What’s going on with Google?

1. The pandemic has caused a massive spike in the use of G-Suite, especially in Indonesia.

2. The massive spike has put a massive strain on Google’s Southeast Asia servers.

3. On Sept 25 2020, Google Meet crashed for users across Southeast Asia, Jakarta strongly affected.

4. On Oct 7 2020, all of Google’s services crashed for may users around Jakarta.

5. But it’s not just Jakarta: In May, Youtube, a child company of Google, announced the removal of the polls feature.

6. Google Drive’s bin will now auto delete items after a certain date.