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by krn 8y ago
> A services API isn't software. You're not buying a copy of the code and running it on your computer. It's called SaaS, which stands for "Software as a service"[1]. > They're direct competitors operating
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by krn 8y ago
It's Google's Custom Search API, designed to increase the usage of Google, not to replace it. Bing Search API allows creating new search engines that don't send user data back to Microsoft. That's why DuckDuckGo is power
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by krn 8y ago
> In what way are Windows and Edge "software" but Android and Chrome are not? > The company that is operating a data service is the one not in the data business? A company in the software business charges for the usage of it
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by krn 8y ago
> I find there is a vitality in the region that I cannot find anywhere else > I have been to many countries in the region and they all feel close to home. That was my feeling, as well. I felt much more at home in the Balkans than I fe
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by krn 8y ago
> I researched Bulgarian market when we were looking for a place to open an EU branch. Which EU country did you end up choosing, if you don't mind me asking? Or, at least, what were the top three / five?
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by krn 8y ago
> Microsoft is in the same business as Google. Microsoft and Google may have competing products, but they are in completely different businesses. Microsoft is in the business of software, Google is in the business of data. That's wh
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by krn 8y ago
I installed Chromium on Ubuntu today, and on the first run was given an opportunity to opt out from Google's personalized ads being shown to me based on my entire web browsing history. It was that moment when I realized, that what I
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by krn 8y ago
Taxify is huge (read: bigger than Uber) in the Baltics (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) and in some African countries (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa). It mostly focuses on Eastern European, Western Asian and African markets, where there is no si
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by krn 8y ago
> You are thinking of "best practices" countries I tried to compare the US to other Western countries, most of which are in Europe[1], but you might be right, that in this regard it stands closer to Russia and China. [1] https
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by krn 8y ago
The difference is, how much private customer data a company can reveal without a judge's approval. In many European countries it's limited only to meta-data (i.e., basic account information).
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by krn 8y ago
Also, Taxify was founded by a 19-year-old high-school student from Estonia[1], who was probably neither a tax payer, nor a native English speaker. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxify#History
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by krn 8y ago
The problem with the US-based companies is, that they are required to reveal their private customer data even without judge's approval[1], depending on who asks for it. [1] https://apnews.com/4986e44871dc4f70a467239fa49
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LineageOS maintainer on OnePlus vs. Pixel smartphones(forum.xda-developers.com)
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by krn 8y ago
As far as I'm aware of, Facebook collects and stores all the meta-data WhatsApp generates. Which means, that it can provide a list of phone numbers, IP addresses, or even GPS coordinates(?) of the people who contacted the journalist at
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by krn 8y ago
I would put it simply: Apple is a hardware company, Microsoft is a software company, and Google is an ad company. Because that's what these companies sell to keep themselves alive.
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by krn 8y ago
> Another reason: > Verzilov had been working on an investigative story about the deaths of the three Russian journalists, Alexander Rastorguev, Orkhan Dzhemal, and Kirill Radchenko. This is the most likely reason, because: > Russi
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by krn 8y ago
Poison in the System[1] is the first part of Buzzfeed's investigative journalism series on many unexpected deaths related to Russia since 2003. The entire series is worth a book. [1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake&
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by krn 8y ago
ProtonMail also offers a free inbox with a way to pay for additional storage[1]. Would you also think, that by upgrading your ProtonMail storage you are not paying for email service? The only difference is, that Gmail doesn't limit its
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by krn 8y ago
I will just leave it here, so that we would be done with this "PIA trolls" conspiracy theory for once and for all: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17775554
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by krn 8y ago
> We have previously responded to these claims here: And I already responded to your denial here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17789334 You are a shady company at best.
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by krn 8y ago
> You can't ignore marketing and branding. Well, of course you can. Look at Craiglist[1]: > In 2015, the AIM Group, which has calculated Craigslist revenue since 2007, estimated that the company pulled in sales of about $396 mill
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by krn 8y ago
Mailbox.org and Posteo.de are currently the best ranked privacy-focused email providers[1]. Both are based in Berlin, and are extremely low-profile. Mailbox.org supports custom domains, Posteo.de doesn't. [1] https://dismail
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by krn 8y ago
It's true, that Tesonet operates both, NordVPN and ProtonVPN, but it's not true, that Tesonet has any ownership of ProtonMail, as far as I'm aware of. ProtonVPN seems to be a partnership between ProtonMail and Tesonet.
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by krn 8y ago
You are not paying for customer service, you are just becoming a paid customer[1]. And then you can compare which email provider treats its paid customers best. For me, the best treatment is when a product is so well thought-through, that I
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by krn 8y ago
Then his argument is even more flawed, because one can just as well pay for Gmail or Outlook and use PGP with them, without exposing himself to vulnerabilities of smaller email providers.
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by krn 8y ago
> Start with one of these: You are probably joking. > hushmail.com "Hushmail supplied cleartext copies of private email messages associated with several addresses at the request of law enforcement agencies under a Mutual Legal As
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by krn 8y ago
> How do you determine real value and how is your determination of real value the correct one? I try to answer the question: "Is it worth this amount of money for what it does, if it does it perfectly well?". I don't care
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by krn 8y ago
ProtonMail is a joke. It doesn't report security vulnerabilities to the users, when researchers discover them[1]. It publicly boasts about hacking a phishing site, when claims the journalist's report is based on "unsubstantia
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by krn 8y ago
> For some products, such as those that are challenging to start using but increase in value over time, your approach would filter out users who don't already believe in the longer-term potential of your solution. This is a great po
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by krn 8y ago
> People are also generally not that good at figuring out what they're willing to pay for something. I like to think about it this way: 1) what is the highest price I could charge without looking like an idiot for charging too much?

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