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0 pointsavip5y ago0 comments

I'd definitely fall into that box. But that website helped me understand why, other than being a lazy bum, I keep use google things. It's because:

1. Google has great products and they are "free". Airtable a drop-in for G-sheets? Count me out.

2. This is the sneaky part - zero onboarding friction. Want to try notion? Need to "sign up" or watch stupid video. Try google docs? COMMAND+L + doc.new

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mikestew5y ago

Go try that last one in a private tab and get back to me on how frictionless it is.

(Spoiler: thé “trick” only works if you already have a Google account that is signed in.)

grey_earthling5y ago

https://doc.new leads to a sign up page for me.

Maybe Gmail was a trojan horse for Google accounts.

RonanTheGrey5y ago

Gmail is the linchpin in their whole ecosystem. Break that, and it suddenly gets a lot easier to use various products without being stuck on Google.

100% the Trojan horse. I don't know that it started out that way... but it certainly is now.

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