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Updates tagged with google on Chirp!!lnxw48a1: Emergency update for #Google #Chrome browser. https://nu.federati.net/url/291535 Being exploited in the wild, so patch now.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/346287
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 08:54:03 UTCEmergency update for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> browser. <a href="https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/update-now-critical-google-chrome-flaw-exploited-article-103597437" title="https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/update-now-critical-google-chrome-flaw-exploited-article-103597437" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/291535</a> <br /> <br /> Being exploited in the wild, so patch now.2023-09-13T08:54:03+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #CFPB ) head: #Apple and #Google are chokepoints, hindering financial innovations. https://nu.federati.net/url/291484 [finance yahoo com] A lot of Yahoo articles are only there for a limited time period, so if you're seeing this months or years later, the link may error. 2023-09-08
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/346001
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 06:10:42 UTCConsumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/cfpb" rel="tag">CFPB</a></span> ) head: #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> are chokepoints, hindering financial innovations. <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-and-google-are-choke-points-to-equitable-payment-system-cfpbs-chopra-190325733.html" title="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-and-google-are-choke-points-to-equitable-payment-system-cfpbs-chopra-190325733.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/291484</a> [finance yahoo com] <br /> <br /> A lot of Yahoo articles are only there for a limited time period, so if you're seeing this months or years later, the link may error. <br /> <br /> 2023-09-082023-09-08T06:10:42+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: I somehow missed this: Newspaper giant #Gannett sues #Google over advertising monopoly https://www.reuters.com/legal/gannett-sues-google-alleges-it-monopolizes-online-ads-2023-06-20/ [www reuters com] #anti-trust #monopoly #online_advertising #lawsuit !econusa #usdoj #newspapers
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/344090
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 08:26:46 UTCI somehow missed this: Newspaper giant #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gannett" rel="tag">Gannett</a></span> sues #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> over advertising monopoly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/gannett-sues-google-alleges-it-monopolizes-online-ads-2023-06-20/" title="https://www.reuters.com/legal/gannett-sues-google-alleges-it-monopolizes-online-ads-2023-06-20/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.reuters.com/legal/gannett-sues-google-alleges-it-monopolizes-online-ads-2023-06-20/</a> [www reuters com] <br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/antitrust" rel="tag">anti-trust</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/monopoly" rel="tag">monopoly</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/onlineadvertising" rel="tag">online_advertising</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lawsuit" rel="tag">lawsuit</a></span> !<a href="https://nu.federati.net/group/377/id" class="h-card u-url p-nickname group" title="Economics of the US Economy (econusa)">econusa</a> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/usdoj" rel="tag">usdoj</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/newspapers" rel="tag">newspapers</a></span>2023-08-03T08:26:46+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Forty US states get almost $400,000,000 in #Google location #privacy lawsuit https://nu.federati.net/url/288931 [www thecentersquare com] They spin this as a win, but (1) it wasn't the states' privacy that was being violated, so why is all the money being split by the states?, and (2) it says Google will make its settings more clear, but it does not say that location tracking and data sales will be OFF by default (which is how it should be).
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/334133
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 18:05:28 UTCForty US states get almost $400,000,000 in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> location #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/privacy" rel="tag">privacy</a></span> lawsuit <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/forty-states-win-391-5m-privacy-suit-against-google-over-location-data-sold-to-advertisers/article_0ec41286-6450-11ed-9cb3-dff1111f6b3a.html" title="https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/forty-states-win-391-5m-privacy-suit-against-google-over-location-data-sold-to-advertisers/article_0ec41286-6450-11ed-9cb3-dff1111f6b3a.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/288931</a> [www thecentersquare com] <br /> <br /> They spin this as a win, but (1) it wasn't the states' privacy that was being violated, so why is all the money being split by the states?, and (2) it says Google will make its settings more clear, but it does not say that location tracking and data sales will be OFF by default (which is how it should be).2022-12-14T18:05:28+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: #Google #Chrome and all other browsers based on #Chromium will get some changes to their extensions API which will reduce the ability of ad-blocking extensions. #Mozilla #Firefox is rejecting that part of the change, so Firefox and other browsers based on their code will retain superior ad-blocking capabilities.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/329849
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 03:09:44 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> and all other browsers based on #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> will get some changes to their extensions API which will reduce the ability of ad-blocking extensions. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> is rejecting that part of the change, so Firefox and other browsers based on their code will retain superior ad-blocking capabilities.2022-06-13T03:09:44+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}unfa: Pro tip: don't set your birth date in Google below 14 years old. #Google #Oops #Lol
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/327427
unfa's status on Sunday, 22-May-2022 17:22:25 UTC<p>Pro tip: don't set your birth date in Google below 14 years old.<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oops" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Oops</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lol</a></p>2022-05-22T17:22:25+00:00unfa🇺🇦fla: The chrome's developers themselves are explaining why you should *not* use their browser: https://contrachrome.com/#chrome #google #privacy
