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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by patkai on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:25AM (#19795413)
"No one is coercing anyone else" - in a way they are. As a software developer I don't think I have the choice not to use one of the big clouds. Protonmail and DDG I do use, but I can't use Hetzner instead of AWS or GCE if I want to remain competitive. (Offtopic: I am actually starting a new project and this is what I'm struggling with.)
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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by icelancer on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @05:18AM (#19795617)
The companies aren't the ones that are the problems here if you're worried about the clouds here and privacy.

It is the United States government, their laws, and enforcement.

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