It has taken me over 2 years to detach myself from google completely. I have been updating my email address and migrating my contacts on a regular basis. I was waiting until I could go a year with no real emails going to gmail before deleting. Yesterday was all it took. TODAY IS THE DAY. I AM FREE!
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⚠️ HIGH ENERGY⚠️
Feels good, doesn't it?
The more I talk about it and share with my network, the better I feel, like a fucking rush of adrenaline. I might go build a house.
The house is already built. You just have to reveal it nail-by-nail. :)
good paradigm
Is there any way you could share what services you switched to? I would like to also leave Google forever.
searching i use duck duck go of course
browser is brave with it on full shields, all social media integration turned off and use privacy mode full time except for banking etc. I also use virtual machines to have multiple "personalities" that make it harder to nail me down as one person. each VM has a unique VPN
email i use proton mostly, with 5 custom domains
video are now through hooktube, bitchute or rumble
my work gives me an apple device that is not tied to icloud
no tv subscriptions
the LAST thing I need to shed is Amazon Prime, but I got so much money invested in videos that I purchased. Also use amazon delivery during covid, but want to shop locally with cash more again soon
You should write another post with all of these details in it. Help others find the light.
Posts like that hardly gain any traction, but maybe after Christmas a well written one can. no point going through a ton of effort for 20 folks to click on it
Ture, but hopefully you'll gain a sticky from it. I've been lazy in my transfer, but I really need to get serious about it.
You have inspired me Sir.
I just hope the other video sites have great wood working and DIY vids
I'm definitely interested. Google is skynet.
Install Playon Desktop and you can record all those movies (yes, from Amazon) to your PC then use PlayOn as a media server to stream them to your TV over your home network. Roku has a PlayOn app that simplifies the process as I am sure most other platforms do as well.
then all ya gotta do is rent the movies (instead of buy) and life is cheaper and easier. In Minecraft, of course.
https://playon.tv
Do you happen to know any ways to watch Bitchute or Rumble on a smart TV? The only reason I've used YouTube as long as what I have is because of the screencast feature. Hell, I will buy whatever just to get rid of fucking YouTube... but I can't watch on my phone all day and don't want to get up and select a new video after each one.
Rumble is on Roku
fang fang
cast from your phone to your smart TV, thasts how I watch the news through bitchute and hooktube. brave browser mobile supports casting
I just tried Bitchute in the Brave browser and I don't see where I would be able to cast.
seems as though brave on apple only supports airplay, sorry fren
Thank you very much. I think this isn't gonna be convenient, or fun for me but it's what has to be done. Google, FB and co., their power must be diluded as much as possible until we can annihilate them for good.
It's inconvenient but it is kinda run. Going out of your way to actually stick it to the man. Not the fake rebellion that the left practices, sponsored by Nike, Apple, and Google.
Yeah, that's true, lol.
Thank you very much. I think this isn't gonna be convenient, or fun for me but it's what has to be done. Google, FB and co., their power must be diluded as much as possible until we can annihilate them for good.
https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle
List of stuff I used to quit Google
Thanks pede! Always good to be more informed.
thank you!
Very useful. Thanks!
Not my list, buddy sent it to me a few weeks back. Donno who it belongs to.
I like your positivity!
im looking for a reasonably priced contractor, come build my house
dude i got enough energy to build two. do you like the smokey mountains?
Was just there this weekend. Hiked Mt. LeConte. What an amazing place.
Wow, the cold wasn't too much, or just a day hike?
Just a day hike to Myrtle Point via Alum Cave Trail. I kept a good pace and had good baselayers which kept me warm enough. The summit was pretty chilly though with about a foot and a half of snow.
sounds perfect
i love the smokey mountains, unfortunately I live in NY, how are you on long commutes?
Go to Maine instead. Cheap as hell.
What do you use for cloud storage?
I'm still stuck with g-drive.
I had an early adopter Gmail account. I worked for Google.
Deleted account two years ago and haven't looked back. Evil fucking faggots, they all deserve to swing.
They went from “be evil and hide it” to “lol, we’re the new tyrants”.
good on you
I thought about doing the same, but instead of deleting after I migrated to ProtonMail, I left the account active for any risky/spammy account registrations. Google pays to process a few hundred spam emails a week, and the data is useless to them because it's not my actual email, and I use Brave/DDG
log into google and you can see all your meta data nd historical data. that data is worth way more than you think to google
also their spam filter costs them barely anything to run in the grand scheme of things. they will continue to sell your data as if you are an active user and continue to profit off of you
don't even need a rasberrypi to run pihole, just install it on a linux VM
Shut your pihole silent trumper! Ok ok. Pihole is a tiny device near your router that blocks all ads from coming in.
Happen to have a how-to on that?
This should help.
https://pi-hole.net/
I know fuck YouTube but there's videos on YT that explains how to set up Pi Hole.
I have yet to do this as I don't have a RPi but apparently I can do it with a Virtual Machine. I'll give this a try soon.
You can use NextDNS instead of using a raspberry PI and achieve better results, all you need to do it change the DNS in your router settings.
They block them, you can select the Lists of things you want blocked. Most if not all lists include Facebook advertisements and tracking tools though.
Obligatory followup, what email provider do you guys use? Goto seems to be protonmail, but anything else?
proton mail is good for encryption purposes, but it can't protect from yourself and bad behaviors. the biggest risk with proton mail (or anyone) is every sender and recipient can be tied to your account, either through your meta data or through all your peers that sent or received emails to/from you
i use 5 custom email domains and multiple user accounts per domain and spread all my email activity across all accounts specifically by purpose or profile
i then archive locally and then delete all emails regularly, if its financial I also print it and file it away
I know it's funded by the government lizard people that killed JFK and faked the moon landing, but the inside folks that did 9/11 told me that if I used Proton the chemtrails wouldn't affect me.
