• DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    When looking at the relative difference between cost of your solution, it’s benefits and cost of normal solutions, yes. It is extremely similar.

    But go ahead nitpicking my exact choice of comparison instead of addressing the glaring issue with your argument.

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      20 hours ago

      What “normal solutions” are actually in progress with any real potential of happening? Be for fucking real.

      Meanwhile what insane doomsday scenario do you think would happen if Google services were banned and people had the given period to find alternatives?

      You’re talking about a fantasy solution that doesn’t exist then blowing the consequences of this possible action wildly out of proportion in gross hyperbole.

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        17 hours ago

        What “normal solutions” are actually in progress with any real potential of happening?

        Fines.

        Besides, your solution is in progress or “has better chance” of happening? Wake the fuck up.

        Meanwhile what insane doomsday scenario do you think would happen if Google services were banned

        Google runs 12% of all cloud services through google cloud. Yes, I expect a “doomsday scenario” if you just shut that down.

        and people had the given period to find alternatives?

        Sure, give people and companies 5-10 years to migrate and it will probably be fine in terms of chaos, though I would still be very interested to know how many billions of € would the migration cost.

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          16 hours ago

          I think people and societies are vastly more resilient that you’re implying, and would survive an admittedly complex 6 month period to switch necessary services. Would it be hard? Yeah absolutely. But I’ve never accepted “but it’s so hard!!” as valid reason to hold off positive progress.

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            13 hours ago

            Progress towards what? People migrating to equally scummy Amazon and Microsoft? What possible progress could blocking google bring, that it would be worth people potentially going without paychecks because accounting sw was not working. Or being unable to access services because they register with gmail they can no longer access. Factories shutting down because their logistics tracked everything in a google spreadsheet they can no longer access and have no backup.

            Not to mention people who could outright die if some hospital software somewhere relies on some google service.

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              2 hours ago

              None that insane hyperbole doomsday scenario would happen. None of it.

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                2 hours ago

                Ok, I disagree, but let’s say it wouldn’t. You admit yourself it would still be hard. What is the advantage of doing it? What is that mythical “progress” of yours, that would be achieved by blocking google cloud, as opposed to just search and whatever other problematic service?

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                    2 hours ago

                    How does pushing people from google to Amazon/Microsoft cloud achieve that? Or do you expect people and companies will magically not need cloud services anymore?