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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 00:32:10 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

   @cassidy Why would they kneecap their business model? Android devices are perfect entry-points for Google’s ubiquitous surveillance platform. It’s one of the most convenient means to farm you for your data.

   #PeopleFarming #Google #SurveillanceCapitalism

   • Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 00:32:18 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

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     But as someone who genuinely loves my Pixel phone, watch, buds, etc. and that whole ecosystem, seeing this—as vastly disconnected from the ecosystem as it is—does make me start to get nervous that some of my favorite tech could disappear overnight. And that's awful for Google's brand.

     I’d feel a whole lot better about the Android/Pixel ecosystem if it were separate company from the ads business, too. :)

     #Google #GoogleDomains #Squarespace #BreakUpBigTech

   • Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 00:32:28 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

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     I feel like a solution would be to spin these off as distinct companies so they could live or die by their own merit and not be beholden to the whims of Google, but then that gets complex with sharing resources,/technology/data between them. Idk.

     I think I have one domain through Google, so I'll transfer it out to where everything else is and continue on with my life, but this just isn't a good look.

     #Google #GoogleDomains #Squarespace #BreakUpBigTech

   • Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 00:32:38 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

     Man, I have such mixed feelings about this—on the one hand, focus is good, actually! Yeah, don’t go off and do random weird side ventures! On the other hand, you're continuing to do terrible things to your reputation of maintaining services, and putting people off using anything you make in the future.

     And to be clear, it’s being transferred to Squarespace, so it’s not like the domains will just… stop working. But still.

     https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/

     #Google #GoogleDomains #Squarespace