I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe

Re:I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe by basisword on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @08:07AM (#48120852)

i.e. you can't give stuff away for free if you aren't one of the 3 largest companies on the planet

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Re:I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe by aurareturn on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @08:10AM (#48120883)

Would you pay $20/month for Hacker News access?

I think it's fair that GA is free and Google gets some benefits from using the data for their ad network.

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Re:I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe by AlecSchueler on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @08:12AM (#48120893)

"some benefits" is really underselling it though.

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Re:I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe by shimman on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @12:10PM (#48123821)

Yeah just one of the core pillars that enables their unregulated monopoly that brings in billions of pure profit.

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Re:I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe by basisword on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @09:13AM (#48121471)

Yeah but you're missing the point. Nobody else has the worlds biggest search engine and ad network to allow them to do the same. Others have to charge.

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