Google says all users in the US can now change their Google Account username; users are restricted to one username change every 12 months
Your old email will still be available as an alternate address. … Many of us have a poorly chosen email address that's laced with regret, but we're now stuck with it.
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Discussion
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@quinnypig.com
Corey Quinn
on bluesky
It was a bit hypocritical of Alphabet not to allow this. [embedded post]
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@anildash.com
Anil Dash
on bluesky
What a fascinating denouement to the fight over “real names” on Google Plus... fifteen years ago. web.archive.org/web/20111222... [embedded post]
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@permadeath.com
@permadeath.com
on bluesky
seriously considering doing this but the amount of blast radius of anything breaks is... [embedded post]
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@sundarpichai
Sundar Pichai
on x
2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn't need to be stuck in it. To say goodbye to v0t3f0rp3dr02004@gmail.com or mrbrightside416@gmail.com (or whatever you were into at the time), go to your Google Account settings and choose any name available. You'll keep your old
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@lanreadelowo
@lanreadelowo
on x
rip to everyone who vibe coded oauth2 authentication and used email address as the primary key/id
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@dillon_mulroy
Dillon Mulroy
on x
i can only imagine the insane lift this took - consider all the systems across google that are probably keying data on gmail addresses and or cached data.