Dead Startup Toys VS Killed by Google

Looking forward to the MSCHF toy version next year! Source: about 2 years ago

>Google operates in China albeit via their HK domain. The Chinese government has access to the iCloud account of every Chinese Apple user. >They also had project DragonFly if you remember. Which never materialized. >The lesser of two evils is that one company doesn’t try to actively profile me (in order for their ads business to be better) with every piece of data it can find and forces me to share all possible... - Source: Hacker News / about 7 hours ago

Google operates in China albeit via their HK domain. They also had project DragonFly if you remember. The lesser of two evils is that one company doesn’t try to actively profile me (in order for their ads business to be better) with every piece of data it can find and forces me to share all possible data with them. Google is famously known to kill apps that are good and used by customers:... - Source: Hacker News / about 7 hours ago

> This is proved by countless “killed by Google” incidents.. Oh, the Google's Graveyard: https://killedbygoogle.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 11 hours ago

And another one https://killedbygoogle.com/ Regular reminder that you’re asking for it. - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

I was already starting to feel a little cornered in the whole Google ecosystem and a bit limited with stuff like backups, vendor lock in, etc. (and you always have the obvious hanging over your head) and ultimately, I think I just find the mental model of a SQL database more intuitive compared to a NoSQL database. So I thought to myself; "the longer I leave it, the harder it'll be to make the switch". - Source: dev.to / 8 days ago