Google were maybe seen as the good guys back in the days of Yahoo search, and perhaps the very early days of Android.

But those times are so long passed. Google has been a tax-avoiding, anti-consumer rights, search-rigging, anti-privacy behemoth for decades now, and they only get worse with each passing year.

I'm quite certain that this deal is intended to be unpalatable to Ukraine - it was cooked up by Trump and Putin after all.

Either way they win:

Ukraine takes the deal: they win; Ukraine says the deal is ridiculous and walks away: then Russia & Trump brand them as unrealistic agitants and delay for more favourable terms and extend the war.

Probably 50:50 on a presidential pardon tbh

Mamma mia

Just look at who is in the White House, mate - and not just the president, but basically you can pick anyone he's hand-picked for his staff.

Surely that's an instant cure for any qualified person feeling imposter syndrome in their job.

Good to have the gutless kowtowing reported on.

I'm honestly a little surprised at how quickly the big tech corps have not just cosied-up to Trump and Elon, but really done their best to pledge fealty and become part of the inner circle. When the winds change in the future I very much doubt liberals and leftists will ever forget that these big 'Silicon valley liberals' largely turned out to be a deception. The trust will be gone forever.

Reads like it was written by an ai:

• drones on with tangential information
• doesn't answer the question

I chuckled when i got to the picture of Obama. I'm borderline on whether this is a genuine rw meme or a parody it's that over the top

Thats fine, i get it was long. Apprecitate the advice. If it doesn't get restored i will move on from @lemmy.world entirely tbh. I dont feel like i posted something incredibly challenging, and it certainly broke none of the rules on that comm - so i was quite surprised at the ban and deletion as a 'welcome to lemmy' after lurking for a year or so.

While I agree with you for the most part, actually none of that is the point of this post - the point was is it valid to delete my post as 'spam' and ban me.

A sock puppet account is a false account made for deceptive purposes - this is a flat mischaracterization of my account. What would be my deception? I made it clear I'm a proton user of many years, made it clear i'm posting my opinion, made it clear it's my first post, and quoted from the source instead of going off on an extreme take.. like, say, presuming the CEO to be a Nazi defender and profiteer because he posted a single comment to thank Trump for a cabinet appointment. A cabinet appointment btw that has been widely cautiously praised by left-wing progressives. Only 'cautiously' because it's Trump. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-antitrust-agenda-nominees_n_6771d727e4b094f547727973

A broken clock is right twice a day - even Trump sometimes does things that are helpful. Probably by accident or because they align with some other goal he has - but good nonetheless. Go on though, continue the personal attacks for me having a perfectly valid opinion - without researching one of your own.

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