• Spice Hoarder@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    Proud google hater for over 20 years now. 😁 I just don’t understand why they’re still relevant at all.

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      7 days ago

      Cause you got a free*, Microsoft Office compatible document viewer/editor, with free* document sharing and collaboration before anyone else made a decent one.

      And it was cross compatible with any computer that had a web browser.

      It was game changing for small organizations, especially non profits.

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      7 days ago

      I just don’t understand why they’re still relevant at all.

      Largely because thay are a defacto monopoly in too many areas.

      Unless some viable competition emerges (or some anti-trust legislation breaks them up), they’re hard to avoid.