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- Nairn0
Oop, depending upon how the EU views this and the resultant fall-out, Google might be set for a record GDPR fine...
- Nairn0
I remember reading about drift on Google Maps, with slight updates gradually making certain pointers and references move over the course of time.
I have a 'helpful' link in my email signature to a Google maps pointer to direct people to my studio here.
I haven't checked it in years. Guess what?
Perhaps explains why some of my clients have turned up here slightly exasperated. I just wish they'd said something, if that was the case.
- Bennn-1
How the Hell can these cost 220$CAD .... I mean... wtf
- kingsteven5
Old web developer yells at cloud moment here...
Very nearly got stung by Google Maps API charges on a festival site I run. Would have been >$1k if I din't catch it and replace the API generated maps with standard iframe embeds (which took about an hour of my time)...
I don't expect service for free but this whole $200 free credit p/m totally excludes me from doing anything creative with maps in a web design setting. Everything these days is priced like "use our paid app startup to create your own paid app startup" and it's like a fucking pyramid scam for creative stagnation...
Going to clients like "oh, for this feature you'll have to pay 1 cent per pageview per API call if you get over 20,000 views in a month." just doesn't work for anything outside the paid app use case. For festival sites which have incredibly high traffic in one month and dead for the rest of the year i'm constantly getting the raw end... Same goes for hosting, I put all my festival sites on my ancient MT grid account because it's fixed price, can deal with the spikes and works out cheaper over a year than AWS would in the week of launch.
- Fuck Google.
Go Openstreetmap - heck, you can even download an SVG from them and roll your own.Nairn - we started using static images and a simple js what pulls the map if the visitor actually needs it.sted
- we have 135 venues this year and we had geocoding/ multiple locations on maps before we switched to the iframe embeds... considered openstreetmap but would havekingsteven
- to add half the venues to their db to get it to work + doesn't quite have the coverage in rural ireland i needed / the creative possibilities google maps has.kingsteven
- it's just a pity that google have chosen a spotifyesque BS pricing structure which makes it impossible to give a flat fee for running a website.kingsteven
- the reason a lot of these clients stick with me is because they have other shit to worry about and i make it simple.kingsteven
- i'd love to say it's classic bait and hook, but google maps must cost a shitload to run in server time alone. then again i never forgave them for changing mapshans_glib
- And google wonders why devs are leaving their environment. They do this shit all the time.section_014
- Wonder how much Uber or Lyft or other location based apps pay google to use those fucking maps api or something :))grafician
- yeah not quite bait and hook, not quite total monopolisation but $1k for 200,000 requests in 1 month vs $0 for the same over 5 months is not fair pricingkingsteven
- for professional use outside the paid / ad funded app use case.kingsteven
- If you can find or build a cheaper solution you should go for it, and share!zarkonite
- Screen record your google maps zooming into the locations. Upload to YouTube. Embed videos where map would be required. Google now pays you.shapesalad
- Fuck Google.
- drgs-1
Google offers search suggestions now?
- Woah there, back up a bit - what exactly where you looking for?!Nairn
- The usual stuff
https://i.imgur.com/…drgs - So you got caught up in the Win10 Search fuck up the other day? https://www.theregis…Nairn
- We should have a share and compare thread for searches. I love the range on yours here - from the prosaic to 'bears cocaine gif' and 'simpsons kiss'. +1Nairn
- I was close to reformatting my hard drive and tearing my hair outdrgs
- Prime NOW!instrmntl
- Are you telling me you'd be ok with wet cows?CyBrainX
- drgs-2
Black-owned businesses can now be highlighted in Google Search and Maps
https://www.inputmag.com/culture…
It's cool if it helps these businesses.
It's not cool if certain people can use the same feature to avoid them- Hmm, I wonder if history can inform us on how these things will turn outGnash
- ... or target themimbecile
- this seems incredibly backwards.inteliboy
- Exactly, something like this : https://live.staticf…Salarrue
- This might trigger casual racists and misogynists for sure.monospaced
- https://www.etsy.com…imbecile
- oh the beautiful tools of segregation.sted
- @mono, casual racists will love this. They will be far from triggered by thisGnash
- utopian0
Notice of Class Action Settlement re Google Plus – Your Rights May Be Affected
You are not being sued. This notice affects your rights. Please read it carefully.