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fla's status on Thursday, 21-Apr-2022 09:17:50 UTC<p>The chrome's developers themselves are explaining why you should *not* use their browser: <a href="https://contrachrome.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://contrachrome.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#chrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#privacy</a></p>2022-04-21T09:17:50+00:00Flame: Can anyone recommend a good #FOSS alternative to #Google Authenticator? #AskFedi #AskFediverse
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me's status on Wednesday, 13-Apr-2022 02:59:14 UTCCan anyone recommend a good <a href="https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> alternative to <a href="https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Google</a> Authenticator?<br /><a href="https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AskFedi</a> <a href="https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=AskFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AskFediverse</a>2022-04-13T02:59:14+00:00Jonathan Lamothelnxw48a1: Someone pointed out that Google is not really a search engine any more. It is an AI machine that tries to interpret your meaning rather than search for what you ask for. As such, there are sites that are very likely to be part of their index, but which appear to be impossible to pull up in a search. Even using quotes, the plus sign, the minus sign, and site won't be enough to overcome its guess about what you really meant to search for. All of that matches my experience, but I don't believe that makes #Google not a search engine, even if it makes them not very good at search.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/322197
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 09-Apr-2022 01:33:31 UTCSomeone pointed out that Google is not really a search engine any more. It is an AI machine that tries to interpret your meaning rather than search for what you ask for. As such, there are sites that are very likely to be part of their index, but which appear to be impossible to pull up in a search. Even using quotes, the plus sign, the minus sign, and site won't be enough to overcome its guess about what you really meant to search for.<br /><br /> All of that matches my experience, but I don't believe that makes #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> not a search engine, even if it makes them not very good at search.2022-04-09T01:33:31+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}jens: https://contrachrome.com/comic/page01/#contra #chrome #google #beevil #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance
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jens's status on Monday, 04-Apr-2022 11:21:55 UTC<p><a href="https://contrachrome.com/comic/page01/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://contrachrome.com/comic/page01/</a></p><p><a href="https://social.finkhaeuser.de/tags/contra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#contra</a> <a href="https://social.finkhaeuser.de/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#chrome</a> <a href="https://social.finkhaeuser.de/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="https://social.finkhaeuser.de/tags/beevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#beevil</a> <a href="https://social.finkhaeuser.de/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#surveillancecapitalism</a> <a href="https://social.finkhaeuser.de/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#surveillance</a></p>2022-04-04T11:21:55+00:00Jens Finkhäuser 🌻lnxw48a1: Search engines with their own indexes: https://seirdy.one/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes.html #YaCy: slow, with mostly irrelevant results Very true, but the second part, mostly irrelevant results is a matter of degree. #Google's results were once fantastic, but these days, a big chunk of the first five pages of a search are irrelevant results, often SEO'd into high positions and knocking relevant results lower. #Bing (and #Yahoo, #DDG, and others who use Bing's results) are also described with increasing accuracy by "mostly irrelevant results". But yes, YaCy's results are even worse. I want to set up another YaCy instance, just to crawl sites of interest in various topics. I know there's a major software change needed to get the most improvement in search results, but having the right information in the global index is a necessary precursor to producing good results.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/320183
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 26-Mar-2022 15:19:27 UTCSearch engines with their own indexes: <a href="https://seirdy.one/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes.html" title="https://seirdy.one/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://seirdy.one/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes.html</a> <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/yacy" rel="tag">YaCy</a></span>: slow, with mostly irrelevant results <br /><br /> Very true, but the second part, mostly irrelevant results is a matter of degree. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span>'s results were once fantastic, but these days, a big chunk of the first five pages of a search are irrelevant results, often SEO'd into high positions and knocking relevant results lower. <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bing" rel="tag">Bing</a></span> (and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/yahoo" rel="tag">Yahoo</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ddg" rel="tag">DDG</a></span>, and others who use Bing's results) are also described with increasing accuracy by "mostly irrelevant results". <br /><br /> But yes, YaCy's results are even worse. I want to set up another YaCy instance, just to crawl sites of interest in various topics. I know there's a major software change needed to get the most improvement in search results, but having the right information in the global index is a necessary precursor to producing good results.2022-03-26T15:19:27+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}downey: :google: :android: ⚠️ If you use a version of #Android distributed by #Google, they've been spying on your calls and SMS without your permission.This is great time to de-Google with an AOSP-based OS focused on #privacy like #GrapheneOS. :grapheneos:https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/google_messages_gdpr/
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downey's status on Wednesday, 23-Mar-2022 11:50:45 UTC<p>:google: :android: ⚠️ If you use a version of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Android</a> distributed by <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Google</a>, they've been spying on your calls and SMS without your permission.</p><p>This is great time to de-Google with an AOSP-based OS focused on <a href="https://floss.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#privacy</a> like <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GrapheneOS</a>. :grapheneos:</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/google_messages_gdpr/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/google_messages_gdpr/</a></p>2022-03-23T11:50:45+00:00Michael Downey 🚩lnxw48a1: More #Google data-collection: https://shitposter.club/objects/8892f630-e064-4f72-933b-20c552b8126c (Note: someone speculated that this is probably a requirement of all telecom providers, so switching to #Apple phones would not change things.)
