Re: [External] : Re: Gitlab Migration

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On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 04:59:32PM +0000, Drew Adams wrote:
> > > Yep, that mirrors what I'm seeing as well. Many younger users really use
> > > it primarily to provide a unique identifier (login) and for when they
> > > have to deal with institutions that don't provide other alternatives.
> > 
> > I think part of the rush is nudge pressure applied by the Big Ones.
> > It's not possible to monetise mail [...]

[...]

> Email is less of an Only-Mine-All-Mine!!! mine for
> surveillance capitalism to mine.
> 
> And being still relatively new, the "instant
> notification" of Slack etc. seems handy.  Wait till
> there's as much incoming traffic for you there, as
> there is your email inbox.

Heh. You also a Slack victim? When they introduced it at
$COMPANY (before O365 took all), I decided that it violates
the Convention of Geneva.

Having a browser open all the time, OK. But having the
browser bouncing up'n down while I try to concentrate
on a database schema... that's cruel ;-)

(I don't work for $COMPANY anymore).

Cheers
 - t

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