On June 10, 2020, the Honorable Edward J. Davila of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, granted preliminary approval of this class action Settlement and directed the litigants to provide this notice about the Settlement. You have received this notice because Google’s records indicate that you may be a Settlement Class Member, and you may be eligible to receive a payment from the Settlement. Please visit www.GooglePlusDataLitigation.com… for more information. The Final Approval Hearing on the adequacy, reasonableness, and fairness of the Settlement will be held at 9:00 am on November 19, 2020 in San Jose Courthouse, Courtroom 4, 5th Floor located at 280 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113. You are not required to attend the Final Approval Hearing, but you are welcome to do so at your own expense.
Summary of Litigation
Google operated the Google+ social media platform for consumers from June 2011 to April 2019. In 2018, Google announced that the Google+ platform had experienced software bugs between 2015 and 2018, which allowed app developers to access certain Google+ profile field information in an unintended manner. Plaintiffs Matthew Matic, Zak Harris, Charles Olson, and Eileen M. Pinkowski thereafter filed this lawsuit asserting various legal claims on behalf of a putative class of Google+ users who were allegedly harmed by the software bugs (“Class”). Google denies Plaintiffs’ allegations, denies any wrongdoing and any liability whatsoever, and believes that no Class Members, including the Plaintiffs, have sustained any damages or injuries due to the software bugs.
Summary of Settlement Terms
Settlement Fund: Under the Settlement, Google will pay $7.5 million which will be used to fund: (1) Class Member Settlement payments; (2) attorneys’ fees not to exceed 25% of the Settlement Fund and costs and expenses not to exceed $200,000.00; (3) four service awards to the Class Representatives in an amount not to exceed $1,500 each for their services on behalf of the Settlement Class and for a general release of all claims they may have against Google; (4) administration fees and costs; and, if necessary, (5) cy pres distribution of any residual funds. No portion of the Settlement Fund can be returned to Google.
Amount of Payments: Class Members who submit a Valid Claim may receive a pro rata share of the Net Settlement Fund up to a cash payment of $12.00 depending on the number of claimants. Each Class Member can submit only one claim. Any funds remaining in the Net Settlement Fund after distribution(s) to Class Members will be distributed to Cy Pres Recipients that have been selected by a neutral third party and approved by the Court.
Method of Payment: The payments above for Class Members who submit a Valid Claim will be made by Electronic Payment (Paypal or Digital Check).
Your Options Under the Settlement
Option 1 - Submit a Claim Form to Be Eligible for a Cash Payment
If you submit a Valid Claim by October 8, 2020, you may receive a payment. You will also give up your rights to sue Google and/or any other released entities regarding the legal claims in this case.
Option 2 - Opt Out of the Settlement
This is the only option that allows you to sue Google and/or other released parties on your own regarding the legal claims in this case. You will not receive a payment from the Settlement. The deadline for excluding yourself is October 8, 2020.
Option 3 - File an Objection with the Court
Write to the Settlement Administrator about why you do not like the Settlement. The deadline for objecting is October 8, 2020. These Objections will be shared with the Court. If you object to the Settlement, you will be bound by the Settlement’s terms and will not be allowed to exclude yourself from the Settlement; you will lose the right to sue Google and/or any other released entities regarding the legal claims in this case.
Option 4 - Do Nothing
If you do nothing, you will not receive any payment. You will be bound by the Settlement’s terms and will lose the right to sue Google and/or any other released entities regarding the legal claims in this case.
Additional Information
How do I know if I am part of the Settlement Class?
The Settlement Class is defined as: “all persons within the United States who (a) had a consumer Google+ account for any period of time between January 1, 2015 and April 2, 2019, and (2) had their non-public Profile Information exposed as a result of the software bugs Google announced on October 8, 2018 and December 10, 2018. Excluded from the Settlement Class are (a) Google and its officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, and Google Affiliates; (b) all judges and their staffs assigned to this case and any members of their immediate families; (c) the Parties’ counsel in this litigation; and (d) any Excluded Class Member.”
What are the terms of the Settlement?