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/319558
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 22-Mar-2022 22:54:25 UTCMore #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> data-collection: <a href="https://shitposter.club/objects/8892f630-e064-4f72-933b-20c552b8126c" title="https://shitposter.club/objects/8892f630-e064-4f72-933b-20c552b8126c" rel="nofollow">https://shitposter.club/objects/8892f630-e064-4f72-933b-20c552b8126c</a> <br /><br /> (Note: someone speculated that this is probably a requirement of all telecom providers, so switching to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span> phones would not change things.)2022-03-22T22:54:25+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}norbu: Very long and interesting read ... better never even think about using a Google messaging system. #google #messaging #failure https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/
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norbu's status on Thursday, 17-Mar-2022 05:36:26 UTC<p>Very long and interesting read ... better never even think about using a Google messaging system. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#messaging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#failure</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/</a></p>2022-03-17T05:36:26+00:00Norbert Preininglnxw48a1: https://global.royole.com/us/rowrite-2-smart-writing-pad I know this means I'll have to add a #Google account to my new A7 Lite tablet. (I'm sure this only talks to their own app, which I'm almost 100% sure is only in the Play Store.) But I've been wanting a handwriting-based notes and drawings app for a while. I sent one to my #SoCal home and one to #sonTwo, so I expect to have a full "this is what works well, this is what works not so well" rundown before I ever open the box.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/318631
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 16-Mar-2022 23:49:16 UTC<a href="https://global.royole.com/us/rowrite-2-smart-writing-pad" title="https://global.royole.com/us/rowrite-2-smart-writing-pad" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://global.royole.com/us/rowrite-2-smart-writing-pad</a> <br /><br /> I know this means I'll have to add a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> account to my new A7 Lite tablet. (I'm sure this only talks to their own app, which I'm almost 100% sure is only in the Play Store.)<br /><br /> But I've been wanting a handwriting-based notes and drawings app for a while. I sent one to my #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/socal" rel="tag">SoCal</a></span> home and one to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/sontwo" rel="tag">sonTwo</a></span>, so I expect to have a full "this is what works well, this is what works not so well" rundown before I ever open the box.2022-03-16T23:49:16+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}walter: The good news is the fact that the law will be challenged at the Constitutional Court of Romania and probably it will never be applied.Experts say it has many issues, but the most obvious one is that they've used words that don't exist in the Romanian language.They've probably used #GoogleTranslate to get the translation for "encrypted" and they got a word that doesn't exist in our language: "cripat".Thank you #Google, #DoNotBeEvil
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walter's status on Monday, 07-Mar-2022 13:55:18 UTC<p>The good news is the fact that the law will be challenged at the Constitutional Court of Romania and probably it will never be applied.</p><p>Experts say it has many issues, but the most obvious one is that they've used words that don't exist in the Romanian language.</p><p>They've probably used <a href="https://programist.ro/tags/GoogleTranslate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GoogleTranslate</a> to get the translation for "encrypted" and they got a word that doesn't exist in our language: "cripat".</p><p>Thank you <a href="https://programist.ro/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Google</a>, <a href="https://programist.ro/tags/DoNotBeEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DoNotBeEvil</a></p>2022-03-07T13:55:18+00:00Walter S. 🌻lnxw48a1: https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-removed-from-google-play/ #Briar removed from #Google’s Play Store, expected to return soon. This is a bad time for such situations; people in certain European countries should be using such #peer-to-peer technologies for their communications, to reduce the chance of interception.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/316106
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 28-Feb-2022 15:40:21 UTC<a href="https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-removed-from-google-play/" title="https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-removed-from-google-play/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-removed-from-google-play/</a> <br /> <br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/briar" rel="tag">Briar</a></span> removed from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span>’s Play Store, expected to return soon. <br /> <br /> This is a bad time for such situations; people in certain European countries should be using such #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/peertopeer" rel="tag">peer-to-peer</a></span> technologies for their communications, to reduce the chance of interception.2022-02-28T15:40:21+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: From 2021 July: Mermaid spammers using Danish .DK domains near top of #Google search results in #Norway. https://alexskra.com/blog/the-mermaid-is-taking-over-google-search-in-norway/ [alexskra com] I don't know where I found the link, but the content was interesting.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/315755
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 26-Feb-2022 01:53:57 UTCFrom 2021 July: Mermaid spammers using Danish .DK domains near top of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> search results in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/norway" rel="tag">Norway.</a></span> <a href="https://alexskra.com/blog/the-mermaid-is-taking-over-google-search-in-norway/" title="https://alexskra.com/blog/the-mermaid-is-taking-over-google-search-in-norway/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://alexskra.com/blog/the-mermaid-is-taking-over-google-search-in-norway/</a> [alexskra com] <br /><br /> I don't know where I found the link, but the content was interesting.2022-02-26T01:53:57+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: A lot of us are concerned about #Firefox, about #Thunderbird, and about #Mozilla itself. The trouble is, most of the seeds of Moz's current affliction were planted early on, when the #Google search deal was first signed. They received an unimaginable amount of money, and being good people, they decided to pour it into becoming the Web's advocate and (later on) the Web's privacy advocate. They built a large organization, with some very high salaries at the top, based on the revenue they received from a single customer. And then that customer launched its own browser, #Chrome, in part because Firefox was going slower than Google desired because so many resources were going into other projects and because Google's plans were not always aligned with what Mozilla believed was best for the Web. It was always an unsustainable situation, and when things changed due to cooperation being replaced with coopetition, they started a panicked grasping for other revenue sources. Now, they've cut actual developers, which makes it even more difficult to keep up with Chrome / #Chromium (and the many browsers derived from it). And because they need to find other revenue sources, they keep looking for ad deals ... which runs crosswise with its core users, who want to block ads. So, yeah, I don't see a way out that leaves them as anything other than a niche product produced by a small team of mostly volunteers. I do think _personalization_ as a differentiator is going to flop, if they're thinking about color schemes and superhero logos. A big chunk of what people did with XUL (the former technology, and what made it so customizable) was produce ad blockers, script blockers, embedded-media blockers, pop-up blockers, cookie and tracking blockers, proxy tools, and web development tools (webdev toolbars, xml toolbars, json tools, css and xsl tools, sqlite tools). I just don't think that the ability to make your browser look like the Spiderman t-shirt you bought last week is going to win over a lot of people who are using Chrome/Chomium/Edge/Opera/Vivaldi/Brave/Iron. Now, maybe if they make it the most secure and private browser right out of the box, with ad blocking, script blocking, and so on, plus make it faster than the Chromium family while consuming less RAM and crashing less often, then adding the ability to dress the browser up as Dora the Explorer will total enough advantages to make a difference.
