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Google's practice of requiring Gmail addresses for user accounts is illegal, according to a German court ruling. The parent company of GMX and Web.de (Ionos) had filed a lawsuit. (www.zdfheute.de)
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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 4 points 11 months ago

No duh, they did the whole antitrust thing about MS Internet Explorer, but Google is just too powerful.

I'm glad this is getting some attention.