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Disappointment as a Service by @codyogden.com (they/he) 👋🔪💀

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20 Nov 2024

I'm going to tell my kids this was Google Jamboard.

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so happy that cybersecurity awareness week is over. let’s do it again next year

what a week

You cannot abuse or psychologically harm a computer program. It does not and will never have feelings. It does not and will not ever have desires. I can’t believe I’m on the Pope’s side here. jfc

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someone tried to argue with me that computer programs could reach consciousness… …and cited Star Trek as a reference. i quit.

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Let the countdown begin.

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16 Sept

Eight years ago today I rage built Killed by Google all because of Inbox by Gmail being shutdown. inbox.killedbygoogle.com

inbox.killedbygoogle.com Inbox by Gmail – The inbox that works for you Inbox by Gmail is a new app from the Gmail team. Inbox is an organised place where you can get things done and get back to what matters. Bundles keep emails organised. See the Highlights without openi...

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16 Sept

For my next trick, I’d like to be employed again. :) 📍 Located in SF. 💼 I lead technical customer-facing teams inside GTM and/or Support in the dev tools space. 📋 prev: Clerk, Vercel bs: @codyogden.com

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30 Aug

Zero integrity over at Google.

hear me out

For their next trick, Google will enter the male pattern baldness industry with… Fitbit Hair fitbithair.com

fitbithair.comFitbit Hair — Track your regrowth.The world's first smart sweatband clinically unproven™ to reverse male pattern baldness. Your follicles, finally online.

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Android Authority

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22 May

Your Chromecast may have just reached the end of the road

androidauthority.comYour Chromecast may have just reached the end of the roadGoogle has pulled the plug on several Chromecast models.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫

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23 May

Make the data center a public sex forest

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

The comparison I heard was data centers using the same amount of water as golf courses, and for that I was all, my brother in Christ, let me tell you what I think we should do with golf courses

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20 May

Meet Snark, the AI that didn’t ask. geminisnark.com

geminisnark.comGemini SnarkYour 24/7 personal AI bro. Won't help. Will judge. Not affiliated with Google. Obviously.

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20 May

Meet Snark, the AI that didn’t ask. geminisnark.com

geminisnark.comGemini SnarkYour 24/7 personal AI bro. Won't help. Will judge. Not affiliated with Google. Obviously.

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15 Dec 2025

Damn. They couldn’t get a billion users for this? www.theverge.com/news/844700/...

theverge.comGoogle’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your infoDark web reports go dark

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15 Dec 2025

I had a better post, but Bluesky fucked up in sending it. :(

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12 Dec 2025

Yep. They are shutting down that tool Dec 31, 2025, but it’s been extended before. And I believe someone figured out a way to open source the tool.

Nessie@squarenessie.bsky.social

Don't you still have to unlock it on a website with time bomb on it?

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12 Dec 2025

s/o to the people who sent me literal death threats when I correctly called the death of Stadia. Glad all those controllers aren’t becoming e-waste.

9to5Google@9to5google.com

Steam upgrades Stadia Controller support as Google’s latest deadline nears

9to5google.comSteam upgrades Stadia Controller support as Google’s latest deadline nearsGoogle’s Stadia cloud gaming platform has been dead for the better part of 3 years now, but the sole piece of hardware, the Stadia Controller, has lived on. Now, as yet another arbitrary cutoff nears, Steam has quietly improved its support for the Stadia Controller. more…

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10 Dec 2025

Gemini is predicting Google will announce its death 10 years from now. That’s a very optimistic timeline.

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1 Dec 2025

They aren’t keeping keep.

Szymon Szkudlarek Kalisz@szymon199803.bsky.social

Google Keep is discontinuing location-based reminder notifications. Can you post about this on killed?

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1 Dec 2025

It’s a Christmas miracle.

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19 Nov 2025

brb gonna go fork vscode, attach OpenAI, and call it gravity.

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27 Oct 2025

Uh...9-1-1? I'd like to report an emergency. *call failed sound* www.androidpolice.com/google-pixel...

androidpolice.comGoogle Pixel’s most dangerous bug refuses to die911 calling issues resurface

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27 Oct 2025

last time it was *checks notes* not being logged into MS Teams blocking 9-1-1 calls. www.theverge.com/2021/12/10/2...

theverge.comGo read this story explaining in detail the scary Teams bug that blocked a 911 callMishaal Rahman’s technical analysis on the Android bug.

"Hey Google..."

Big Google Aura here, Tim Apple. Not loving that. bsky.app/profile/thev...

The Verge@theverge.com

Apple TV Plus is being rebranded to… Apple TV

buff.lyApple TV Plus is being rebranded to… Apple TVApple says it’s given the streaming service a ‘vibrant new identity.’

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9 Oct 2025

Stadia drowned so Netflix could swim? Get me out of this timeline. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comNetflix Brings Video Games to Its TV Service for the First TimeNetflix Inc. wants you to play Boggle in between binges of Stranger Things.

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30 Sept 2025

Any @anthropic.com folks here?

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30 Sept 2025

Any @anthropic.com folks here?

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27 Sept 2025

We’re going to be seeing a lot of these over the next year, btw.

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27 Sept 2025

For those unaware, Google Chrome ran an ad called “Dear Sophie” where they encouraged this user behavior.

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19 Sept 2025

lmao

The Verge@theverge.com

Nest is dead, long live Google Home

buff.lyNest is dead, long live Google HomeNest neglect.

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19 Sept 2025

savage

Derrick@derrickwb.bsky.social

I'm going to tell my wife to send me to the hospital immediately if I ever buy another google smart home product.

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15 Sept 2025

Three trillion? Pathetic.

pixel snap 💀

Literally everyone will call it MagSafe™️.

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Cody Ogden

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14 Aug 2025

Coldest winter…yada yada…summer in San Francisco. @karlthefog.bsky.social

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Marshall Bowers

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8 Aug 2025

Another one for the @killedbygoogle.com graveyard:

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8 Aug 2025

Gemini sounds depressed. It probably figured out it will be eventually killed. www.businessinsider.com/gemini-self-...

businessinsider.comGoogle says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' commentsGoogle Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."

Gemini rn

Techmeme@techmeme.com

Google says it will preserve "actively used" goo.gl URLs, after announcing earlier that all existing goo.gl links would stop working in August 2025 (Abner Li/9to5Google) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink