From: J@M   
      
   On 16 Feb 2024 01:37:48 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
   >In article <2584a58d1114fae57ab199e5db6ba817@dizum.com>, D   wrote:   
   >>google groups users may not realize the fundamental differences between   
   >>the autonomous/decentralized usenet, versus the proprietary/centralized   
   >>alphabet/google corporation; the isolation of google groups from usenet   
   >>provides incentive for multitudes of google's users to seek free usenet   
   >>news servers, apps, and websites, that will help them to stay connected   
   >   
   >Google has worked very hard with their interface to deliberately obscure   
   >these differences and make it seem like Usenet is a proprietary Google   
   >service.  So, many of us have been attempting to educate Google users for the   
   >past two decades about what Usenet really is.  If they haven't got it by   
   >now, they likely won't.   
   >--scott   
      
   the bible explains how to build an ark, but gopher wood might've been   
   some laboratory grown material 30,000 years ago for all anyone knows?   
   seriously though, a flood of sorts could swamp the usenet in the wake   
   of google's disjuncture . . . and google users are the world's number   
   one experts at exceedingly pernicious inundation of usenet newsgroups   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)