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Personally, I think companies with beyond some level marketshare should be regulated like we did train and telecom companies. As a common carrier cannot discrim
by blagie 4y ago
Personally, I think companies with beyond some level marketshare should be regulated like we did train and telecom companies. As a common carrier cannot discriminate against customers, and tech monopolies shouldn't either. There should also be clear processes, perhaps initially through Google, but eventually through courts. EULA opt-outs from basic rights should carry less than zero weight.
- renewiltord 4y agoDiscussed in the article. Don't think there's value to repeating it here.
- robbrown451 4y agoThere is plenty of value discussing it here. You don't need to join in if you don't want to.
- mhh__ 4y agoThe big thing for me at least, beyond phoning the police is that arguably losing your Gmail account is as bad as having the police called on you in the first place. No email -> no banking -> no rent -> no house -> ??
- rascul 4y agoAt least Google services can be replaced by alternatives, though perhaps painfully. Running from the police doesn't generally end well.
- robbrown451 4y agoWhat does this have to do with running from the police? That isn't part of this story.
- rascul 4y ago> losing your Gmail account is as bad as having the police called on you in the first place. Gmail won't chase you and throw you in a cell if you run from them. The police will.
- robbrown451 4y agoAgain, what does this have to do with this story? Having the police called on you because of something like this is not going to result in the police chasing you, so this has nothing to do with this story. It's just utterly unrelated what-aboutism.
- outworlder 4y agovery painfully. Gmail being one of the worst. I've been using my own domain + fastmail for years and from time to time I still find stuff tied to my old Gmail account. Right now I have forwarding set, but if it got disabled overnight I would still run into issues. All the rest I can survive without, but that took some doing. And I started years ago.
- AndrewUnmuted 4y ago