Maybe the news about the Windows client changing DNS settings was too much bad publicity?
A VPN would naturally route all your traffic through a secure tunnel, but you’ve still got to do DNS lookups somewhere. A lot of VPN services also come with a DNS service, and Google is no different. The problem is that Google’s VPN app changes the Windows DNS settings of all network adapters to always use Google’s DNS, whether the VPN is on or off. Even if you change them, Google’s program will change them back.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 6 months ago
In my opinion, the world would be a better place if Google published the source code for each project they introduced, popularised, and discontinued.
Here’s a list of the Google Graveyard:
ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Fk that’s a long list.
Geez I miss play music 😢
fluckx@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I actually discovered some interesting things in google play music back in the day. The play random music button actually had a few golden moments too.
Spotify just… Feeds me what I’m already listening too. The discover weekly suggestions are usually useless for me.
YouTube music is just worse than GPM too.
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 6 months ago
I doubt that’d ever become standard for them. Parts of the code for these discontinued products often get cannibalized by other Google products.