Solved Is this true that Gmail will be no longer in existence from this august

thecaretaker · Mar 3, 2024

cereberus said:
People who perpetuate this myth do a great disservice to the very brave heroes who risked their lives long before the modern keyboard warrior dickheads even existed.

Neil, Buzz, Michael - you opened up the imagination of many young engineers and scientists. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

That's true. It was like the very early days of flight. Very much manual seat of the pants flying, not press a button and let the computers take over the rest. And when I learnt that the computing power of the onboard computer had less memory than a Commodore Vic20 in the late 60's it was one hell of an achievement that we ever got there (and returned) safety in one piece. Very brave men.

antspants · Mar 3, 2024

Flashorn said:
I can only see one angle , front. Which one you talking about?

The one you can’t see. I think my phones ringing bye.

abactuon · Mar 3, 2024

neves said:
Gmail usage is highest in Indonesia and India, as 4 in 5 email users prefer Gmail.

I use zoho.com (for conspiracy).
It turns out that no one in India knows about this service.

markw51 · Mar 4, 2024

neves said:
Impossible. Gmail is the most popular email client for Windows and Android. Apple has the highest Market share cause of iPhone (kinda like Internet Explorer - having the biggest market share in the old days - cause that's what came integrated with Windows) - but Gmail was actually chosen.

Top Gmail Statistics (2024 Data)

Gmail has over 1.8 million users worldwide as of 2024.

Gmail owns 28.78% of the Email Client market share worldwide.

More than 121 billion emails are sent every day through Gmail.

Users spend an average of 28 minutes on Gmail daily.

A user has an average of 1.7 Gmail accounts.

90% of startups and over 60% of mid-sized companies in the United States use Gmail.

Gmail usage is highest in Indonesia and India, as 4 in 5 email users prefer Gmail.

75% of the Gmail user acces the application through their smartphones.

Gmail has an email open rate of 75%.

Gmail Statistics For 2024 (Users, Market, Revenue & More)

Discover interesting data and trends on Gmail in this post, including its user demographics, usage, and history.

www.demandsage.com

Google renouncing Gmail is like a news where Samsung quits the mobile and storage industry in August. You don't have to check any source to know that's not gonna happen - cause it's one the stupidest hoax (makes no sense whatsoever).

Think you mean 1.8 BILlION not million

neves · Mar 4, 2024

markw51 said:
Think you mean 1.8 BILlION not million

Yeah, i think that's what they meant as well (it's copy pasted from one of the top stats pages on google - apparently they made a typo - check above link). They did mention "More than 1.8 billion" in the Bio.

Hazel123 · Mar 4, 2024

thecaretaker said:
That's true. It was like the very early days of flight. Very much manual seat of the pants flying, not press a button and let the computers take over the rest. And when I learnt that the computing power of the onboard computer had less memory than a Commodore Vic20 in the late 60's it was one hell of an achievement that we ever got there (and returned) safety in one piece. Very brave men.

I had a Commodore 64 in the eighties

I even learned some basic programming - like everyone did back then I think - forgotten it now.

jimbo45 · Mar 4, 2024

Hazel123 said:
I had a Commodore 64 in the eighties I even learned some basic programming - like everyone did back then I think - forgotten it now.

I think also in Europe the BBC Micro was brilliant too -- it actually was a RISC processor (probably these days called an ARM type processor). You had to build it from the kit and programming lessons were given -- a very popular model back then.You even had direct machine code / direct memory and interrupt programming and it did have a basic Interpreter.

BBC Micro - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Mind you some modern day kids have zero knowledge of electrical engineering -- I saw on a TV program (and it actually wasn't Lord Sugar's BBC The Apprentice) where a young kid was asked what does the armature do in an electric motor (I think the program was about electric cars) -- and this kid could only say "How do you actually fit an armchair into an electric motor".

Cheers
jimbo

MsAnthrope · Mar 4, 2024

jraju said:
I read that Gmail is going to be discontinued from August 2024.

Total aside here, but thanks for the gigglefit, I really needed that this morning.

markw51 · Mar 4, 2024

jimbo45 said:
I think also in Europe the BBC Micro was brilliant too -- it actually was a RISC processor (probably these days called an ARM type processor). You had to build it from the kit and programming lessons were given -- a very popular model back then.You even had direct machine code / direct memory and interrupt programming and it did have a basic Interpreter.

BBC Micro - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Mind you some modern day kids have zero knowledge of electrical engineering -- I saw on a TV program (and it actually wasn't Lord Sugar's BBC The Apprentice) where a young kid was asked what does the armature do in an electric motor (I think the program was about electric cars) -- and this kid could only say "How do you actually fit an armchair into an electric motor".

Cheers
jimbo

I had a BBC and did not need to build it from a kit, but you're right it did have a RISC chip as Acorn Risc Machines went on to make the Archimedes range of computer. It had a 8 bit 6512 Processor running at 2MHz with 32Kb of RAM!! As an aside can we get this thread locked or deleted as the original content has been massively debunked not least by Google themselves who said the original post that started all this was a doctored email from years ago saying something completely different.

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MsAnthrope · Mar 4, 2024

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jraju · Mar 5, 2024

Some of the answers are related while others have not. Please give only answers or solutions to the query. Giving picture of computer, and talking about mental illness are not at all related to the queries.
Mod, please you have got every right to admit only relevant posts .

antspants · Mar 5, 2024

jraju said:
Some of the answers are related while others have not. Please give only answers or solutions to the query. Giving picture of computer, and talking about mental illness are not at all related to the queries.
Mod, please you have got every right to admit only relevant posts .

Some of us/I’m still waiting on your evidence or any links to where it says it is true. Please provide, or this is just a troll thread.

idgat · Mar 5, 2024

As much as I loathe and abhor the terminology - and even more so despise its origin and inventor .... there's only one comment to make ....

Fake news.

andrew129260 · Mar 5, 2024

ThrashZone said:
Hi,
I'm sure nobody cares if g-play goes away hehe

I cared. I used it to pay people in the usa instead of other cash apps. As for paying with phone it doesn't matter because you can now use the replacement google wallet which is the new app.

idgat · Mar 6, 2024

antspants said:
this is just a troll thread.

Yes, I'm beginning to sense the presence of a mythical Norse creature .....

If not, then I apologise, and suspect there may be other issues at play.

idgat · Mar 6, 2024

jraju said:
Some of the answers are related while others have not. Please give only answers or solutions to the query. Giving picture of computer, and talking about mental illness are not at all related to the queries.
Mod, please you have got every right to admit only relevant posts .

You should be aware this is a DISCUSSION forum, albeit moderated although not to the extent of a "chat room"

asturias7 · Mar 6, 2024

Gmail is going nowhere, in fact it's here to stay. It's just getting a new look.

A Guy · Mar 6, 2024

The question was answered by the first reply...hence the unofficial forum rules apply

A Guy

martyfelker · Mar 6, 2024

jimbo45 said:
Well even turkeys can vote for Xmas. What could more likely is that to use that dreadful US "consultanese speak" where the pressure is on to monetise every last possible thing it could become another one of those dreaded subscription things or become ad supported i.e some type of banner ads appearing in your emails.

I'd switch away from Gmail anyway -- Thunderbird is free and quite good plus there are a few reasonably cheap alternatives too.

Cheers
jimbo

Thunderbird is great but I use Gmail as my default for Firefox. Once I figure out how to import my Gmail address book into Thunderbird I might change - on the other hand I might try Easybird