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[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 97 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I hope google fails as a whole in the near future and gets dissolved once and for all. Sick and tired of tech companies trying to be sources of authority, working with authoritarian governments, and dictating what you can and can't do.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 28 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll be honest, tech got us by the balls… and they know it.

[–] medem@lemmy.wtf 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

No they don't. There are viable, open source alternatives for 99% of the software/services we use. The fact that people are not aware of it is already like half of the real problem.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Say that to my banking and credit card apps (some of which don't even have a web version for seCuRitY reasons)

[–] medem@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 hour ago

I'd say 'change banks'.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The open source alternative to those is currently doing quite well.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't imagine that paradigm going away at all anytime soon or ever

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago

I have hope. Last time they got hit with an anti monopoly lawsuit that should've forced them to sell away chrome, but unfortunately they got bailed out. Here's hoping next time they aren't so lucky