I like how the idea of Google shutting down Gmail isn't even far-fetched, it's just something everybody can get behind. Google will shut it down one day
"*" means wildcard, kind of like the wild in Uno. This means that the email is going to be sent to every single person with @gmail in their address. That's a lot of people.
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jet@hackertalks.com · 61 pts · 2y
I like how the idea of Google shutting down Gmail isn't even far-fetched, it's just something everybody can get behind. Google will shut it down one day
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
I think Gmail, chat, and maybe calendar are unlikely to be discontinued because they're really heavily used internally.
DoomBot5@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Chat? It's on its 7th iteration or something. That's definitely not a safe feature.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Voice, chat, messages(?), hangouts, not named and built into Gmail, what am I missing?
jet@hackertalks.com · 10 pts · 2y
Yeah, but it's not crazy ridiculous that people wouldn't consider it.
palebluethought@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
Of course it is. People have really fixated on this "Google kills products" meme way, way beyond reality
Gmail is load-bearing software for, like, Western civilization at this point
biddy@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 2y
Which chat? There's been too many shut down.
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Google also presumably also gets soooooo much information for targeted ads from mining people's email
fusio@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
nah.. some national/international entity would step in. would be absurd to lose the Gmail accounts
Echo71Niner@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
Microsoft had to keep hotmail open for 10 years more than they wanted lol
masuhiro@kbin.social · 35 pts · 2y
Whatever you do, DO NOT hit that expand button
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
The forbidden button...
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 2y
Teppic@kbin.social · 18 pts · 2y
Mobile friendly version:
https://m.xkcd.com/2822/
Echo71Niner@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
THE. LAST. EMAIL.
xuxebiko@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
somewhere someone is trying to mail @.com
Psythik@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
I don't get it.
lejsh@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
"*" means wildcard, kind of like the wild in Uno. This means that the email is going to be sent to every single person with @gmail in their address. That's a lot of people.
Psythik@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
I get that part, just not the rest. (Well I do now, thanks to the other replies)
I appreciate your help, though.
biddy@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2822:_*@gmail.com
NullaFacies@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pBmuY6qFMPQ
I’m pretty sure it’s referencing this