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I can even tell you that Google hates us all

I'm interested in the subject but I've never heard about someone actually using Skip. Can someone share his experience, like how long it takes to get an Android app from a working …

To me it sounds like someone is trying to create a problem and sell it to me. Who needs to create images with proof of reality?

I agree that to succeed RSS must be properly managed right in the browser. The problem is that it was not properly implemented inside Firefox, so I personaly didn't want to use tha…

Check out the Factory in horn of the abyss : https://heroes.thelazy.net/index.php/Factory

I've created an app to quickly launch timers on my iPhone. I frequently use timers during my day: for tea, naps and for my morning routine, so constantly changing the duration on t…

The hacker news title is also the opposite of everything we want: nothing to do with the article's title. Which is: The first Android is 15 years old, and it is the opposite of eve…

It was dead the moment they let investors in

Yes, Google is an ad-engine

Put all your amazon devices into the garbage, trust me...one day you'll thank me :)

In France a small startup named Cohome has tested the concept several years ago. It unfortunately didn't last long but the idea is great. I've had the chance to use it and it was v…

In case you missed it, there is a global climate emergency on planet Earth. Governments and agencies are letting it happen. So you can argue that they are doing their jobs and solv…

What we need to revive RSS is have a true integration into browsers. Your bookmarks would display the numbers of unread posts and there is probably more great stuff to do.

Would you explain how was it transformative for you?

This: "To be honest I would be relieved if they screwed up Gmail so badly that I had no choice but to switch"

Fingers crossed!

And more complexity in laws and many more things increases inequalities in our society. The more stuff (i.e. laws) the more you need people (lawyers) to understand them, the more i…

ELI5 Why stable coin are a thing when I can trade bitcoins to USD?

We did not get humble

Lucky you!

Let's go back to the old glory of RSS. I was so frustated to see Facebook/Twitter using the fundamentals of RSS to their advantage whereas everybody should have started to use RSS …

I've became so used to ignore useless stuff on pages that I sometimes don't even know what I came for originally. The modern web makes me totally mindless.

There are many alternatives available for Google products but you gotta to look for them and take time to switch, it sure ain't easy but we gotta do it.

Guys, we're all frequent readers of HN here and it's pretty clear Google is not a company that we can trust. Data privacy, product stoppage, advertisement collusion, their search e…