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Google Domains to shut down (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm still in disbelief having heard this for the first time today.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Based on my experience in many privacy roles covering US, EU, UK and other countries, the sale of a company will likely be covered in Google's privacy notice and is not considered a sale of personal data considering customer's personal data will immediately be covered by the purchasing company's privacy notice.

Funny, because if I decided to go into business with Google by renting a service from them, that honestly shouldn't mean that I automatically decided to go into business with some other corporation at Google's whim.

But hey, capitalism really cares about personal autonomy. It's not like it just exploits our labor and treats us like commodities or anything. /s

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I think what they mean to say is, me big you small

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Really? It's not uncommon for me to have a service through one company and have that company be sold to another. I can think of at least two banks that I was a customer of when this happened. Similarly I'm sure it's happened with some utilities, and maybe a telco.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In this case, the service is disconnected from your data. With Google et al., your data is the product.
Closing or some other form of taking your banking account hostage until you give them permission is not exactly something that should ever be possible to happen. This kind of service needs to be heavily regulated. Much unlike Facebook or some other social media stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who said anything about "common/uncommon"? Are you really enough of a subservient piece of shit to think that the way capitalism does things dictates the way they should be?