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Maps Alternative - Here.com (the maps are at wego.here.com). It used to be owned by Nokia and is now majority owned by a german automobile consortium (Audi, BMW, Daimler etc).

Email -

Fastmail.com is a decent feature rich paid service based in Australia; I liked it but stopped using it as it is subject to Australian surveillance (Australia is part of the spying program of the US), and Australia has passed laws to increase its surveillance capability.

Vivaldi Mail (mail.vivaldi.net) is pretty decent though the webmail interface lacks features when compared to Gmail. But its free, offers access through IMAP, and supports encryption.

Protonmail.ch is newer and lacks some features of Gmail like threading. But it doesn't profile you through your emails and doesn't targets you with ads. It also has some interesting features like expiring emails.

Tutanota (tuta.io) is similar to Protonmail and another interesting email project and provider to watch.

Then there's the "developer tax" too - Apple squeezes money from the developers too for the "privilege" of even making an app (for public distribution) for the ios platform. And you need to buy a Mac too ...

The headline is a bit misleading - the author is talking about hydrogenated oils (popular brands of which include Crisco in the US, Dalda in India) and not 'normal' vegetable oils. India is one of the largest consumer of plain old vegetable oils and it is generally considered to be healthier than animal fat.

Is anyone really surprised?

All they have to do is study how the Indians did it - under Mrs. Indira Gandhi's leadership, at one go, all private banks were nationalised in India and the ownership transfered to the government who ran it; 30+ years down the lane, India now also allows private and foreign owned banks with strict regulations.