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20 years of Google Scholar

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412 points thepuppet33r | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 18:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source
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thepuppet33r ◴[18 Nov 24 18:01 UTC] No.42175024[source]▶
Yes, Google deserves to be distrusted and avoided as a whole, but Google Scholar is a genuinely net good for humanity.
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dumpHero2 ◴[18 Nov 24 19:00 UTC] No.42175704[source]▶
I have similar feeing for Gmail (it's effective anti spam engine), google maps and google docs (which pioneered shared docs. It feels outdated on many fronts now, but it was a pioneer).
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whiplash451 ◴[18 Nov 24 19:49 UTC] No.42176170[source]▶
Try MS OneDrive before calling google docs outdated

Google spanks everyone else on robustness and responsiveness

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1. rty32 ◴[18 Nov 24 20:01 UTC] No.42176281[source]▶
Yes until it fails

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23978591/google-drive-de...

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2. whiplash451 ◴[18 Nov 24 20:26 UTC] No.42176556[source]▶
That issue got resolved in a few days [1] -- and for each and every one of these extremely rare events at Google, you'll find similar ones at MS.

I am referring to robustness at scale and every day: Google released auto-save years before MS. MS pales in comparison in the UX.

Note: I have no vested interest in Google, not ex-googler, etc.

[1] https://support.google.com/drive/thread/245861992/drive-for-...