On Google’s $5b EU fine.

I know I’m a weirdo: I run my own NextCloud, I use Mastodon and Pixelfed but not Facebook, I run Linux (Mint flavoured) on my notebook, and I have UK English as my default spellcheck language (see? “flavoured”). But maybe you’ll still agree with me when I say the EU antitrust decision against Google (which they just appealed while also complying) is an important milestone.

Because yes, now Samsung can start developing their own search, or Amazon can put Play store and Google Maps on their Fire devices… but there’s more, and again, I know I’m a weirdo, but bear with me. Continue reading On Google’s $5b EU fine.

Google Photos integration in WordPress, Gergo integration into walled garden.

WordPress gained a very important milestone recently: you are now able to directly insert media (mediae?) from your Google Photos library.

That’s right: I can now directly insert this photo, for example, without having to download and re-upload into my media library:

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