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Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

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  1. vachina · · focus · HN ↗
    > This effectively means I’m paying Google more than 1000 Euro per year for their services. 1000 Euro per year is 1.5x what I’m paying for my internet access. It’s roughly what I’m paying for my notebook per year if you assume I use it for three to four years. When my internet breaks, someone drives to my house and fixes it. When my notebook breaks, someone drives to my house and fixes it.

    Couldn’t have said better. We all allowed it to come to this.

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