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		trasz on Aug 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Timer is gone In every way. Any Google service can fail for a myriad of reasons, from internet connection problems to some random failure of one of billion fantastic engineering pieces involved, to Google blocking your account for whatever reason, to Google deprecating the service. Compare this with failure modes for the date(1) utility, or a Casio watch, or the default one in your phone. It might be more illustrative to use some more complicated service. Compared with VLC, reliability of YouTube is a joke.

freediver on Aug 4, 2022 [–]

I am afraid I am not following the train of thought. If any Google service can fail at any time, how is some other service less reliable than Google?

trasz on Aug 4, 2022 | [–]

Sigh, sorry, it should read “more reliable”, or “less prone to failure”; somehow failed to notice this in my previous comment.

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