Under the Settlement, Google has agreed to create a Settlement Fund of $7,500,000.
This Settlement Fund will provide compensation to Settlement Class Members, pay for notice and administration costs, provide for any approved Service Awards to the Class Representatives who filed the case, and compensate the attorneys for any approved fee, cost, and expense awards. If the Settlement is finally approved, Settlement Class Members will be prevented from bringing any further claims against Google for any conduct relating to the software bugs affecting Google+ profile fields.
How will the Settlement Fund be distributed?
The lawyers for the Settlement Class (“Class Counsel”) will ask the Court to approve the following payments from the Settlement Fund:
The costs of providing notice and administration of the Settlement;
Service Awards to each of the Class Representatives, not to exceed $1,500 each, as compensation for their active participation in the case on behalf of the Settlement Class;
Class Counsel’s compensation for the time and effort incurred litigating the case, which will not exceed 25% of the Settlement Fund, and costs and expenses they incurred not to exceed $200,000.00;
Payments to Settlement Class Members who file timely and Valid Claim Forms according to the Plan of Allocation outlined below; and
Any residual funds remaining after payments to Settlement Class Members will be distributed to Approved Cy Pres Recipients as approved and directed by the Court.
More information regarding the Settlement, including the Settlement Agreement, can be found at the Settlement Website, www.GooglePlusDataLitigation.com…...How can I get a Settlement Payment?
If you are a Settlement Class Member and would like to receive a Settlement Payment, you must submit a Claim Form no later than October 8, 2020.
You may complete the Claim Form online at www.GooglePlusDataLitigation.com…... or you may mail your Claim Form to the following address:
Google Plus Data Litigation, 1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210, Philadelphia, PA, 19103
If you do not file a Claim Form, you will not receive a payment. Note that for each Valid Claim, the payment method will be the Electronic Payment method specified on the Claimant’s Claim Form.
How much will I receive from the Settlement?
The Plan of Allocation provides for Settlement Payments to Claimants as follows: The Net Settlement Fund shall be allocated to Claimants on a pro rata basis up to an initial maximum distribution of US$5.00 per Claimant. If there are insufficient funds to pay claimants $5.00 based on the number of claimants, the payment to each claimant will be reduced pro ratably. If sufficient funds remain after calculation of the aggregate initial maximum distribution of US$5.00 per Claimant, the allocation shall be recalculated on a pro rata basis up to a maximum distribution of up to US$12.00 per Claimant. For clarity, the maximum Settlement Payment to be made to any single Claimant shall not exceed US$12.00.
How do I get out of the Settlement?
If you do not want to be part of the Settlement, you must submit an Opt-Out Form no later than October 8, 2020. You may obtain the Opt-Out Form at www.GooglePlusDataLitigation.com…... Your completed Opt-Out Form may be submitted via e-mail to ... or via postal mail to the following address: Google Plus Data Litigation, Attn: Opt-Out Requests, P.O. Box 58220, Philadelphia, PA, 19102. If you opt-out of the Settlement, you will not be bound by the Settlement Agreement, you will not receive a Settlement Payment, and you will not be allowed to object to the Settlement.
Do I have a lawyer in this case?
Yes. The Court has appointed Class Counsel to represent you and other Settlement Class Members. In this case, Class Counsel are John A. Yanchunis and Ryan J. McGee of the law firm Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group; Clayeo C. Arnold and Joshua H. Watson of the law firm Clayeo C. Arnold Professional Law Corporation; and Franklin D. Azar and Margeaux R. Azar of the law firm Franklin D. Azar & Associates, P.C. You will not be charged for these lawyers. If you want to be represented by another lawyer, you may hire one at your own expense.
How will the lawyers be paid?
The attorneys representing the Settlement Class have not yet received any payment for their legal services or any reimbursement of the costs or out-of-pocket expenses they have incurred. Class Counsel plans to ask the Court to award attorneys’ fees from the Settlement Fund not to exceed $1,875,000 which is 25% of the Settlement Fund, and reimbursement of costs and expenses in the approximate amount of $200,000.
How do I object to the Settlement?
If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not opt out of the Settlement Class, you may object to any aspect of the Settlement. This includes commenting on the applications for Class Representative Service Awards or the award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses.
