You love to see it.
reminder: if you have anything saved with google, you should probably move it to somewhere that’s not tied to the US govt. mark my words: it’s just a matter of time before they weaponize Google.
Why dont you think its weaponized yet? Thats crazy
you’re ahead of the class, my friend. sometimes one must remove the tinfoil hat before addressing the crowd.
Which email provider to use?
i’ve switched over to proton for now. that’s not advice, though. look them up before you decide to try them.
Posteo.net is a buck a month
Was just going to say “host your own on AWS” and then remembered who owns aws.
Might have to literally host my own now.
Good luck. I’ve heard that it’s almost impossible to host your own email now because companies like Google will blacklist it and send all your emails to your recipient’s trash instead of their inbox.
Residential IPs are generally gray listed. Same with any cloud provider IP pools. You can get a mail relay for sending email if you want an easy way. Or find a local colo who has their own IP block where you can host a small server. It might take a little time to warm up and build that reputation, but not impossible.
Yes. Backup everything and move away.
I’ve started using Qwant as my search engine and it’s not bad at all
Ecosia for me. I still find myself asking Google for stock prices and such, but other than that it’s ok. Berlin based apparently, plus I like that they plant trees for every search you do. I don’t like that they have sponsored links at the top but I suppose that’s how it goes.
Don’t they also use Bing search in the background?
Thanks, I’ve switched as well.
that’s awesome! this is the first time in decades that i’ve even heard the name of a search alternative. i’m from the hotbot days. do you know if or how much it’s rooted in google’s search? i know that’s wording it poorly, but i hope you still know what i’m asking
Qwant uses Bing search results AFAIK.
I heard they are working on their own search engine
jesus fucking christ
This applies to Apple as well.
And Microsoft.
In an unprecedented move, the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against Google for violating the country’s anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall the company’s apps on their Android smartphones.
This is the first time that Japan has issued such an order against any of the major U.S. technology companies referred to collectively as GAFAM — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.
I guess this is the new one and FAANG is out??
MAGAM sounds more appropriate - Meta Apple Google Amazon Microsoft 😉
Damn Japan, good stuff.
How do you move it ?
Tariffs incoming in 3, 2…
This is push back against the tariffs. Japan got hit hard
Yeah but the orange thumb isn’t known for rationality so joke aside, I wouldn’t put it past him to escalate.
Not going to do much. If they actually wanted changes and not fines, they’d do something truly novel like order the manufactures to use GrapheneOS or some other actual open source OS that doesn’t depend on financing provided by the app stores and ads.
Otherwise, you’re just making a show for the sake of showmanship, empty gestures.
GrapheneOS
The phone OS that only runs on Pixel devices. That’ll teach Google.
It works on some Samsung devices. The entire reason it doesn’t work on more devices is because the manufacturers don’t release the kernel source. Or did you miss that in the docs?
Better question is, why would the courts not order the kernels to be open for open firmwares?
“Let’s order a for-profit company to eliminate their profit method, and ignore the actual problem” is a specialty of ignorant courts… And commenters.
So the courts, instead of addressing the real problem of phone makers only making hardware that for-profit partners can write software for, they just order the for-profit software makers to… remove the profit?
The fuck kind of ass-backwards thinking is that?
The last supported Samsung device was the S4.
Because ordering someone to develop something is more complicated and nuanced than saying what they’re currently doing is unacceptable and they need to do something else. Courts are a reactive body. Legislature is who would need to push for open kernels/hardware/firmware.
And so we won’t fix the real problem and just react.
When watching the plumber work it’s unhelpful to complain that they aren’t fixing the electrical.
If you want to be part of a team attempting vast sweeping changes with no oversight or nuance maybe DOGE is still hiring.
Granted that’s not in Japan.
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