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- on Tony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 years in c/europe@feddit.org · 11h ago
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on ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17h ago
Just to say, its minimal effort to set up. Its the kind of annoyance ypu get scratching an itch - a momentary effort for long term relief.
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on What do you do for email? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Sep 2026
I use proton myself. I dont know about private browsers but it works with Thunderbird via its own decryption app Proton Bridge. Thats a good privacy solution (assuming its a secure desktop), and gives you a local backup of your email.
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on In case you need some motivation to de-google in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 1 Sep 2026
I get what youre saying, but damaging google in Europe is an unintended and deserved consequence of the shit show that is US politics.
But absolutely right: don’t forget the ongoing war in Iran, the unneeded trade war in Canada, the bullying of the EU and other allies over trade, the constant threats to NATO, American indifference to the Russian war on Ukraine, Trump generally being a putin arse kisser, the criminalisation of tourists to the US, Trumps enabling of Israeli atrocities in Gaza and of course the Epstein files. And much more.
We don’t have a vote in the US elections, but we can stop using Google, Facebook, Twitrer/X, and Microsoft products. And we can vote in our elections for people who codemn Trump. That is how we can have our say.
A broken clock is correct twice a day as they say. I’m no fan of Blair but he has been consistent in being pro EU and was one of the few voices in Labour after the referendum who actually said remainers shouldn’t give up and we should campaign to rejoin.
That said, now is not the time. What we should be doing is rejoining the customs union which will undo some damage and out us back on a course to rejoin. But even that seems out of reach because politicians seem terrified of giving Farrage anything to campaign on rather than confronting him head on.