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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 hours ago

You love to see it.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Why dont you think its weaponized yet? Thats crazy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

you're ahead of the class, my friend. sometimes one must remove the tinfoil hat before addressing the crowd.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Which email provider to use?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

I use fastmail. I have used it for couple of years now and it has been working well. It was a calendar, notes and file functions too. Tried proton. The app was always slow to open and refresh. It is also easier for people to understand fastmail.com when you are giving them your email.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

i've switched over to proton for now. that's not advice, though. look them up before you decide to try them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Posteo.net is a buck a month

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Was just going to say “host your own on AWS” and then remembered who owns aws.

Might have to literally host my own now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Yes. Backup everything and move away.

I've started using Qwant as my search engine and it's not bad at all

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Don’t they also use Bing search in the background?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

Bing and / or Google (you can choose).

But their working together with QWANT on their own search engine.

And from a privacy perspective I’d argue, that it’s still better to use Ecosia / QWANT.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Thanks, I've switched as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Qwant uses Bing search results AFAIK.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I heard they are working on their own search engine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

jesus fucking christ

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This applies to Apple as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

And Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I guess this is the new one and FAANG is out??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 54 minutes ago

N for nvidea and no Microsoft?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

MAGAM sounds more appropriate - Meta Apple Google Amazon Microsoft 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Totally should suggest that to Japan time. Maybe also suggest l AMGAM or MAGMA, I like those too.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 15 hours ago

Damn Japan, good stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

How do you move it ?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Tariffs incoming in 3, 2...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This is push back against the tariffs. Japan got hit hard

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

Yeah but the orange thumb isn't known for rationality so joke aside, I wouldn't put it past him to escalate.