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 00:48:48 UTCA lot of us are concerned about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span>, about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/thunderbird" rel="tag">Thunderbird</a></span>, and about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> itself. The trouble is, most of the seeds of Moz's current affliction were planted early on, when the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> search deal was first signed. <br /><br /> They received an unimaginable amount of money, and being good people, they decided to pour it into becoming the Web's advocate and (later on) the Web's privacy advocate. <br /><br /> They built a large organization, with some very high salaries at the top, based on the revenue they received from a single customer. And then that customer launched its own browser, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span>, in part because Firefox was going slower than Google desired because so many resources were going into other projects and because Google's plans were not always aligned with what Mozilla believed was best for the Web.<br /><br /> It was always an unsustainable situation, and when things changed due to cooperation being replaced with coopetition, they started a panicked grasping for other revenue sources.<br /><br /> Now, they've cut actual developers, which makes it even more difficult to keep up with Chrome / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> (and the many browsers derived from it). And because they need to find other revenue sources, they keep looking for ad deals ... which runs crosswise with its core users, who want to block ads. <br /><br /> So, yeah, I don't see a way out that leaves them as anything other than a niche product produced by a small team of mostly volunteers. <br /><br /> I do think _personalization_ as a differentiator is going to flop, if they're thinking about color schemes and superhero logos. A big chunk of what people did with XUL (the former technology, and what made it so customizable) was produce ad blockers, script blockers, embedded-media blockers, pop-up blockers, cookie and tracking blockers, proxy tools, and web development tools (webdev toolbars, xml toolbars, json tools, css and xsl tools, sqlite tools). I just don't think that the ability to make your browser look like the Spiderman t-shirt you bought last week is going to win over a lot of people who are using Chrome/Chomium/Edge/Opera/Vivaldi/Brave/Iron.<br /><br /> Now, maybe if they make it the most secure and private browser right out of the box, with ad blocking, script blocking, and so on, plus make it faster than the Chromium family while consuming less RAM and crashing less often, then adding the ability to dress the browser up as Dora the Explorer will total enough advantages to make a difference.2022-02-17T00:48:48+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}greenfediverse: ... more reasons why we put #google, #amazon etc. on the reject list ....https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-and-amazon-are-top-ppa-buyers-but-their-net-zero-claims-are-greenwash/💚 ✊
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greenfediverse's status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 10:51:13 UTC<p>... more reasons why we put <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#google</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#amazon</a> etc. on the reject list ....</p><p><a href="https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-and-amazon-are-top-ppa-buyers-but-their-net-zero-claims-are-greenwash/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-and-amazon-are-top-ppa-buyers-but-their-net-zero-claims-are-greenwash/</a></p><p>💚 ✊</p>2022-02-10T10:51:13+00:00GreenFediverselnxw48a1: #Samsung and #Google announce unified watch platform, merging #Tizen and #Android based #WearOS. https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch [www theverge com]
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lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 23:10:11 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/samsung" rel="tag">Samsung</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> announce unified watch platform, merging #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/tizen" rel="tag">Tizen</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/android" rel="tag">Android</a></span> based #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/wearos" rel="tag">WearOS.</a></span> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch" title="https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch</a> [www theverge com]2022-02-01T23:10:11+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}codeberg: @Edent Inspired by this, but for free/libre #Git hosting: There is some of your #Codeberg repos that made it into academia. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=codeberg.orgWarning: #Google ahead :)
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codeberg's status on Monday, 31-Jan-2022 17:12:36 UTC<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent" class="u-url mention">@Edent</a> Inspired by this, but for free/libre <a href="https://mastodon.technology/tags/Git" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Git</a> hosting: There is some of your <a href="https://mastodon.technology/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Codeberg</a> repos that made it into academia. <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=codeberg.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=codeberg.org</a></p><p>Warning: <a href="https://mastodon.technology/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Google</a> ahead :)</p>2022-01-31T17:12:36+00:00Codeberg.orglnxw48a1: Today is a very slow day. Ordinarily, I'd be using the company-paid #LinkedIn / #LockedOut Learning subscription to learn more about #MSAzure, #AWS, #PowerShell, or even #PHP. I take courses on both #Microsoft and #Amazon clouds, but never #Google, #IBM, #CenturyLink / #Lumen clouds. I need to look into those clouds.
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lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 25-Jan-2022 15:25:52 UTCToday is a very slow day. Ordinarily, I'd be using the company-paid #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/linkedin" rel="tag">LinkedIn</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lockedout" rel="tag">LockedOut</a></span> Learning subscription to learn more about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msazure" rel="tag">MSAzure</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/aws" rel="tag">AWS</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/powershell" rel="tag">PowerShell</a></span>, or even #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/php" rel="tag">PHP.</a></span> <br /> <br /> I take courses on both #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/amazon" rel="tag">Amazon</a></span> clouds, but never #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ibm" rel="tag">IBM</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/centurylink" rel="tag">CenturyLink</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lumen" rel="tag">Lumen</a></span> clouds. I need to look into those clouds.2022-01-25T15:25:52+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Today’s #Google doodle celebrates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Weigl who created a vaccine for #typhus and one for spotted fever. NOTE: His vaccines did not confer total immunity, but made people less sick and less likely to die if they did get the disease.
