Summary: "Google considers that the territory that DPR considers theirs is indeed theirs," a source has told us. "The guy from Mariupol says that because his city is in Donetsk oblast' Google Clown blocked him considering him as a resident of DPR." Those sanctions are, as usual, punishing many of the victims; they punish the wrong people and help the occupier/invader/oppressor. "In this case they definitely punished the wrong person," the source has added. "Being a Ukrainian in Ukraine and a refugee, but also being punished by Google in the name of Ukraine is several levels of ironic." And another person has noted that "this is why i don't believe in the "clown" [...] if you're in the wrong country at the wrong time, there goes your data..."
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As noted a few days ago, several times in fact, many people now recognise the importance of the FSF's mission, even if most people don't know what the FSF is
At times it seems like what we deal with are many weak patents (on algorithms), valuations or speculations based on hype ("hey hi"), and stocks held by Microsoft and its own staff
