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I find it extremely challenging to believe you actually think that. I can't even host my own email anymore without all of my messages getting filtered as spam,

by mouse_ 1y ago

I find it extremely challenging to believe you actually think that. I can't even host my own email anymore without all of my messages getting filtered as spam, because if your email service doesn't play nice with Google, then you might as well not exist. Not to mention youtube, adsense, Android (Google is trying to kill AOSP to sink their claws more deeply into Android in light of the recent antitrust suits), Google owns too much. They're easily on the same level as standard oil and the railroad tycoons. When a company is paying millions annually, just towards psychologists, to keep people hooked, telling people "lol just turn the computer off" is disingenuous at best.

WalterBright 1y ago
I've been using a private email server for decades now, but it's become clear that none of the email I send using it arrives at its destination. I can receive email with them, but not send.
- quesera 1y ago
  If this was a sudden and complete change, you may have landed on a spam blacklist.
  - WalterBright 1y ago
    That's certainly possible. I've had repeated issues over the years with my compilers being identified as "malware" because the object code did not match the Microsoft C runtime library. I.e. the code was not a match for anything in their databases.
ninth_ant 1y ago
For one, I didn’t say anything about email or you had to boycott Google completely. You can just change your browser to use another engine it takes like 10 seconds max. Google Search is not the web. Second, since you brought up email —- I’ve used Fastmail for a decade and it works just fine. > Google owns too much. They're easily on the same level as standard oil and the railroad tycoons. I agree 100% but since regulators largely refuse to deal with it, there’s nothing stopping individual people like you or me to make our own decisions. You literally just have to click a few buttons if you’re unhappy with the service Google Search is providing.
nyarlathotep_ 1y ago
I pay for FastMail with my own domains, and a huge portion of my email gets silently dropped, even when sending via FastMail vended domains. It's awful.

by mouse_ 1y ago

WalterBright 1y ago

I've been using a private email server for decades now, but it's become clear that none of the email I send using it arrives at its destination. I can receive email with them, but not send.

quesera 1y ago
If this was a sudden and complete change, you may have landed on a spam blacklist.
- WalterBright 1y ago
  That's certainly possible. I've had repeated issues over the years with my compilers being identified as "malware" because the object code did not match the Microsoft C runtime library. I.e. the code was not a match for anything in their databases.

ninth_ant 1y ago

For one, I didn’t say anything about email or you had to boycott Google completely. You can just change your browser to use another engine it takes like 10 seconds max. Google Search is not the web. Second, since you brought up email —- I’ve used Fastmail for a decade and it works just fine. > Google owns too much. They're easily on the same level as standard oil and the railroad tycoons. I agree 100% but since regulators largely refuse to deal with it, there’s nothing stopping individual people like you or me to make our own decisions. You literally just have to click a few buttons if you’re unhappy with the service Google Search is providing.

nyarlathotep_ 1y ago

I pay for FastMail with my own domains, and a huge portion of my email gets silently dropped, even when sending via FastMail vended domains. It's awful.