Fuck google
- www.theverge.com Google accused of violating labor law for asking workers to ‘refrain’ from talking about antitrust case
Google is still set to fight the government over remedies.
- www.bbc.com We took on Google and forced them to pay out £2bn
Shivaun Raff and her husband, Adam, describe their long court battle with technology giant Google.
- www.theverge.com Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now
Google may get its appeal before consequences arrive.
- lifehacker.com Google Is Cracking Down on Ad Blockers, But Here's How You Can Fight Back
Google is starting to shut down uBlock Origin and other older ad blockers for Chrome, but there are steps you can take to keep blocking ads just like you always have.
or just stop giving your work for free to google by deleting your account
- superuser.com How can I block the “Sign in with Google” prompt on websites?
On many websites that require login, those annoying Google login prompts appear: There are several tutorials on the Internet on how to avoid this, for example, this one on How-To Geek, which suggest
- www.404media.co Google's Exclusive Reddit Access
DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.
- arstechnica.com Google’s greenhouse gas emissions jump 48% in five years
Google's 2030 "Net zero" target looks increasingly doubtful as AI use soars.
- www.engadget.com More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus
Wired reports that more than 1,100 people who identified themselves as STEM students and young workers have taken the pledge to refuse jobs from the companies "for powering Israel's Apartheid system and genocide against Palestinians."
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Google has been blocking Invidious with error "This helps protect our community"
github.com [Bug] "This helps protect our community." · Issue #4734 · iv-org/invidiousEDIT by @unixfox: The Invidious team is aware of this issue. It appears that it affects all the software using YouTube. Please refrain from commenting if you have nothing new to bring up. Thank you...
![[Bug] "This helps protect our community." · Issue #4734 · iv-org/invidious](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f3e20d98-71a9-4e58-a336-c159c1d36fec.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
- lifehacker.com Google Is an Even Bigger Privacy Nightmare Than You Think
404 Media reports on a database of thousands of Google-employee reports about privacy and security issues with Google products. These issues affected products like YouTube, Street View, and Google Docs.
- www.wheresyoured.at The Man Who Killed Google Search
This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then
- www.theverge.com Google broke labor laws when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers
Google’s control comes with responsibility, according to the NLRB.
- mashable.com YouTube demonetizes public domain 'Steamboat Willie' video after copyright claim
A one-off mistake or a sign of copyright battles to come over Mickey Mouse?
- www.cnet.com Google Settles $5 Billion Consumer Privacy Suit Over Chrome's Incognito Mode
The company is accused of secretly tracking Chrome users while they were in the incognito browsing mode.
- addons.mozilla.org Youtube -> Piped redirect (minimal permissions) – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Youtube -> Piped redirect (minimal permissions) for Firefox. Redirects (some of) youtube links to piped.video
