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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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[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It’s coming from the two worst slop email providers with outdated business practises though. #2 cause for boomer brainrot is the gmx/web.de frontpage