal with the devil, Microsoft/Carl Icahn, curse you Google).
The real reason I’ve never really been a huge fan of your products and services is that, although simplistic, they never seem polished enough for me. You put out a disclaimer out that these services are all in BETA form, but seriously, does anyone really believe it’s BETA still?
You cajole and you tease, giving me free IMAP access through GMail, but you still refuse to take away the BETA. Now, you give me Chrome, and I love how fast it works. But you know what? Chrome is definitely still in BETA form; that I can say for sure. I downloaded it in hopes that this product would be the one that would capture my heart. But it didn’t. Instead, it spies on me, and renders my words hideously. You tried to be controlling with that EULA, before we had you change it.
But what really led me to write to you is this — make your own products to run correctly on your own company’s browser! Whenever I run a YouTube file, Chrome turns into rust, turning sluggishly on every thread. When I open Google Calendar, the To-Do items seem to never render within the lines!
Get your act together Google! I want to be a believer. I want to be like one of your mindless zombies, checking GMail on Android, scheduling meetings on Google Calendar via Android, watching YouTube on Android, uploading to Picasa on Android, blogging on Blogger through Android, buying stuff through Checkout on Android, and finding my way back home through Google Maps on Android. But you know what, I can’t. I just can’t.
RIght now, we can’t close our relationship. I still love Yahoo! and through all these years, I still can’t live without Microsoft. If you want us to be mutually exclusive, you need to show me something real. Stop giving me this BETA crap. I’m sick and tired.
– prolix
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