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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by gigel82 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @03:38PM (#28981181)
Why is this not a bigger deal? The internet should be in uproar over this; why is this the first time I'm reading about it !?
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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by rvz on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:02PM (#28980396)
It has been definitively admitted. This is a big tech cartel.

So all of this 'We value your privacy' statements and 'building products that respect your privacy' was all marketing BS?

SURPRISE! /s

At this point it is an expectation for them to violate your privacy and create a round table discussion with other companies to find ways to not get caught.

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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by gjsman-1000 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:07PM (#28980432)
No, it hasn’t. The thread said that Apple was in the talks somehow, but didn’t say what they were discussing or what Apple wanted or was willing to do. Apple didn’t admit anything here.
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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by evgen on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:14PM (#28980500)
That was the oddest part of the selected tweet used by OP. There are dozens of great points from same source outlining all of the incredibly hinkey and downright illegal collusion between Google and Facebook, but the inclusion of Apple has no references and Microsoft is almost a random aside in the looooong sequence of tweets about the ad market fixing by the two main companies in this scheme.
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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by dcow on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:10PM (#28980459)
Why are people still using gmail? Go sign up for fastmail or protonmail and pay them $3-5 a month. Both support custom domains. Is your privacy really not worth that much?
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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by watermelon0 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:15PM (#28980505)
Don't forget that email metadata and content is available for both sender and recipient, and even if you are using a different provider, most people are on gmail, and most businesses are on either gmail or outlook.
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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by dcow on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:28PM (#28980635)
Which is exactly why more people need to switch to other providers (:
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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by darthrupert on Sunday October 24, 2021 @04:42PM (#28981702)
$0 is infinitely less than 0.01$ and not merely as a truism. This is, unofrtunately, why the ads business exists.
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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by gjsman-1000 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:14PM (#28980497)
Take it as a sign that people care more about User Experience and Convenience than privacy.

Nice to know for my next startup.

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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by ijidak on Sunday October 24, 2021 @05:04PM (#28981899)
The power these four companies hold is incredible.

By shutting down services to a country, these four companies could likely trigger a recession in any country of their choosing.

It would be economic suicide for the companies.

But the fact that they have the power to execute such an idea is astounding.

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Re:Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google discussed stopping... by funkydolphin on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:11AM (#28986138)
Oh, this should be causing a massive outcry from the public, yet we are seeing none, these tech giants need to be controlled, else they will control us
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