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Google, Please Stop Your Incessant Updating

Published by in tech on November 30th, 2011

Enough is enough, Google.

I’ve been a loyal user of most of your better services for years and I’m happy with what you offer.  I run your mobile operating system on my phone and I regularly brag about how much better it is than the iOS.  I manually type in “www.google.com” into my address bar every time I want to search for things despite having a Google search box in the top right corner of Firefox.  My Gmail account is my primary form of business communication.  I use Chrome from time to time.

But look, I tried out Google+ and it’s just a poorly constructed waste of my time.  I’d rather not be friends in any respect with my boss or my co-workers on Google+.  I know there’s “circles” for keeping things separate, but I don’t want to ever see anything my co-workers have to say in a social context.  I don’t want to drunkenly post something “to everyone” and have my boss see it.  I also don’t want to see information in my newsfeed that is pushed to me by marketing assholes who are abusing the system you made.

I was on Google+ day one and I quit using it within the week.  I have no interest to return.  Please stop letting me know that it exists.

Also, your update to Gmail.  I realize you’ve altered the layout of Gmail and I don’t care for it so I haven’t updated.  Why do I have to click the X next to the box for “Switch to the new look” every time I login?  You’re able to remember that I don’t like Google Instant on my searches, so why can’t you remember that I don’t want this other stupid shit?

Google, I know you’re trying to battle Facebook for the title of “Top Site on the Internet.”  I know you’ve got a major ego to placate.  But please don’t bring the war to my doorstep.  The more this shit happens, the more I look into alternatives for my email, searching, streaming video, and mobile phone OS needs.  The quickest way to piss off your user base is by updating them constantly.  If I cared about new shit at Google, I would switch.  Just stop.  Please.

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