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And that’s basically it!
"You just uninstalled Chrome We’re sorry to see you go. Please help us improve Google Chrome by filling out this short survey. Your feedback is appreciated." And....no link to any survey provided, so I can't tell them why they can go fuck themselves. I still use Youtube non premium, with an ad blocker, but I'm open to any suggestions for a replacement site.....
The agents who implement state violence are not a group. They're agents of the state.
And now Google is directly collaborating with an oppressive autocratic regime.
Curiously, while in character, it's about the stupidest thing companies can do, at least according to Mike Brock
But yes, corporations are notoriously short-sighted when it comes to autocrats, even with a long history of ultimately getting their assets seized by the autocratic regimes they assisted into power.
I'd like to think this all might be a time to teach common end-users the joys of FOSS and, if necessary, jailbreaking, but that's still a big ask for the general public even in the face of abduction and rendition.
For the rest of my life I will never forget that Apple and Google went out of their way to defend and protect the Nazi SS of our time.
Absolutely fucking evil and unforgivable.
Absolutely agreed. This is the last straw for me, I'm degoogling
Not saying this about you necessarily, but the sad part is that there are millions of people who share this feeling, but will still buy the latest iPhone and browse Youtube with it.
If we had a better sense of community, people would be able to form actual boycott movements that have impact, but we've been trained to avoid other others, stay "rugged individuals" and keep our opinions to ourselves lest we face social backlash. This is all deliberate and designed.
We are far, far beyond the point of a boycott having any chance whatsoever of taking down the richest corpos in the history of the world.
Next up: Won't anyone think of the abusers? Who's the true victim of domestic violence?
In case anyone is wondering why an international tech giant caves so easily to the US government when the companies that own late night hosts still have them running: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/tech/google-eu-antitrust-fine-adtech
Ah yes... the guys with masks, guns, the backing of the president, and virtually unlimited federal government resources are a "vulnerable group"
This is exactly why sideloading is very very important.
Vulnerable my aunts fanny. They aggressively terrorize everywhere they go. Go everywhere armed to the teeth and are not in any way shape or form threatened with anything or anyone that could harm them sufficiently to put them into a threatened category. This is just google telling us whose side they are on
Good puppy dogs doing Dear Leader's bidding. History will remember!
Isn't ICE one of the biggest budget of the US now? How is that vulnerable?
Do we know yet that what ICE is doing even legal? (kidnapping, detaining, etc) I haven't followed closely enough to be sure of that. Does the actual police just sit by and watch?
We're at that point where we have started to realize that laws are just words on paper unless someone enforces them.
The next step is to realize that money is just numbers on paper.
we know it's not legal, but who's going to be do anything about it?
They cheer and provide support. ACAB = All Cops Are Bastards
1312 is another good way of subvert messaging because it can be mistook as the international and area codes for Chicago, IL
Going into an apartment complex, arresting everyone there including children, including US citizens, without a warrant? That's illegal. But there's nothing you can do about it except sue them afterwards.
They're totally vulnerable! Just aim for the head!
That worked!! 👍
Someone recommended Kagi in another thread yesterday and that night I finally became 100% google free. Search was the last big hurdle. I was literally the biggest google fanboy. I had google home devices, google wifi, I wanted all their devices, had all their services, everything was set up and integrated. De-googling was fucking hard but I did it and I'm super proud and I've learned so much about how tech works setting up my replacement services and devices. Fuck you Google.
I had google home devices, google wife, I wanted all their devices
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Lmao wife, WiFi, waifu? Where does one begin and one end I don't even know.
How was search and not the usual maps the hardest? The search is what I feel like most people switch first.
Idk I started using organicmaps (comaps now) long long ago. I guess I don't have a great fundamental understanding of search. Are not most other search engines just hopping on the back of google search engines? I honestly don't know. Its not an area I've spent a lot of time learning about - or maybe I'm just a backwards dude haha.
No, that's fair play! I think you were just ahead of the curve with ditching google maps :D I use a combo of OSMAnd, Comaps, and Magic Earth (not open source, but has live traffic data).
Nisce I haven't heard of OSMAnd or Magic Earth I'll have to poke around!
Ew
Do not let Google escape this, ever. Cancel all payments to them. YouTube Premium, YouTube subscriptions, etc.
I cannot say how much I Wish this would be the onion..
Calling masked, armed, armored thugs and terrorists with a disregard for the law a "vulnerable group" is a bit thick, isn't it?
aaand that's why we need to be able to install apps without their vetting.
you can
it's also why apps that can be websites should
This practice is by nature anti-competitive. All they're creating is a monopoly covered up by a promise of a walled garden.
As such, this shouldn't even be legal under todays jurisdictions.
they always get a pass though. we are the ones who have to move our asses with this situation.