Hacker News: dave_atxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dave_atxHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:09:10 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by dave_atx in "Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union"]]>There's also no 1MM install threshold if you list your app on an alternative App Store, which seems like it will kill the attractiveness of using a different storefront unless you're a developer with a an app that has a recurring subscription that's either a) just not allowed on Apple's storefront, and/or b) has an subscription price expensive enough that the $0.50 annual fee is less than the amount of commission you're avoiding from Apple.

]]>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:36:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39132958dave_atxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39132958https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39132958<![CDATA[New comment by dave_atx in "How the CIA made Google"]]>Damn it, blew my cover!

]]>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:29:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15824894dave_atxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15824894https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15824894<![CDATA[New comment by dave_atx in "How the CIA made Google"]]>The article is from 2015, and it's tinfoil hat claptrap. Not sure how this made it to the front page.

]]>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:16:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15824753dave_atxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15824753https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15824753<![CDATA[New comment by dave_atx in "Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail"]]>It was down long enough that it blew through the queue for several (most? some?) MTAs which were about ~36 hours if I remember correctly.

]]>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:52:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12248691dave_atxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12248691https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12248691<![CDATA[New comment by dave_atx in "Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail"]]>I went the opposite direction -- FastMail to Google Apps -- several years ago when FM had ~3 solid days of downtime. Really long time ago, but still a bit of a sore spot for me as I missed at least a day and a half of incoming email that wasn't deliverable during that time. My sense is that they're a much more mature company now though.

That said, I'm not sure why more people don't consider upgrading to Google Apps from free GMail. $50 a year gets you an SLA, support, and no ads. It's been extremely reliable for me and I've not had any downtime (that I've noticed) for 5+ years. No performance problems either that I hear folks complain about with free GMail either.

]]>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 14:16:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12247922dave_atxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12247922https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12247922<![CDATA[New comment by dave_atx in "Is It Safe To Assume 95%+ of Adtech Companies Are Full Of Shit? (2015)"]]>Title needs a (2015). Old thread.

]]>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:40:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12121127dave_atxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12121127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12121127