6 Oct
2021
6 Oct
'21
5:34 p.m.
said Dr. Nikolaus Klepp:
| Anno domini 09:44:40 Wed, 6 Oct 2021 -0700 (PDT)
|
| Gianluca Interlandi scripsit:
| > On Wed, 6 Oct 2021, dep wrote:
| > > said Gianluca Interlandi:
| > > | Just wondering, is the issue with internet service providers
| > > | (ISPs) blocking the e-mails or is it the e-mail service companies?
| > > | In the latter case, would it solve it by switching to a different
| > > | e-mail service, e.g., from GMX to gmail or similar?
| > >
| > > Oh, and handing the mail over to Google is not something that
| > > accomplishes anything that any sane person would want to have.
| > > Google, for all its "want-some-candy-little-girl?" freebies, is
| > > evil.
| >
| > I'm at the UW, which invented the e-mail client pine, contributed to
| > IMAP and other achievements. Now they have handed everything over to
| > google and MS. Reason: if there is a lawsuit, google and MS will come
| > up with the legal means.
|
| I wonder which is the greater theat: lawsuit or depending on Google and
| M$ defending UW in a lawsuit.
They are surely operating on the theory that the bear will eat them last.
Which with these guys I'm not sure there's evidence to support.
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