Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy concerns

Re:Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy con... by gilrain on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @08:19AM (#32237277)

Also a popular expression in English; there is no translation issue. More of a synonym for “et al” than “et cetera”.

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Re:Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy con... by TillE on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @08:45AM (#32237521)

Trust me, it is far far more popular in German, and would never be written as "and Co" in English.

In English, "& co." is used pretty much exclusively about people, whereas in German it's used literally everywhere, basically meaning "a category of things of which [this] is a famous example."

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Re:Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy con... by gilrain on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @08:44AM (#32249759)

Never?

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22and+co%22

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Re:Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy con... by dwighttk on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @08:44AM (#32237512)

Yeah I think the hard thing for me being in a headline is were they saying “Gmail and other gmail like email services”, or “gmail and other Google services”

I would sub “all Google cloud services” in for “Gmail and Co” if I were writing this headline (or just “Gmail” and mention the other stuff that was banned in the article.)

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