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 02-Sep-2021 22:04:36 UTCToday’s #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> doodle celebrates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Weigl" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Weigl" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Weigl</a> who created a vaccine for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/typhus" rel="tag">typhus</a></span> and one for spotted fever.<br /><br /> NOTE: His vaccines did not confer total immunity, but made people less sick and less likely to die if they did get the disease.2021-09-02T22:04:36+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: @musicman They don't seem to be running Duckbot anymore, just grabbing results straight from #Bing. And Bing's results were almost as bad as Ask's, last time I checked. So, yeah, I don't know how #DDG (and to some extent #Yahoo) were able to do it before, but their results were far better than Bing's despite mostly coming from Bing. Now, they're pretty similar ... and overall bad. I still go to #DuckDuckGo first, but more and more, I find myself going to #Startpage or directly to #Google after a failed DDG search.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/303144
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 23-Jun-2021 02:59:00 UTC@<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/12" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">musicman</a> They don't seem to be running Duckbot anymore, just grabbing results straight from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bing" rel="tag">Bing.</a></span> And Bing's results were almost as bad as Ask's, last time I checked. <br /><br /> So, yeah, I don't know how #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ddg" rel="tag">DDG</a></span> (and to some extent #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/yahoo" rel="tag">Yahoo</a></span>) were able to do it before, but their results were far better than Bing's despite mostly coming from Bing. Now, they're pretty similar ... and overall bad.<br /><br /> I still go to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/duckduckgo" rel="tag">DuckDuckGo</a></span> first, but more and more, I find myself going to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/startpage" rel="tag">Startpage</a></span> or directly to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> after a failed DDG search.2021-06-23T02:59:00+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://therecord.media/google-abandons-experiment-to-show-simplified-domain-urls-in-chrome/ [therecord media] #Google abandons truncated #URLs. As nearly everyone predicted, the security outcomes were not improved.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 11-Jun-2021 17:08:50 UTC<a href="https://therecord.media/google-abandons-experiment-to-show-simplified-domain-urls-in-chrome/" title="https://therecord.media/google-abandons-experiment-to-show-simplified-domain-urls-in-chrome/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://therecord.media/google-abandons-experiment-to-show-simplified-domain-urls-in-chrome/</a> [therecord media]<br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> abandons truncated #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/urls" rel="tag">URLs.</a></span> As nearly everyone predicted, the security outcomes were not improved.2021-06-11T17:08:50+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: #Microsoft, #Apple, #Google fight against users' #right_to_repair the devices the user paid for. https://nu.federati.net/url/281249 [www bloomberg com]
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 24-May-2021 02:18:00 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> fight against users' #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/righttorepair" rel="tag">right_to_repair</a></span> the devices the user paid for. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-20/microsoft-and-apple-wage-war-on-gadget-right-to-repair-laws" title="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-20/microsoft-and-apple-wage-war-on-gadget-right-to-repair-laws" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/281249</a> [www bloomberg com]2021-05-24T02:18:00+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Apple's App Store had 78% profit margins last year https://nu.federati.net/url/281161 [apple slashdot org] Though it is hard to feel any sympathy for #Epic_Games (being motivated by wanting to capture gamers in their own store, not to free #iOS users from captivity to Apple's store), I'm leaning toward wanting them to win their suit, just because #Apple and #Google exercise way too much control over what people can install on the devices they pay for.
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 17-May-2021 23:30:03 UTCApple's App Store had 78% profit margins last year <a href="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/21/05/03/1639255/apples-app-store-had-78-margin-in-2019-epic-expert-says" title="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/21/05/03/1639255/apples-app-store-had-78-margin-in-2019-epic-expert-says" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/281161</a> [apple slashdot org] <br /><br /> Though it is hard to feel any sympathy for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/epicgames" rel="tag">Epic_Games</a></span> (being motivated by wanting to capture gamers in their own store, not to free #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ios" rel="tag">iOS</a></span> users from captivity to Apple's store), I'm leaning toward wanting them to win their suit, just because #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> exercise way too much control over what people can install on the devices they pay for.2021-05-17T23:30:03+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: While I was on my walk, I saw a kid on a bike who reminded me of Charlie from the old neighborhood. So I threw Charlie’s full name into #DuckDuckGo and #Google and followed some links to see whether he left any tracks. So neither search produced the sort of results which used to be routine just a few years ago. First of all, any time you do this, the top half of results are the “search for anyone and we’ll find them … for a fee” sites. If you go to those sites and throw in first-middle-last name and age, you usually get hundreds of results, but that’s because they are not filtered … there will people from 18 to 80, people who only share one of the names in your search, people who have or had relationships with a person with the name, and people who have aliases close to the name in question. Next are “close, but no cigar” results: Similar names. Mug shots sites.* Only then will you see any interesting results. I haven’t been in contact with Charlie since we were both less than half our current ages. I am pretty sure I saw him walking across a store’s parking lot in the 1990s, but no contact was made. Nor was contact the object of my search. A good chunk of the people I once knew have passed on, so I really just wanted to see whether he was still among the living and to have a general idea where he might be. * In the past, I did find out about both Steve and Jay because of a mug shots site. Steve is presumably still behind bars in another state. Jay served a year or so and was released.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 14-May-2021 04:05:24 UTCWhile I was on my walk, I saw a kid on a bike who reminded me of Charlie from the old neighborhood. So I threw Charlie’s full name into #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/duckduckgo" rel="tag">DuckDuckGo</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> and followed some links to see whether he left any tracks. So neither search produced the sort of results which used to be routine just a few years ago.<br /><br /> First of all, any time you do this, the top half of results are the “search for anyone and we’ll find them … for a fee” sites. If you go to those sites and throw in first-middle-last name and age, you usually get hundreds of results, but that’s because they are not filtered … there will people from 18 to 80, people who only share one of the names in your search, people who have or had relationships with a person with the name, and people who have aliases close to the name in question.<br /><br /> Next are “close, but no cigar” results: Similar names. Mug shots sites.*<br /><br /> Only then will you see any interesting results.<br /><br /> I haven’t been in contact with Charlie since we were both less than half our current ages. I am pretty sure I saw him walking across a store’s parking lot in the 1990s, but no contact was made. Nor was contact the object of my search. A good chunk of the people I once knew have passed on, so I really just wanted to see whether he was still among the living and to have a general idea where he might be.<br /><br /> * In the past, I did find out about both Steve and Jay because of a mug shots site. Steve is presumably still behind bars in another state. Jay served a year or so and was released.2021-05-14T04:05:24+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com]https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC. #Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