Your completed Objection must be submitted no later than October 8, 2020 online at www.GooglePlusDataLitigation.com…... or via postal mail to the following address:
Google Plus Data Litigation, Attn: Settlement Objections, P.O. Box 58220, Philadelphia, PA, 19102.
Any Objection must be in writing and must:
Clearly identify the case name and number, In re Google Plus Profile Litigation, Case No. 5:18-cv-06164-EJD;
Include the full name, address, telephone number, and email address of the person objecting;
Include the full name, address, telephone number, and email address of the Objector's counsel (if the Objector is represented by counsel);
State whether the objection applies only to the objector, to a specific subset of the Class, or to the entire Class, and also state with specificity the grounds for the Objection; and
Be verified by an accompanying declaration submitted under penalty of perjury or a sworn affidavit.
Settlement Class Members who fail to submit timely written Objections in the manner specified above will waive their right to object to any aspect of the Settlement.Do I need to attend the Final Fairness Hearing?
No. Class Counsel will answer any questions the Court may have. However, any Settlement Class Member who timely submits an Objection has the option to appear and request to be heard at the Final Fairness Hearing, either in person or through their counsel. If you choose to make an Objection through an attorney or have an attorney appear at the Final Fairness Hearing on your behalf, you will be solely responsible for paying that attorney’s fees.
How can I get more information?
This Notice summarizes the Settlement. It does not describe all of its details. For the precise terms and conditions of the Settlement, please see the Settlement Agreement and related documents. Additional information about the Settlement, including a copy of the Settlement Agreement, may be obtained by:
Visiting the Settlement Website at www.GooglePlusDataLitigation.com…...
Contacting the Settlement Administrator toll-free by phone at 1-833-509-1101 or by email at ...
Accessing the Court docket in this case through the Court’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system at ecf.cand.uscourts.gov; or
Visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 280 South 1st Street, 2nd Floor, San Jose, CA 95113, between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays.
Please do not telephone the Court or the Court Clerk’s Office to inquire about the Settlement.- hey, it's that email i mentioned the other dayimbecile
- So...$12? lolyuekit
- $12 maximummonospaced
- Bennn-1
No one is talking about their event? lol
I ordered their new Google TV thing, looks useful
- hey google stop with the ads about the products in the show i'm watching on tvsted
- allow me save you 30mins and summarize the contents of this video in one endless gif
https://i.gifer.com/…sted - more shitty spy tech. fuck off google.hans_glib
- whatthefunk-3
- Same with Apple. Everything fatter. more colors.
The reaction against clean minimal design is completedkoblesky - I coudln't give two figs about Google, but I've always quite liked their GMail logo and its loading anim. Can't see how this improves, beyond unitingNairn
- Aw man, the conspiracy theorists who thought the Google Mail icon was some satanic mason apron will be messed up now it's a blobby rainbow.PhanLo
- https://i.imgur.com/…PhanLo
- Google has to keep up with the design trends. Google has to be enough like Apple to confuse people that there is a differencedkoblesky
- I know we always talk shit on new logos and icons, but these are garbage compared to what they're replacing. I don't mind Gmail, but the others. Oof.section_014
- But they can't seem to make Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive or Meetup or Youtube work properly.utopian
- They work properly. Issue is you can’t make them work properly.monospaced
- Same with Apple. Everything fatter. more colors.
- whatthefunk3
I will say, when viewing these icons as favicons in browser tabs in dark mode - they do hit differently. I'd say context and scale matter too...
- calendar, whatever, maps, whatever, same whatever again, is that a video camera?, aircondidtion?uan
- renderedred1
finally! google search has a dark theme now!
- uan3
- Nairn1
Client sent an .ai file via Google Drive.
I can see it - it's right there in the middle of the browser window - but I can't download it. There's no fucking download option, and I can't cheat by clicking Print and sending it to a PDF as the Print option is ghosted. Great stuff. Right-clicking does nothing, so all I can do is just sit here like a spazz.
I presume it's because I'm a) not logged into Google's ecosystem and b) using Firefox, but .. well, quelle surprise.
Die, Google, Die.
