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Google flags Immich sites as dangerous

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1005 points janpio | 5 comments | 22 Oct 25 20:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.483s | source
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heavyset_go ◴[23 Oct 25 01:25 UTC] No.45677171[source]▶
Insane that one company can dictate what websites you're allowed to visit. Telling you what apps you can run wasn't far enough.
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liquid_thyme ◴[23 Oct 25 01:58 UTC] No.45677365[source]▶
I really don't know how they got nerds to think scummy advertising is cool. If you think about it, the thing they make money on - no user actually wants ads or wants to see them, ever. Somehow Google has some sort of nerd cult that people think its cool to join such an unethical company.
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1. jrowen ◴[23 Oct 25 04:23 UTC] No.45678151[source]▶
So unethical that they made countless free services that millions of people have relied on every day for years. Do you interface with anyone that's not deep in the software industry? Every regular person I know uses everything Google without any hesitation and no more than a bit of annoyance with ads sometimes. I think they all are pretty happy with the deal and would not switch to a paid ad-free version.

I'm increasingly blown away by takes on here that are so dramatic and militant about things that barely even register to most people.

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2. nicce ◴[23 Oct 25 05:36 UTC] No.45678477[source]▶
On this day, only Google Maps does not have real competitor on Android. Otherwise, it is possible to drop Google and even get better services. Brands are difficult to compete.
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3. liquid_thyme ◴[23 Oct 25 08:40 UTC] No.45679630[source]▶
They created the largest spying instrument in the world that creates hidden profiles (that can never be deleted) documenting web activity, psychological state, medications, etc, etc for billions of people - and have been caught multiple times sharing data with governments (they're probably compromised internally anyway). I would categorize that as unethical. But yeah, you can cheer for the scraps they throw out.

>about things that barely even register to most people.

News flash: This whole website is about things that don't register to most people. It's called hacker news FFS.

In any case, I think a trillion dollar company probably doesn't need defending. They can easily tweak their algorithm to bury this type of stuff; after all this opinion is probably not "relevant" or "useful" to most people.

4. jacquesm ◴[23 Oct 25 08:47 UTC] No.45679686[source]▶
Google's services, especially their free services, are never really free. It's just that the price tag is so well hidden that ordinary users really believe this. But the HN audience is more technical than that and they see through the smokescreen.

Except for those that are making money off adds directly or indirectly, and who believe in their god given right to my attention and my data.

> I'm increasingly blown away by takes on here that are so dramatic and militant about things that barely even register to most people.

Things 'barely even registering to most people' is not as strong a position as you may think it is. Oxygen barely registers to most people. But take it away and they register it just fine (for a short while). The 'regular' people that you know have been steadily conditioned to an ever worsening experience to the point that they barely recognize the websites they visit when seeing the web with an adblocker for the first time.

5. frm88 ◴[23 Oct 25 09:14 UTC] No.45679853[source]▶
Try Mapy. Outperforms Google maps any day.