Jail is not the only possible punishment for anything illegal.
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What is more interesting, Google came as a more friendly alternative, with drastically less ads than Alta Vista and other search engines of that time had. Today's Google is only just approaching now the amount of ads on the search results page that those had. It is just a bit smarter about mixing ads with actual search results and the ads are more targeted (which is not necessarily a good thing).
But all this is available in desktop Firefox. Partially built-in, partially via add-ons. The mobile version is very limited.
Still, there is place for competition, people just need to stop expecting these services to be completely free of charge. When Google 'fees' (data collection and ads) will stop being hidden or easily avoidable other companies will be able to provide similar services for a fair price.
That is more: how the marketers make 'their' product sound good.
Also organic farming relies on old types of pesticides instead of the modern ones which are designed to be more effective and safe.
Glyphosate is still one of the safest herbicides in use. Banning it could have bigger environment impact than allowing it.
This paymemt does not even stop their crappy 'recommended for you' suggested content on user's wall, which is even more annoying than the ads.
But is it a clickbait in this case? The title is exactly the question the article thoroughly answers.
'supporting the dictatorship' is the easiest way to live relatively safe life there. It is hard to blame people for trying to survive. Yes that is not a healthy society, but that is not easy to change.
Probably most other apps are correctly signed with the same certificate on both sites.
They would say: that was because you used the cheaper service instead of us and they botched the repair. It is only a problem for NEWAG because the world found out.