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   Athel Cornish-Bowden to All   
   Re: Group content   
   24 Aug 18 07:38:55   
   
   From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2018-08-23 23:02:51 +0000, MB said:   
      
   > On 23/08/2018 08:42, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:   
   >> I imagine the telecom companies are in a position to levy some   
   >> effective pressure on Google, but Google doesn't care what members of a   
   >> news group think.   
   >   
   > I don't think anyone is able to influence Google.  Ever time they   
   > "improve" a feature, it gets worse.   
      
   Yes, that has always been the case. I used Deja News for a while. After   
   Google bought it they had a new downgrade every few months. After three   
   or of these I decided enough was enough and I followed someone's advice   
   to switch to a proper newsreader. That must have been at least ten   
   years ago.   
      
      
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