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lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 09-May-2021 03:56:36 UTCAlso: #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chromium" rel="tag">Chromium</a></span> based browser #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/brave" rel="tag">Brave</a></span> disables #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span>’s #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/floc" rel="tag">FLoC</a></span> <a href="https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/" title="https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/</a> [brave com]<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari" title="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/281049</a> [www theverge com] notes that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox</a></span> currently has no plans to implement #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/floc" rel="tag">FLoC</a></span> and that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/duckduckgo" rel="tag">DuckDuckGo</a></span> is already working to block FLoC.<br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/edge" rel="tag">Edge</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/safari" rel="tag">Safari</a></span> issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.2021-05-09T03:56:36+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs #Bing sucks balls. 11 years later and this is still true: No one in their right mind would choose Bing over #Google.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/301773
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 13-Apr-2021 22:56:44 UTC<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs" rel="nofollow" class="attachment thumbnail">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs</a> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bing" rel="tag">Bing</a></span> sucks balls. <br /><br /> 11 years later and this is still true: No one in their right mind would choose Bing over #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google.</a></span>2021-04-13T22:56:44+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Here's a good example and explanation of why you want ti move as much of your online life as possible away from #Google (and similar #corpocentric platforms). https://nu.federati.net/url/279741 [arstechnica com]
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/300482
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 08-Feb-2021 19:27:30 UTCHere's a good example and explanation of why you want ti move as much of your online life as possible away from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> (and similar #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/corpocentric" rel="tag">corpocentric</a></span> platforms). <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/terraria-developer-cancels-google-stadia-port-after-youtube-account-ban/" title="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/terraria-developer-cancels-google-stadia-port-after-youtube-account-ban/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/279741</a> [arstechnica com]2021-02-08T19:27:30+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761 [kotaku com] #Google closing #Stadia’s internal studios ... bad sign for those who bought into their gaming infrastructure. I think I saw several people point out when it started that ${NASDAQ[‘GOOG’]} has a tendency to abandon projects when they appear to be starting to succeed. Google Reader is the classic example.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/300296
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 01-Feb-2021 22:10:12 UTC<a href="https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761" title="https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-shuts-down-internal-studios-changing-bus-1846146761</a> [kotaku com] <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> closing #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/stadia" rel="tag">Stadia</a></span>’s internal studios ... bad sign for those who bought into their gaming infrastructure. <br /><br /> I think I saw several people point out when it started that ${NASDAQ[‘GOOG’]} has a tendency to abandon projects when they appear to be starting to succeed. Google Reader is the classic example.2021-02-01T22:10:12+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://battlepenguin.com/tech/google-maps-gets-worse-with-every-release/ He's right. Google Maps (like search and other #Google products) is in a declining usefulness phase.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/300216
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 29-Jan-2021 20:08:18 UTC<a href="https://battlepenguin.com/tech/google-maps-gets-worse-with-every-release/" title="https://battlepenguin.com/tech/google-maps-gets-worse-with-every-release/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://battlepenguin.com/tech/google-maps-gets-worse-with-every-release/</a> <br /><br /> He's right. Google Maps (like search and other #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> products) is in a declining usefulness phase.2021-01-29T20:08:18+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: #Fitbit acquired by #Google > I’m writing today to let you know that Fitbit is now officially part of Google. It’s an incredibly exciting moment for us as a company and for our Fitbit community of users around the globe. Years ago, I bought a Fitbit device. I closed my account and gave the device away, but they sent this notice today.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/299842
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 15-Jan-2021 18:37:15 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fitbit" rel="tag">Fitbit</a></span> acquired by #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span><br /><br /> > I’m writing today to let you know that Fitbit is now officially part of Google. It’s an incredibly exciting moment for us as a company and for our Fitbit community of users around the globe. <br /><br /> Years ago, I bought a Fitbit device. I closed my account and gave the device away, but they sent this notice today.2021-01-15T18:37:15+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: I'm hearing that #Google and #Apple are removing the apps for the #Parler #socnet from the #Android PlayStore and the #iOS AppStore. I'd argue that given their duopoly on mobile operating systems, the power to arbitrarily kick someone out is scary (regardless of how deserving Parler might be; I'm not even sure I've seen a screenshot of the site). I'd argue that this is evidence that the mobile OS and app store groups of both companies need to be split up, so that competition can come ... including strong competition for mobile app stores on each platform. Again, Parler may deserve it, especially if their users used the socnet to organize their insurrection attempt. (Though I suspect many of them probably used odious #corpocentric sites like #Twitter or #Facebook, which are not being punished.)
