That thread reads like someone put the Stadia shill bots on maximum overdrive.
Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
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Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
#172This makes me anxious about my long time Gmail address. Back then I got it just because it and Google was cool, and their services had a good reputation. It was a different Google back then. If they had launched it this year I would never have got one because chances are it would have been cancelled by 2025. Gmail is really the only valuable thing that actually ties my life to Google. And it's not that hard to replac…
I've been considering getting a new email address on a personal domain so it can be more portable and I can change providers. Does anyone recommend any alternate providers with custom domains, or some OSS? Is it possible to host your own email server on a NAS or RPi something?
mailbox.org from me as well. I compared them with fastmail and they don't upsell on the personal domain and let you pay as you use storage.
Both have unpleasant web accessibility experience, but it is not consideration for many.
Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
#173I am not fan of regulation, but apparently not every abuse of the market can be solved by courts in a practical way. Like in this case, a mere mortal can not possibly sue Google.
I can imagine the EU will step in soon. There are multiple different aspects of being locked out of a "free" service provider like Google:
- Losing your email addresses - even if it was provided for free, will cause an immense harm. Email addresses will soon be transferable between companies like mobile numbers are today.
- Losing your own data - GDPR was a first step, user should have a right to his own data even if he was locked out of a platform.
- Losing digital goods like apps or ebooks. With a transferable email address these will become transferable too.
Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, the good old Don't Be Evil days. I've asked so many people if they can remember Google's old slogan. Nobody does.
Their new slogan is hilarious. It's not even one slogan, it's three: * Respect the user * Respect the opportunity * Respect each other The first one is obviously a joke, because nothing says "respect the user" like canceling a beloved service with millions of users, or "updating" the product while losing half the features. The last one makes you wonder why they had to put it into a slogan. Isn't it the baseline expec…
TIL the Mafia has a pretty decent, humane code of conduct.
Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
These are literally some of the most profitable companies in the world. Are you honestly saying they would cease to be profitable if they hired a few hundred people to staff a customer service team?
I think they would require a customer service team at least an order of magnitude larger than that to properly deal with things.
Baby steps. It's not the magnitude but the attitude.
Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
#176Hey Google here is a feature: account reputation, anyone doing business with you, has that flag enabled and human reviewers will be supporting them
It's like page rank but even worse?
I can see the Black Mirror episode already...
"In the case of Johnson v Esposito where the defendant is claimed to have sent an email to the plaintiff wherein this created a detrimental page rank effect due to defendant's low score..."
Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
#177This makes me anxious about my long time Gmail address. Back then I got it just because it and Google was cool, and their services had a good reputation. It was a different Google back then. If they had launched it this year I would never have got one because chances are it would have been cancelled by 2025. Gmail is really the only valuable thing that actually ties my life to Google. And it's not that hard to replac…
Start the process of getting out right now. Get an email address that you own, on a domain you control. Switch to a provider that takes your money for whom you are the customer - not the product. I did this with Fastmail and Iki.fi, a Finnish non-profit[1], who have been selling people "permanent" email addresses since 1995. [1] http://www.iki.fi/
If you get your own domain, get one on a well-known TLD (e.g. .com, .org or your own country code). If you get a gTLD that's not well-known, there are some endpoints that will block you because your email is "not valid".
Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
#178This makes me anxious about my long time Gmail address. Back then I got it just because it and Google was cool, and their services had a good reputation. It was a different Google back then. If they had launched it this year I would never have got one because chances are it would have been cancelled by 2025. Gmail is really the only valuable thing that actually ties my life to Google. And it's not that hard to replac…
Make sure you don’t use any of the other services: don’t post to YouTube from that account, don’t share Google Docs, files etc.
Re: Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
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#180Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been considering getting a new email address on a personal domain so it can be more portable and I can change providers. Does anyone recommend any alternate providers with custom domains, or some OSS? Is it possible to host your own email server on a NAS or RPi something?
I use Zoho with my own domains. Haven't had any issues so far.
Have been using them for 5 (?) years now and I can't complain as well.