Summary

Google Calendar users are upset after noticing that events like Pride Month, Black History Month, Indigenous People Month, Jewish Heritage, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage were removed from default settings.

Google confirmed the change, stating that maintaining a manually curated list of cultural observances worldwide was “not scalable or sustainable.”

Instead, Google has reverted to only displaying public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com, with users now responsible for adding other events manually.

  • Demdaru@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    …I am sorry. This will be forgotten in instant. Not because people forgive easily, but because these companies offer what for most people is part of their lifestyle.

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      9 hours ago

      You’re probably right, but I hope you’re wrong.

      If you’re wrong it’ll mean a lot more people moving to OSS and Fediverse networks, which would be a very positive outcome