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/299676
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 09-Jan-2021 01:24:53 UTCI'm hearing that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span> are removing the apps for the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/parler" rel="tag">Parler</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/socnet" rel="tag">socnet</a></span> from the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/android" rel="tag">Android</a></span> PlayStore and the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ios" rel="tag">iOS</a></span> AppStore.<br /><br /> I'd argue that given their duopoly on mobile operating systems, the power to arbitrarily kick someone out is scary (regardless of how deserving Parler might be; I'm not even sure I've seen a screenshot of the site). I'd argue that this is evidence that the mobile OS and app store groups of both companies need to be split up, so that competition can come ... including strong competition for mobile app stores on each platform.<br /><br /> Again, Parler may deserve it, especially if their users used the socnet to organize their insurrection attempt. (Though I suspect many of them probably used odious #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/corpocentric" rel="tag">corpocentric</a></span> sites like #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/facebook" rel="tag">Facebook</a></span>, which are not being punished.)2021-01-09T01:24:53+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: From last August: #TikTok caught breaking #Android rules https://nu.federati.net/url/279202 [www marketwatch com] TikTok collected Android user data using tactic banned by #Google
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/299577
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 04-Jan-2021 00:54:15 UTCFrom last August: #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/tiktok" rel="tag">TikTok</a></span> caught breaking #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/android" rel="tag">Android</a></span> rules <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tiktok-collected-android-user-data-using-tactic-banned-by-google-2020-08-11" title="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tiktok-collected-android-user-data-using-tactic-banned-by-google-2020-08-11" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/279202</a> [www marketwatch com] <br /><br /> TikTok collected Android user data using tactic banned by #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span>2021-01-04T00:54:15+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Apparently, the FTC (and 48 state attorneys general) are suing #Facebook over its monopolistic practices, including buying up emerging competitors. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/facebook-ftc-lawsuit-440645 [www politico com] CAUTION: #JavaScrippled https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html [www cnn com] https://news.yahoo.com/states-ftc-suing-facebook-alleged-193833264.html [news yahoo com] The biggest question on everyone's minds should be where is #USDOJ? They should have sued back when Facebook bought #WhatsApp and #Instagram ... or at the least, been actively involved in prosecuting this lawsuit. It really does seem like DOJ's beef with #Google is that the bribes ^W political contributions weren't large enough or didn't reach the right person.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/299015
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 09-Dec-2020 20:00:49 UTCApparently, the FTC (and 48 state attorneys general) are suing #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/facebook" rel="tag">Facebook</a></span> over its monopolistic practices, including buying up emerging competitors. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/facebook-ftc-lawsuit-440645" title="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/facebook-ftc-lawsuit-440645" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/25/facebook-ftc-lawsuit-440645</a> [www politico com] CAUTION: #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/javascrippled" rel="tag">JavaScrippled</a></span> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html" title="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html</a> [www cnn com] <br /><br /><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/states-ftc-suing-facebook-alleged-193833264.html" title="https://news.yahoo.com/states-ftc-suing-facebook-alleged-193833264.html" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://news.yahoo.com/states-ftc-suing-facebook-alleged-193833264.html</a> [news yahoo com]<br /><br /> The biggest question on everyone's minds should be where is #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/usdoj" rel="tag">USDOJ</a></span>? They should have sued back when Facebook bought #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/whatsapp" rel="tag">WhatsApp</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/instagram" rel="tag">Instagram</a></span> ... or at the least, been actively involved in prosecuting this lawsuit. It really does seem like DOJ's beef with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> is that the bribes ^W political contributions weren't large enough or didn't reach the right person.2020-12-09T20:00:49+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Of course,it has other consequences, and honestly, if my phone was stolen, I'd want it to get a secure wipe. Search for "Brother Orange" in #DDG or #Google, and you'll see why. #Android isn't the only one with such a misfeature. In organizations with #Apple #iOS devices, re-use after an employee leaves can be painful. Sometimes, after days or weeks of delay, Apple will inlock the devices for re-use, but sometimes, the org must buy a new phone.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/298913
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 05-Dec-2020 18:17:39 UTCOf course,it has other consequences, and honestly, if my phone was stolen, I'd want it to get a secure wipe. Search for "Brother Orange" in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ddg" rel="tag">DDG</a></span> or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span>, and you'll see why.<br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/android" rel="tag">Android</a></span> isn't the only one with such a misfeature. In organizations with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/apple" rel="tag">Apple</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ios" rel="tag">iOS</a></span> devices, re-use after an employee leaves can be painful. Sometimes, after days or weeks of delay, Apple will inlock the devices for re-use, but sometimes, the org must buy a new phone.2020-12-05T18:17:39+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: > ... try Bing, I've heard it ... works alright. No idea about their filters, but I consider #Bing a failure at search. Their results are barely better than #Ask.com these days. Both #Yahoo and #DDG use their backend, but somehow have better results (but both are in steep decline). I do admit that it may vary based on the topics one searches for, but I've been trying out #Google alternatives for years, but no matter which I use, I eventually have to use Google (even if indirectly, such as via #StartPage or #Searx).
