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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would love for the EU to just go all-out hardcore privacy protection and fine GAFAM et al. into fucking oblivion for not complying. If they shut down services, that's probably for the better, although it will be a rough awakening for most people (probably including myself)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google Amazon Facebook Apple Microsoft 👉 big tech

[–] Tubbles 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=2tQzCqkIQ60

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just a guess:

Google
Amazon
Facebook
Apple
Microsoft

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The big 5 tech: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft

There's a few other acronyms for the same, this is the one I remember most often