Hacker News: Foorack

New comment by Foorack in "EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0"

Foorack — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:53:58 +0000

We have European Parliament elections every 5 years. But usually the people who complain the loudest also don't bother to vote.

New comment by Foorack in "EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0"

Foorack — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:49:56 +0000

Statistically, half of the people in this thread didn't even show up to vote for EP elections.

New comment by Foorack in "GitHub Is Down"

Foorack — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:22:11 +0000

GitLab vs Forgejo? Personally run GitLab but looking at moving, due to it's massive size.

New comment by Foorack in "Bye Bye Gmail"

Foorack — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:18:17 +0000

Both me and partner switching to Infomaniak (also Swiss), can recommend. Not E2E encrypted, but kMail is more usable than ProtonMail (also a lot cheaper on all levels).

Been using ProtonMail for 5 years but so annoying I can't propely search my emails because of the encryption, can't use standard IMAP without a proprietary connector, and their Drives/Docs suite is missing a lot of features.

New comment by Foorack in "I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year"

Foorack — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:54:39 +0000

There are 2.5 BILLION Gmail accounts. If people cared about privacy they would have switched to it, irrespective of where it is hosted. We need to focus on making competitive services which are easy-to-use.

New comment by Foorack in "I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year"

Foorack — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:40:17 +0000

Am I the only one who doesn't care about E2E encryption, and just want an EU alternative?

I DON'T WANT my chats to be "full E2E encrypted" with a 6-digit pin, only for me to loose them when I get a new phone. I DON'T WANT having to use a special gateway instead of normal IMAP to access my Proton mail. It really feels like server-side encryption is being forced down my throat and I don't consent. FB Messenger, X Chat, WhatsApp, Signal, etc... NO. Just LET ME CHAT. This is why me and my friend groups are staying on Discord. Becuase it "just works".

I would like to see more EU companies which aggressively focus on being a just-as-good alternative to US tech companies, but HQ'd in EU for european strategic security, and without throwing usability under the bus.

New comment by Foorack in "Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?"

Foorack — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 07:22:56 +0000

I haven't read the article, but as a Swede I am stunned by the title.

I shop from Amazon a couple of times per month, with Prime subscription.

Delivery is always insanely fast (within 1-2 days), I always get exactly what I ordered, prices are always lowest compared to all competition, returns are convenient and human-free, and the additional Prime Videos is a nice bonus. I am honeslty worried of local Swedish business, becase they are getting the floor wiped. I haven't had a single issue some other people are mentioning.

New comment by Foorack in "Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility"

Foorack — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 06:48:43 +0000

Linus is no longer CEO but he and Ivonne still own 100% of shares. They seem to have enough money, so can burn on projects they feel passionate about like Badminton Center or LTTLabs.

New comment by Foorack in "Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells"

Foorack — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:17:45 +0000

Very little information is available, it's all "behind the scenes".

Oh, and the entire Team:Warehouse resigned on day 5 of the event.

New comment by Foorack in "Show HN: Tsbro – TypeScript for the browser, no build step"

Foorack — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:33:05 +0000

It doesn't send source code to esm.sh, but does it locally in the browser