charlie wrote:

So, this is a serious question: Why do you say that use of
Google is "frowned on" by many?

TIA

Hypatia

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it's a source of much of the newsgroups spam, so it's just a reaction
to the other users of it.

To carry on: Because of the spam emanating from GG, many users discard
anything that comes from that source.

In addition, GG is sometimes very slow at propagating messages. Plus the
interface is clunky and difficult to navigate.