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dave_atx··on Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
There's also no 1MM install threshold if you list your app on an alternative App Store, which seems like it will kill the attractiveness of using a different storefront unless you're a developer with a an app that has a recurring subscription that's either a) just not allowed on Apple's storefront, and/or b) has an subscription price expensive enough that the $0.50 annual fee is less than the amount of commission you're avoiding from Apple.
dave_atx··on How the CIA made Google
Damn it, blew my cover!
dave_atx··on How the CIA made Google
The article is from 2015, and it's tinfoil hat claptrap. Not sure how this made it to the front page.
dave_atx··on Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail
It was down long enough that it blew through the queue for several (most? some?) MTAs which were about ~36 hours if I remember correctly.
dave_atx··on Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail
I went the opposite direction -- FastMail to Google Apps -- several years ago when FM had ~3 solid days of downtime. Really long time ago, but still a bit of a sore spot for me as I missed at least a day and a half of incoming email that wasn't deliverable during that time. My sense is that they're a much more mature company now though.

That said, I'm not sure why more people don't consider upgrading to Google Apps from free GMail. $50 a year gets you an SLA, support, and no ads. It's been extremely reliable for me and I've not had any downtime (that I've noticed) for 5+ years. No performance problems either that I hear folks complain about with free GMail either.

dave_atx··on Is It Safe To Assume 95%+ of Adtech Companies Are Full Of Shit? (2015)
Title needs a (2015). Old thread.