- have you tried Googling it? Most issues can be solved by Googling them hahaIanbolton
- Sorry, I'll leave.Ianbolton
- I think it's because they have to grant permission. I run into this ALL the time, even though I set it to EDIT for all shares. Super annoying.formed
- All of the "sharing" services are annoying, imho.formed
- Is there a download icon in the upper right corner (down arrow) perhaps?monospaced
- It's German for "The, Google, the"nb
- No, mono, there is not. Some credit, please! (It's had one in the past when I've been linked to someone's drive, but here, nup).Nairn
- if you have browser dev tools installed - can you right click - inspect source - copy PDF url and paste in browser tab?hotroddy
- Google and chrome hate me and I hate themmisterhow
- Sorry! It’s hard to know exactly what you’re seeing.monospaced
- What are you fighting against? Register at Google alreadydrgs
- It's annoying because sharing isn't always conditional with other apps and sites, and lol spazz.MrT
- hans_glib0
wtf has goggle done to maps? streetview, soom buttons all gone.
fucking arseholes - they just can't stop borking their maps- soom? zoom. i blame googlehans_glib
- You may need gogglesnb
- depends how you arrive at maps from a search query.shapesalad
- hans_glib2
so has google banned firefox? just tried to sign in to my account and it says my browser isn't safe so tough shit.
these cuntish tech companies really are the new fascists
- and maps is still borkedhans_glib
- weird - it works fine on an old copy of brave.hans_glib
- ahah - goggle thinks i'm on a phone for some reason...hans_glib
- cleared the cache and cookies and all was back to normal.hans_glib
- cleared the cache and cookies and all was back to normal.hans_glib
- still - fuck you googlehans_glib
- lolGuyFawkes
- Try this for google services: https://github.com/E…
For everything else Firefox or brave?grafician
- oey_oey0
Does anyone know how to change age of person in Google search findings?
One client of mine noticed that his age is displaying wrong in Google Search result, somebody made a mistake many years ago for their bands website.He has a Google Account but it doesn't work like that,
Any ideas?- Ummm, post his correct age somewhere and link to it. This is really a non issue also. Who cares.monospaced
- I did that. Even in clinet's page. Not working. Client cares. Seems to be important.oey_oey
- Start a thread in qbn with his picture and age. it'll help with SEOshapesalad
- update it on Wikipedia and Google will crawl it eventually?spot13
- Ok boomer.monospaced
- nb0
TL;DR: Gmail spam filter is shit. What should I switch to?
I’m slowly moving away from google Search. Very easy to set Safari to DuckDuckGo. This is mostly a privacy thing but also a “I want to see if the results are different.” (So far they are, but not perfect. DDG needs to figure out proximity prioritization.)
Anyway, for months I’ve noticed that gmail spam filter is brutal. I didn’t notice until I started applying for jobs last year. Tons of interview offers and other important emails went to spam. In many cases, these were direct emails from people I had already emailed and in a few instances they were replies to my emails!!!
During those months, I had to manually check and clear my gmail spam filter every day. It felt like 2002. Gmail put about 80-100 emails per day in there, and about ONE IN FIVE emails related to my job hunt ended there. !!!!!
Should I run my own email server? Sounds exhausting. Get a werido paranoid service like @protonmail? Back to hotmail?
Who is doing email right?
- if you have a portfolio website, surely you have setup an email address with your domain? Use that for jobs, but don't post it directly on your site - you'llshapesalad
- attract spam bots scraping for email address. Setup spam filters as you wish in cpanel if your host has that.shapesalad
- also the more you filter your spam and tick the 'not spam' thing, the more gmail learns what is and isn't spam for you.shapesalad
- https://www.hey.com/…grafician
- using the same gmail for like 13 years and yes I click “not spam” and try to teach google. It hasn’t learned yet? This is bullshit garbage technology.nb
- I can’t imagine how many emails I lost because I wasn’t meticulously combing thru my spam filter. I thought google was supposed to be good. Lolnb
- NBQ00-1
Did the Google cunts really remove the reverse image search function on mobile?
It's nowhere to be found. Normally there was an icon in the search bar when visiting Google images page for uploading. But no more.
The closest thing I could find is Google Lens function but that only finds shopping items and is not real reverse image search.
