• dmonzel@lemmy.world
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    Because they don’t just kill the services. In some cases, they cannibalize apps/services and add features to other comparable projects. Inbox’s labels and snooze made their way into Gmail. A handful of Allo features are now in Meets and Messages. So on and so forth.

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      Gmail had labels well before Inbox. They threw away the useful part of Inbox, which was the automagical organization.

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        1 year ago

        I think I meant categories/groups/bundles and not labels. The “Primary” “Promotion” “Updates” tabs.

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          And those pale in comparison to the Inbox categories. They actually make it harder to organize my email now.