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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by nobody9999 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:53PM (#25574024)
>Analogy: I hate Google's business model, but I still have to use their products for lack of better alternatives.

I'm curious, which Google product must you use that has no reasonable analog from a different vendor?

I'm not being snarky here just a little confused.

I suppose Android could fall into that definition, although LineageOS[0]+MicroG[1] do provide a reasonable alternative.

My question isn't rhetorical. I'm genuinely not familiar with any Google product without a reasonable alternative.

[0] https://lineageos.org

[1] https://microg.org

Edit: Fixed nonsensical sentence.

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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by mgh2 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:26PM (#25574457)
The obvious one, the search engine... due to its accuracy and speed. No wonder their monopoly lawsuit.
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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by nobody9999 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:59PM (#25574928)
>The obvious one, the search engine... due to its accuracy and speed. No wonder their monopoly lawsuit.

As a general rule, I don't use the search engine. And not just because of Google's market power. It's also because the quality of search results have dropped enormously.

At this point, other search engines are at least as good, IMHO.

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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by mgh2 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:47AM (#25590226)
Can you give me an alternative? Duckduckgo does not cut it.
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