I actually didn't mind the Facebook username because I just used "pikestaff" which is my e-name pretty much everywhere :)
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I actually didn't mind the Facebook username because I just used "pikestaff" which is my e-name pretty much everywhere :)
I put off getting one for so long because I didn't feel obligated to get one.
...Then they made me get one and chose it for me.
I left facebook long before they started doing that to people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synoptikal
I am this close to leaving Google as well.
I'm still waiting for a good replacement for gmail and then I am outta there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yerushalmi
Mind my asking why?Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeI'm still waiting for a good replacement for gmail and then I am outta there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yerushalmi
Sometimes I forget that BoB's real name isn't BoB and that he doesn't actually look like a chocobo.
Because every three months they add a new feature to Gmail that makes it worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by SynoptikalMind my asking why?Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeI'm still waiting for a good replacement for gmail and then I am outta there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yerushalmi
I don't like putting too many of my eggs in one company's basket. It makes me nervous. Should something happen to said company or should it suddenly take a turn for the ~*~EVIL~*~ or something then I'd rather have just one or two things affected by it and not my entire internet life (as would be the case if I used their search and their email and their browser and their online storage and their video service and their social network and their online word processor and their phone and their messaging service and their...)Quote:
Originally Posted by SynoptikalMind my asking why?Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeI'm still waiting for a good replacement for gmail and then I am outta there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yerushalmi
But Google's motto is don't be evil :monster:
That's what they all say :shifty:
Because no company has ever used a motto that wasn't true :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
Didn't say I agree, it's just really blatant if they're lying :monster:
Can't emphasize this enough. If more people realised this, we might actually be able to get past some of humanity's biggest problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by YerushalmiBecause no company has ever used a motto that wasn't true :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
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Guess I'll be looking for a new email service. What email providers don't suck?
There aren't any, I'm afraid. That I know of.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Man
People on the Internet have no reasonable expectation that anything they do is private in any way.