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It was good and good by design. I knew several of the people in the Data liberation front commercial, and they were serious about making it a worthwhile experience. https://youtu.be/QP4NI5o-WUw

Software tends to rot, though, and software at Google double so.

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Linked YouTube video was from 12 years ago.

These guys who initiated the effort could mean well and put all their efforts into it. That doesn't invalidate the parent's point a tiny bit -- nobody is incentivized to make it good today.

Yes software rots, but some much more than others. Look at Gmail, Search and Android. See the difference? Some generate revenue, others don't.

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