My divorce from Google - One year later • Hacker News Board

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by frossie » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:27 AM UTC

mani04 wrote: post #18

Maybe he can stop using computers and go back to stone age.

Maybe you don't agree with his motivations, but explain to me how using DuckDuckGo (a startup with a fresh approach to search that only hired its first employee in 2011) as opposed to Google (which has been around since the previous millennium) is analogous to giving up one's computer and going back to the stone age?

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by tacoman » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:27 AM UTC

nwh wrote: post #21

I'm more curious what the author uses for his self-hosted email. None of the IMAP servers I've seen so far are particularly stellar.

I use Dovecot. I can't tell you much about it though because all I've ever had to do was point it my own SSL cert and turn off not non-encrypted connections. I use it with BlackBerry, Android, iOS and Thunderbird.

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by Evbn » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:31 AM UTC

cryptolect wrote: post #17

For moving away from Gmail, I'd be interested in solutions that help you data-mine ahead of time how many mailing lists/services/etc you have linked to your address. It might be easy to just "switch" one day away from Gmail, but it could easily be weeks and months of manually unsubscribing/notifying/etc providers of the new address to use.

That is why you should spend $15/yr for a domain name for yourself or your family.

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by nilved » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:35 AM UTC

davidbanham wrote: post #20

Given his reference to downloading apps from the Play store and Amazon store... it sure sounds like he's still using an Android device.

So what?

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by gcr » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:38 AM UTC

joebadmo wrote: post #12

It's hard for me to take "Google divorce" seriously from someone who still uses Facebook.

It sounds like it was a "google divorce" and not necessarily a "facebook divorce." Are you advocating for a more broad "social networking divorce"?

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by pyre » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:47 AM UTC

gcr wrote: post #35

joebadmo wrote: post #12

It's hard for me to take "Google divorce" seriously from someone who still uses Facebook.

It sounds like it was a "google divorce" and not necessarily a "facebook divorce." Are you advocating for a more broad "social networking divorce"?

I'm thinking that leaving Google due to privacy concerns, while keeping Facebook seems... odd.

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by pyre » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:50 AM UTC

callahad wrote: post #14

I've been pleasantly surprised with Fastmail.fm's new webmail interface, and am currently in the process of switching away from Google. The one thing I can't seem to find is a good replacement for Google Contacts or Google Calendar. I'm currently set up with an account at fruux.com, which does hosted carddav + caldav, but finding good clients for Linux has been more challenging than I expected.

  | finding good clients for Linux has been
  | more challenging than I expected

What are you looking for a potential client to do? Like a Linux version of Apple's iCal.app / AddressBook.app (i.e. standalone, more or less single-purpose apps)?

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by frozenport » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:51 AM UTC

adamors wrote: post #30

I thought he switched to self hosted, open source alternatives. What a silly article.

There is more kinds of crazy than RMS. Also mail server seems self hosted.

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by notatoad » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:55 AM UTC

malloc2x wrote: post #28

notatoad wrote: post #16

So you've traded one big company for a bunch of other big companies? I trust google with my data more than I trust Facebook or LinkedIn or Microsoft. Google runs their own ad network (and it's generally an honest and upstanding ad network, unlike some others). All that data they collect on you is for their own internal consumption. If they ever sell their data, they are giving their competitive advantage to their com…

generally an honest and upstanding ad network Unless you happen to be a small guy and fall on the wrong side of their political beliefs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5438797

That's not their political beliefs, that's their lawyers making a risk vs reward decision. Why is everybody so quick to attribute things to malice when they can be explained by simple pragmatism?

Re: My divorce from Google - One year later

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Post by niggler » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 2:57 AM UTC

pyre wrote: post #36

gcr wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It sounds like it was a "google divorce" and not necessarily a "facebook divorce." Are you advocating for a more broad "social networking divorce"?

I'm thinking that leaving Google due to privacy concerns, while keeping Facebook seems... odd.

I suspect the author may not have read the Facebook terms of service