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/298830
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 02-Dec-2020 00:50:14 UTC> ... try Bing, I've heard it ... works alright.<br /><br /> No idea about their filters, but I consider #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bing" rel="tag">Bing</a></span> a failure at search. Their results are barely better than #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/askcom" rel="tag">Ask.com</a></span> these days. Both #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/yahoo" rel="tag">Yahoo</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ddg" rel="tag">DDG</a></span> use their backend, but somehow have better results (but both are in steep decline).<br /><br /> I do admit that it may vary based on the topics one searches for, but I've been trying out #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> alternatives for years, but no matter which I use, I eventually have to use Google (even if indirectly, such as via #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/startpage" rel="tag">StartPage</a></span> or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/searx" rel="tag">Searx</a></span>).2020-12-02T00:50:14+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: #Google pulling back from #AMP just as antitrust pressure increases https://nu.federati.net/url/278168 [themarkup org]
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/298485
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 20-Nov-2020 17:50:36 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> pulling back from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/amp" rel="tag">AMP</a></span> just as antitrust pressure increases <a href="https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/11/19/as-antitrust-pressure-mounts-google-to-pull-back-benefit-to-news-sites-that-adopted-its-preferred-mobile-technology" title="https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/11/19/as-antitrust-pressure-mounts-google-to-pull-back-benefit-to-news-sites-that-adopted-its-preferred-mobile-technology" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/278168</a> [themarkup org]2020-11-20T17:50:36+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: By the way, I haven't been paying attention to such things for some time, so it's only been a couple of months since I even heard of #Widevine, and only today did I learn that this is a #Google product.
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/298365
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Nov-2020 22:03:15 UTCBy the way, I haven't been paying attention to such things for some time, so it's only been a couple of months since I even heard of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/widevine" rel="tag">Widevine</a></span>, and only today did I learn that this is a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> product.2020-11-16T22:03:15+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: #Conservancy's Bradley Kuhn makes a proposal in light of new onslaught by #DRM / #TUR (Technological Usage Restrictions) companies https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/ [sfconcervancy org] In this case, besides the #RIAA's baseless claim against YouTubeDL, #Google filed a claim against widevine-l3-decryptor https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-09-Google.md
https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/notice/298364
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Nov-2020 21:56:23 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/conservancy" rel="tag">Conservancy</a></span>'s Bradley Kuhn makes a proposal in light of new onslaught by #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/drm" rel="tag">DRM</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/tur" rel="tag">TUR</a></span> (Technological Usage Restrictions) companies <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/" title="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/</a> [sfconcervancy org] <br /><br /> In this case, besides the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/riaa" rel="tag">RIAA</a></span>'s baseless claim against YouTubeDL, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> filed a claim against widevine-l3-decryptor <a href="https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-09-Google.md" title="https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-09-Google.md" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/11/2020-11-09-Google.md</a>2020-11-16T21:56:23+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: 2020-11-11: #Google Play identified as main distribution channel for #Android #malware https://nu.federati.net/url/277913 [www zdnet com]
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lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Nov-2020 07:27:13 UTC2020-11-11: #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> Play identified as main distribution channel for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/android" rel="tag">Android</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/malware" rel="tag">malware</a></span> <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/play-store-identified-as-main-distribution-vector-for-most-android-malware/" title="https://www.zdnet.com/article/play-store-identified-as-main-distribution-vector-for-most-android-malware/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/277913</a> [www zdnet com]2020-11-14T07:27:13+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: #Google discloses #Microsoft #Windows 10 #zero-day vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. Also patched a #Chrome zero-day. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/ [www zdnet com] #Win10 #security Patch incoming 2020-11-10, #Patch_Tuesday.
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lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 16:32:38 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> discloses #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/windows" rel="tag">Windows</a></span> 10 #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/zeroday" rel="tag">zero-day</a></span> vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. Also patched a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chrome" rel="tag">Chrome</a></span> zero-day. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/" title="https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/</a> [www zdnet com] <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/win10" rel="tag">Win10</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/security" rel="tag">security</a></span> <br /><br /> Patch incoming 2020-11-10, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/patchtuesday" rel="tag">Patch_Tuesday.</a></span>2020-10-31T16:32:38+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: From August. #Mozilla and #Google renew $400M search deal for three years. https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ [www zdnet com]
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lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 31-Oct-2020 16:24:33 UTCFrom August.<br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> renew $400M search deal for three years. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/" title="https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/</a> [www zdnet com]2020-10-31T16:24:33+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/275530 [medium com] I know, yucky #Medium. Steve Yegge argues that #Google Cloud's deprecation policy is behind its slow growth compared to Amazon and Microsoft clouds.
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lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 23-Sep-2020 20:31:07 UTC<a href="https://medium.com/@steve.yegge/dear-google-cloud-your-deprecation-policy-is-killing-you-ee7525dc05dc" title="https://medium.com/@steve.yegge/dear-google-cloud-your-deprecation-policy-is-killing-you-ee7525dc05dc" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/275530</a> [medium com]<br /><br /> I know, yucky #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/medium" rel="tag">Medium.</a></span><br /><br /> Steve Yegge argues that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> Cloud's deprecation policy is behind its slow growth compared to Amazon and Microsoft clouds.2020-09-23T20:31:07+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Added some "learning paths" in $EMPLOYER paid #LockedOut / #LinkedIn Learning today. Over 30 hours of "cloud" stuff. #Amazon Web Services ( #AWS ) and #Microsoft #Azure and #Google Cloud Platform ( #GCP ).
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2020 01:29:04 UTCAdded some "learning paths" in $EMPLOYER paid #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lockedout" rel="tag">LockedOut</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/linkedin" rel="tag">LinkedIn</a></span> Learning today. Over 30 hours of "cloud" stuff. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/amazon" rel="tag">Amazon</a></span> Web Services ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/aws" rel="tag">AWS</a></span> ) and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/azure" rel="tag">Azure</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/google" rel="tag">Google</a></span> Cloud Platform ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gcp" rel="tag">GCP</a></span> ).2020-09-17T01:29:04+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}