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The idea here is to rebrand and modernize AOL as a gmail and cyber security alternative with decoupled infrastructure from US dependencies: A highly political topic in the EU currently.

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Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
What should we call our service so people are clear it’s free of American influence… Hmmm ‘America On Line’

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- fonix232@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Europe On Line? EOL? End of line.
  
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  - Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    EOL? Y’all are going with an End Of Life service? Bold move cotton.
    
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  - mriormro@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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  - _edge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I believe Europe Online was a service about the time when AOL was a thing
    
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    AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Doesn’t ring a bell… not to say it didn’t exist, but it probably wasn’t very large at the time.
    
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- comador@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Doesn’t mean they will keep the name for EU customers. The value there is in the IP and the infrastructure configuration.
  
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