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> You are trying to sign in with a browser or app that doesn't allow us to keep your account secure.

Sounds like it's not just a question of whether the page renders correctly?

Google almost seems like they are trying to be Microsoft number 2. They can't stop themselves from being overly competitive. I predict they will get hit with a serious us govt case that causes them to allow more competition, just like Microsoft in the next 5 years. Blocking ad blockers, controlling Android, banning unions, it's sad to see them coming to this.

Unlike Microsoft of the 90s, Google knows everything our lawmakers do online. Every sordid search, the location and participants in every late-night tryst. Pretty much anything that could embarrass or bring down anyone who might oppose them is available to them through our phones, browsers, and search histories. I think we are a long way away from any serious repercussions for Google's actions.

/tinfoil hat off

If there’s been one positive development in politics in the last few years it’s the disappearance of the sex-scandal.

Sure, anything too extreme, funny, or illegal would still be problematic. But someone’s run-of-the-mill pornhub playlist is unlikely to make much of a difference, even on the Republican side. The reputable (and influential) media wouldn’t even report it.

This is exactly the concern many have with anyone having the keys to to many silos of data.

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