Lol. But indeed nice of the Youtubers to put it to the test and also be honest with the results.
hendrik
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I don't see how that post would be a good example to advocate for the approach. It has 23 comments, quite average compared to other posts. So it'd still end up with a similar ranking...
Good suggestion, that's what I regularly do.
Oh, hey! I suppose technically you're on MBin? But yeah, now that I'm aware... I regularly see kbin.earth pop up somewhere.
Btw, this is a very old article. PieFed is lightyears ahead from where it was one and a half years ago. KBin ceased to exist. (Edit: And is continued with MBin now.) And I didn't follow Lemmy's development so I can make any statement there.
I don't think you read what I wrote. The debate is if and how cloud office solutions can be used according to law. Obviously that's about the GDPR because that's how the law concerned with it is called...
And the second thing: That's what I wrote?! I could improve a bit on the grammar...
Well, for once you need a commissioned data processing contract with Microsoft to let Microsoft (a third party) process your users private data. And probably a case-by-case study as Office365/Teams/... consists of a wide variety of different services and products and has lots of configurable options as well. And then we had the Datenschutzkonferenz come to the conclusion Office365 is not allowed in 2022. And it got messy after that. A big debate. The EU and several German states and different institutions doing reviews over the years and coming to different (sometimes opposing) conclusions. And the law concerning data safe harbour / EU data boundary got updated. And we have 2025 now and the situation in the US changes daily. On the upside I believe they've all renewed the Data Privacy Framework certifications so it's legally possible to use the services. But I don't think the debate is solved or over yet. And you'll get some 50+ pages PDF instructions on how to configure your company/organization's cloud office to be in line.
I suppose it's similar for Google? But I see less professional use of their cloud services, I believe it's more popular with smaller organizations and individuals. Honestly I don't know much about that one, I've never considered Google for data that need protection, as that company is one of the largest data leeches on earth.
In any case OP needs to qualify for their NGO programs, as both Google and Microsoft cost about $1,000 a year for like 15 people and that's well above their weight. And GDPR compliance for group members and commissioned data processing is a business feature, that's not in your average private (free) Google account.
Other than that, you can google "office365 gdpr" (or dsgvo) if you haven't heard of it yet and see all the different opinions out there.
I believe cycling and constantly discharging and charging a battery might be even worse than letting the built-in charge controller do its job and keep the charge. I'm not an expert on battery chemistry, though. All I can say, I've seen desktop replacements plugged in all the time and the battery at 100% and they go bad. Thinkpads and other laptops have configurable thresholds for quite some time now. And despite me using that for my last 2 laptops, the batteries still go bad eventually. It's supposed to help, and batteries got better, but it's a thing to factor in.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Or just the average sense of impending doom?
Yes, but there's 2 sides to that story. It's a free UPS and that's really nice. But then I've seen old batteries degrade and swell. People call it the spicy pillow syndrome. And with two of my older devices, batteries got recalled by the manufacturer. So I'd advise against running these things 24/7 unattended. Either know what you're doing or rip it out before it burns down the building. As a minimum that includes a location made of concrete or bricks and mortar and no burnable stuff in the vicinity. And regular checks on the state of the battery, maybe both visual inspections and whatever the mainboard reports.
Edit: I found their Transparency Report: https://www.cloudflare.com/transparency/
Though, I don't know whether those numbers are high or low, considering the large amount of customers they have and the crazy amount of internet traffic they do.