Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’
Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’
Some users are angry that some events have been removed.
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Some users are angry that some events have been removed.
“The holiday database was just OUT OF CONTROL! We had to just start ripping holidays out of there left and right.”
Sounds like google needs a few lessons on database management?
42 0 ReplyTheir hardware just isn't powerful enough to process the amount of data that all those holidays produce
28 0 ReplyYeah, i usually just shut my computer down between xmas and new years--the calendar just can't take it
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Some years ago, the Calendar team started manually adding a broader set of cultural moments in a wide number of countries around the world.
It's pretty hard to add a recurring event that takes place at the same time every fucking year in a calendar, cut them some slack.
Unrelated, Kissinger is commemorated on 29 November.
28 0 ReplySo, how many companies we have on the list now? I guess it’s just a matter of time until Microsoft joins the club.
24 0 ReplyBill gates has at least been anti-elon in the last few weeks. Don't get me wrong he's still a billionaire exploiting the system, but I don't know if Microsoft is going to bend
11 0 ReplyBill Gates doesn't have anything to do with Microsoft anymore
9 0 ReplyI really hope they won’t, but I’m pretty sure they will sooner or later.
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"Not sustainable" is really just Google not wanting to get a antitrust lawsuit from the Trump administration
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