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   Bill Woodcock (woody@pleroma.pch.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 00:15:46 JST Bill Woodcock
   Google takes a big step backwards in their connectivity to the rest of the Internet:
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 00:46:41 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @woody what does this mean
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 00:56:20 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     • feld
     @feld @woody Reminds me of how Gmail treats small-time e-mail servers.
     
     Monopolies gonna monopoly. :blobfoxdisgust:
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 00:56:21 JST feld

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     @woody wow that's serious, now tons of ISPs and smaller service providers with direct allocations will end up with worse routing (and possibly more expensive transit!) for all traffic to Google
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     Bill Woodcock (woody@pleroma.pch.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 01:00:30 JST Bill Woodcock

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     • Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:
     @tk @feld
     
     Yes, exactly. Email (SMTP) is up at OSI level 5, while this is IP routing, down at layer 3, but it's exactly analogous behavior.