crimeschneck

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cutie pies

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I'm confused: So you needed a Gmail address for a Google user account, but how can you have a Gmail address without a Google user account?

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 9mo ago

Translation:

A German court has ruled that Google’s practice of requiring users to use Gmail addresses for their accounts is unlawful. The lawsuit was brought by the parent company of GMX and Web.de.
The Regional Court of Mainz delivered a partial legal victory for the German email provider GMX/Web.de against the US tech giant, prohibiting Google from favoring its own Gmail service when users set up an Android smartphone and create a Google account. A Google account is required, for example, to access the Google Play app store or to log in to YouTube. According to the court, for a long time, setting up such an account required a Gmail address, while email addresses from GMX.de and Web.de could not be used or only with difficulty—putting Google’s competitors at a disadvantage.
Parent company 1&1 must bear part of the court costsHowever, the court dismissed parts of the lawsuit, meaning 1&1, as the parent company of GMX/Web.de and the plaintiff in the case, must cover three-quarters of the procedural costs. The ruling is not yet final, and the case is expected to proceed to the next instance. Google has already filed an appeal.
Login now also possible with phone numberGoogle has already changed the behavior criticized in the lawsuit: Since May, users have been able to provide just a phone number during setup. However, Google still automatically creates a Gmail address—which, according to the court, is insufficient.
In its lawsuit, 1&1 referred to the new EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), which has been in force since 2024 and strengthens the rights of consumers and smaller companies against tech giants like Apple or Google. The underlying assumption is that major platform operators are so powerful that they could cement their market position and must therefore treat their own services and those of competitors equally.
1&1: EU regulations are taking effect1&1 expressed satisfaction with the ruling. “This is a good sign for competition and consumer choice,” said Michael Hagenau, managing director of GMX and Web.de. Millions of users could now consciously choose a European provider with strict data protection instead of Gmail. He called it “a tangible signal for digital sovereignty.”
Google welcomed the fact that most of the claims were rejected, but expressed concern that the decision undermines the DMA’s goal of harmonizing rules. “We are concerned that the ruling undermines the DMA’s efforts to harmonize regulations,” the American company stated.

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

You could also encode the DDL links. That's what FMHY does for a list of (encodeded) links hosted on rentry.

crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

TIL you can have a single letter username, at least on Piefed.

crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

Shameless self-promotion: !anniversaries@sopuli.xyz

It's like "On This Day", "This Day in History", etc. I'm currently the only poster but I don't mind, I enjoy regularly looking for interesting anniversaries.

Post anniversaries on any topic you feel like; even personal anniversaries are allowed!

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

I included the titles in the body of the post. It's behind a spoiler so you have to click it to expand it.

It's Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro (Yes, that's their actual name, the Wikipedia article has a section about it)

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

Yeah, I got it on vinyl. "Radio" is their most popular song. It's a short but very good album imo with a mix between fun songs ("Radio", "10 Bier zuviel" and "Scheisse", I remember) and deeper and darker songs, e.g. "Allein zuhaus":

Warum hast du mir das angetan?Ich war doch viel zu jungWarum hast du mir das angetan?Ich konnte nichts dagegen tun

There's also the "song" "Nichts" at the end… well, I won't spoil it. It's a funny idea.

crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

To be even more precise than the other comments: This is only the same deal if you buy an even number of them.

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

According to itch.io, the removal of Mouthwashing is not related to the purge of NSFW-tagged games.

This game hasn't been indexed since October 2024 since it doesn't meet our indexing criteria: https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed#why-isnt-my-project-showing-up
The developers are using a "Download" button as a link to Steam. The developer took down any playable files form this page in 2024.

Bluesky

crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

high resolution

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

NSFW warning for those links

Maybe 4chan's /hr/ or its archive if you're comfortable using that site? They have celebrity threads with HR photos. You can probably also find tools to bulk download images.

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

That's a general question: "Do you leave a popular but problematic platform, reducing the size of your audience and maybe also the 'counterweight' to problematic content? Or do you stay and contribute to the popularity of the platform with your content?"

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

"They repeatedly feel rejected. They are frustrated when at a social get-together they once again fail to connect with anyone and return home feeling alone," she said.

"How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths:

There's a club if you'd like to goYou could meet somebody who really loves youSo you go and you stand on your ownAnd you leave on your ownAnd you go home and you cryAnd you want to die

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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

This is the Russian propaganda narrative of "de-Nazification".

crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺 @sopuli.xyz 10mo ago

I found a (possibly outdated) interesting German analysis paper by the Amadeu Antonio Foundation from March 2022 on how right wing extremists and conspiracy ideologists reacted to the conflict.