Viral Fake Claim of Gmail's Demise in 2024 Highlights Reliance on Tech Giants
• Viral screenshot claiming Google is shutting down Gmail in 2024 is fake • The screenshot appears to be a photoshopped version of a real notice about Gmail Basic HTML view • Gmail has over 1.8 billion active users and getting rid of it would be very disruptive • Situation demonstrates global reliance on a few big tech companies like Google • Fake viral claims spread easily on Twitter since Musk got rid of legacy checkmarks