Corporations are not your friends. Also, maybe stop using Google products. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - ThreadSky

scatterplot.bsky.social • 12 days ago

Corporations are not your friends. Also, maybe stop using Google products.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/google-calendar-black-history-pride-month

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bytetupoino.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’d love to emancipate myself from Gmail, just don’t know how or what other dependable email service I can use…

frozenfoxx.cultoffoxx.net•11 days ago

I use Protonmail. It's cheap, dependable, and easy to front with a domain.

tk-wolf.bsky.social•12 days ago

Dude... What the hell. There's like nothing left that I can even use. I guess time to cancel YouTube and google drive subscriptions.

fleofynx.bsky.social•11 days ago

I desperately wish for a viable YouTube competitor to emerge. Most of the people I watch are only there and on Twitch, and I don't feel any better about enriching Amazon.

koupip.bsky.social•11 days ago

tiktok is the only viable competitor to american product and iirc even they started bootlicking shit is grim af

tk-wolf.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yeaaaahhh... I was a firm TikTok user, until their whole 'praise trump' fake shut down and reopen thing. And a contact inside confirmed their algos now favor him. :')

jamiesharp.bsky.social•11 days ago

Small outlets are the way for now

jamiesharp.bsky.social•11 days ago

Haven't purchased from Amazon in three years, and haven't paid anything for or through Google in a few months now; it's painful, but possible

fleofynx.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yeah, I'm boycotting both going forward. I'll still watch YouTube but with an ad-blocker now instead of paying for premium. Gotta switch to another music streaming service too.

4fpzephyrtiger.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sadly I need Gmail for my work and also my YouTube channel… So I am not sure what to do…

yorishark.bsky.social•11 days ago

tho yes i agree with you we should stop useing google products. it is however geting quite impossible ''dont use apple'' ''dont use microsoft'' ''dont use google'' i feel like i need to become amish at this rate
corpos suck we cant live without some of their products. i guess this is life now

lioneltoy.bsky.social•12 days ago

I've thought about getting off google as best I can.

tekfox.bsky.social•12 days ago

I cant even process how shitty this has become

theamazingkodi.bsky.social•12 days ago

just the opening act, unfortunately

inksomnia.bsky.social•11 days ago

What alternatives are there

vincent4643.bsky.social•11 days ago

at this point I don't give a shit anymore

scalyshapeshifter.bsky.social•11 days ago

Damnit these corporations needs to stop bending over for fascists, fight them and tell them they don't control you. So much for any morality or self respect. Very concerned for this year's pride month and seeing what kind of crap is going to happen

frozenfoxx.cultoffoxx.net•11 days ago

The article gets even better, looks like ol Google is just hopping straight to the bootlicking as fast as it can.

As a child of the 90s it hurts to see such a once beloved titan keep falling so far, but here we are.

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