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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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[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Good luck signing up without giving a working phone number...

Also, "just sign up for a google account" is a very weird take for a privacy community?