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The marketers and advertisers have finally won. Google hasn't been an engineering company for the last 5 years maybe, but this confirms it. It's like Facebook, they're beholden to the non-developers and non-software engineers who frankly don't care about other people's privacy and only see the dollar bills. So glad I'm evaluating other email providers and use Privoxy for ad-blocking.
FUCK GOOGLE.
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> How does one not be herded like cattle by the corporations, without making a full time job of resisting it? Legal protection is necessary, and that's what works in other industries. It's not a fair negotiation, between a company's teams of engineers, management, and attorneys on one side, and a lone individual on the other. Financial firms, for example, can't just put whatever they want in agreements or do whatever…
People need to start thinking of web forms, solicitations for email address, etc. like people used to think of the Columbia House record/CD club. There may be an instant-gratification payoff, but you'll regret it at leisure. Or, would you take a free sample to munch on if they first presented you with a 34-page legal agreement?
http://www.avclub.com/article/four-columbia-house-insiders-e...
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Just switched to FastMail this past weekend, and I recommend it. For an app suite, I recommend Sandstorm.io.
I've heard good things about both https://www.fastmail.com and https://protonmail.com so would be good to hear your experiences after a bit more use.
Rob, Bron, and the FastMail guys are the best in the world at what they do. I have zero affiliation with FastMail except for as a happy customer. And with these guys, you are the customer, not the product. The do email, calendaring, etc. better than any other company out there. I've been in IT for 3 decades and I can tell you that the level of quality and care the guys at FastMail deliver is so very, very rare. Money more than well spent.
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You can do that for other services but I do not see an easy alternate to Android. People are moaning about Microsoft tracking with Windows 10 which is mostly on home devices. In reality Google is worse, they are tracking us 24x7 via our smart phones.
Is Cyanogen mod wed to google services?
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I recently did this same thing as an experiment for a full year. No mobile phone actually, no music, no movies, no games, so a little more extreme. The strangest feeling will come after you “reset” but everything and everyone else around you is still connected. That’s when you notice how different things have become. Good luck. It’s a nice feeling actually, nothing to be nervous about. It gave me perspective and chan…
Just curious - why so extreme? There's never been a time in my life where there was "no music" and "no movies." Back in the 1970s we had record players and 8-track tapes and the radio. We had movie theaters and they even showed movies on TV from time to time. As a musician, the "no music" part is really disturbing to me. It sounds like a strict religious cult at that point. I mean, even before I could walk or talk my…
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The UI on the left side could use some work. I followed your link, search for Ars Technica and then spent about a minute trying to figure out why it was showing me electronics. Everything feels just a bit too large and control information should probably all be above the page (at least a summary.)
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I recently did this same thing as an experiment for a full year. No mobile phone actually, no music, no movies, no games, so a little more extreme. The strangest feeling will come after you “reset” but everything and everyone else around you is still connected. That’s when you notice how different things have become. Good luck. It’s a nice feeling actually, nothing to be nervous about. It gave me perspective and chan…
Just curious - why so extreme? There's never been a time in my life where there was "no music" and "no movies." Back in the 1970s we had record players and 8-track tapes and the radio. We had movie theaters and they even showed movies on TV from time to time. As a musician, the "no music" part is really disturbing to me. It sounds like a strict religious cult at that point. I mean, even before I could walk or talk my…
Then there are times I can't go an hour without playing something. Losing music for a year though wouldn't be a noticeable change in my life.
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And when that happens every American on HN will go "look at that old crusty EU, getting in the way of progress again with their bloated regulations".
The free market fallacy.
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Maybe take a look at Gamebooks? Inkle's remake of the Sorcery! gamebooks [0] were something I was playing and enjoying quite a lot. I'm giving that up too for now, maybe I'll reintroduce it later. I was amazed to find out that physical gamebooks are still a thing and being published. If you encounter "resistance" in the game just turn to the next page. I'd suggest if you're really dreading games so much, try giving t…
Thanks for that link. That looks pretty interesting. Is that the same Steve Jackson that does the Munchkin / Illuminati card games?