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On Fri, 17 May 2024 03:28:23 +0000, RonB wrote:

> On 2024-05-16, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 23:50:04 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>> Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote at 12:44 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 03:28:23 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>> We do read open-source licences and understand them. They are
>>>>> designed to be read and understood. Unlike proprietary EULAs.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Case in point: the question you were asking about below.
>>>>
>>>> That's definitely a good thing. The licenses are also shorter, so
>>>> even if it were difficult to understand, reading it wouldn't take
>>>> that much time.
>>>>
>>>>< snip >
>>> 
>>> 
>>> And aren't updated as often.
>>
>> That's a good point. The licenses users of proprietary software might
>> have agreed to on day one will become so different by day three that
>> the terms might not be so agreeable. We've all received those e-mails
>> from services telling us that the terms have changed. Many of those
>> terms have, in the past few years, become increasingly restrictive.
> 
> That's why I don't bother reading them, I know they're going to get more
> restrictive every time. And it's also why I'm moving most of my mail
> away from Yahoo and Gmail and to other providers, like Vivaldi and
> Yandex — and maybe Posteo. I don't trust Google (or Yahoo) to NOT shut
> down my email account if I don't toe the Woke line. Google was started
> with grant money from the NSA and its CEO for several years was an
> ex-CIA wonk.

I'm not sure how woke Posteo is, but I know that e-mails from Gab and 
Rumble are blocked by default by their spam system. I have to change the 
settings to make sure they come through. However, since all of my e-mail 
is encrypted as are the contacts and address book, I have no reason to 
believe they have any kind of useful access to my account. I trust that 
whoever maintains their spam filter isn't conservative, but that he, she, 
ze, xe or whatever else doesn't mind my circumtventing their decision.
 
> No fan of Google or Yahoo anymore (unfortunately I once was). Remember
> when Yahoo was the place to go when you wanted to get around the
> Internet? Hopefully we'll get that point with Google in the not too
> distant future. Moving their Chrome browser to Manifest 3 might be the
> first chink in their armor. (We'll see. Probably not, but I can hope.)

I never much liked Yahoo or found their search engine useful. Even when it 
was "the best," it was rather awful. I think I used to use altavista back 
then which gave me much better results.