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That’s an excellent point. I may not renew with them, and it has nothing to do with FastMail themselves. Australia seems like precisely the right-sized society to be affected by pushback against this sort of behavior without being large enough to overwhelm outside opposition.
So, what FastMail alternatives are there to be recommended?
Well that's dark. Unfortunately, I suspect Canada is not far from proposing a similar bill. Currently the federal liberals are working on an Anti-Foreign Interference bill that plans on clamping down on free speech in social media in a very serious way. Scary times, authoritarianism sneaks in.
For those playing along for the thrill of reading long text: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/freedom-information-opinion-a...
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That’s an excellent point. I may not renew with them, and it has nothing to do with FastMail themselves. Australia seems like precisely the right-sized society to be affected by pushback against this sort of behavior without being large enough to overwhelm outside opposition.
So, what FastMail alternatives are there to be recommended?
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only the usa compares freedom with firearms ownership. this is slightly offtopic here.
I mean, why shouldn't you have guns? As a counterpoint, gun culture (sports and hunting) is really strong here in Finland. Removing people's rights to do what they want is infringing on freedom, and often for no real purpose.
Always find it amazing how strong the urge to authoritarianism is in Australia. You'd think we'd all be larrikins and chilled out on the beach inviting newcomers to the barbie. But no, we're apparently terrified of immigrants and love nothing more than the smack of firm leadership.
I've been hearing more and more recently from ex-journos etc. on Twitter and other platforms suggesting that there is a huge echo chamber in Canberra between the press gallery and the politicians, and in general they regard the population to be a lot more right-wing and a lot more biased towards authoritarianism than they actually are... I think everything from this massive overreach of surveillance, to the same-sex…
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only the usa compares freedom with firearms ownership. this is slightly offtopic here.
I mean, why shouldn't you have guns? As a counterpoint, gun culture (sports and hunting) is really strong here in Finland. Removing people's rights to do what they want is infringing on freedom, and often for no real purpose.
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I mean, why shouldn't you have guns? As a counterpoint, gun culture (sports and hunting) is really strong here in Finland. Removing people's rights to do what they want is infringing on freedom, and often for no real purpose.
There’s a strong gun culture in Australia as well, and as an Australian, and a gun owner, I am perfectly fine with not being able to have an assault rifle. Because no one else can either, and schools don’t get shot up
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