This is the way, we have to start going back now to landlines and dumb phones
Which ones are you looking at? I’ve got the original iPhone SE and it’s showing signs that it will need to be replaced soon. I want to go to a dumb phone too
What should I switch my email to? Deleted my Facebook in October.
proton mail. I have a a few custom domains names with proton. it is not the best, but it is pretty decent
I'm concerned this is by far the most popular option. Almost too good to be true, especially when other options are considered immensely inadequate.
Proton mail will not offer that much security if you continue to use it like you would gmail. your address book or history of senders and recipients is sometimes the motherload of data
this is why i use 5 custom domains and a ton of addresses to split up my data
That makes sense. It seems like you have to somehow filter every single email from previous addresses into a safe space, then sanitize it before reading.
Is that how it works? How do you do affectively do that as a normal person (with daily emails from various, unknown senders)?
I compartmentalize my emails in several ways, but mostly in the manner, if this goes south, do I care if these organizations etc know about each other?
I can’t get any of my proton mail to display properly in the iOS app. Just all keychain code
that seems odd. i do not have the app loaded on my iphone so i cannot test
I use Fastmail. I pay a yearly fee for a 2 gig inbox.
I prefer ProtonMail for the Zero-knowledge principle of their mailboxes. You set a decryption passcode and even if they get subpoenaed, they have no way of decrypting the information without your passcode.
Fastmail is what I migrated to. So far I like it better then gmail.
Removing Google from your life is a long process, but worth it. Still watching the old gmail account and still picking up mail from random stores/sites/etc that I had totally forgotten about.
Thank You. I feel queasy using their stuff and after hearing your liberation I shall follow suit 👍🏻
god speed fren
Just beginning the process. Unfortunately I have no power to unhook from my university email which is hosted by Boogle but I am getting rid of all my other g-mail.
it took a ton of effort and at times, I thought I would just say fuck it and stay with at least gmail, but I kept at it, just worked it each month, little by little, and then once you go a month with no official emails, you start realizing how close you really are
Now do facebook and twitter...
luckily never had neither, this was pretty much it, but it was big, I had youtube, music, millions of emails and used to have thousands of business contacts in my address book. pretty much google knew everything about me. Dang, I got a fucking rush right now as I realize this is DONE!
If it wasn't for youtube I'd be completely google free too
The reason why Youtube is the hardest to switch from is because of the creators there, not because of the platform. If creators leave, youtube dies.
I created a Rumble account yesterday. I listened to this interview prior to that sign up: https://youtu.be/ou4fgN6IahQ?t=387
I saw that interview. Seems like it will be some time before they have live streaming.
Do people have recommendations for a better more open tech stack? Here’s what I got so far: Email: protonmail
Search: DuckDuckGo
Browser: ? Mobile phone : ? Messenger: Telegraph? Other?
Video streaming: bitchut
Idiots thoughts: Parler
Social: ?
Tv: ?
Other?
Try the Brave browser.
I'm no expert tbh. From what I hear/read, Firefox is fine as well (much better than Google Chrome). I've tried Chrome, Firefox, and Brave, and I ultimately prefer Brave because it blocks trackers and ads without the need for extensions. Also, you collect BAT (Brave cryptocurrency) by viewing privacy-respecting ads. However, in the end, just use the browser you like best :)
I just switched to brave for browser. Previously used waterfox. Both are good options though.
I use Brave as a browser with Waterfox as a backup for compatibility issues. For searches I use Qwant because DuckDuckGo donates to leftist organization, but so far, I can't say that I've seen DuckDuckGo censor or alter its search results.
BitChute is alright for video hosting. Rumble is a little cleaner and easier to monetize.
Which ones?
Demand Progress and ACLU, although their updated page says that last occurred in 2018.
https://duckduckgo.com/donations
DuckDuckGo browser
They don't even store your searches on duvkduckgo, that's why they don't know how many users they have, themselves. I don't think what you said is true. They do give you the same search access as Google but without curating the results or saving your information.
This is kinda a big deal if true, since isn't privacy a major selling point of duck duck go?
I don't think it's true.
TV:
No cable Smart TV like ROKU Antennae for local stations
Try CalyxOS
Calyx has extra security and privacy features. Much faster as well
Feliz Navidad !!!
Some of my mail still goes to GMail rather than ProtonMail. (mostly my junk) I do need to finish though.
Everything else is gone.
Facebook is gone. (hardly used it) Never had Twatter.
I also never had FB or twitter, really google was the closet thing I had to social media, besides reddit/td and td.win. I was pissed though as google started to move away from their OG missions and then became part of the CIA then China.
I really needed to do this.
Do you have an Android phone?
i do not have a personal mobile device and work supplies me with an apple that they manage the apps on
You almost the spitting image of me. I have a burner flip phone that is never turned on unless I need to make a call.
I just show up as a generic worker (no name on the phone or nor is my name on the number in billing) and my work disables all icloud and telemetry stuff for security reasons
also, since covid, the phone sits in an EMI box when I am home and only come out if I travel during work hours
So I have a blackberry, which uses the andriod OS. I have a kindle, which also uses an android based-os.
I've been considering cleaning -house from google but I can't really get rid of those two devices without incurring substantial cost. But is using the blackberry and kindle versions of android the same as using android?
I would like instructions on moving a business off of Google Suite.
Any ideas?
I would love advice on this, too.
Anyone have advice for our company removing Google? ~100 users for email and of course works great with phones. Google hosts our email domain and the per user went up quite a bit in December.
Advice for a non-Google platform for me to research? Give email to phones without going to our own email server.
What mobile device do you use? (I'm wanting to get away from the big 2 and not sure how to pull it off)
so tru fren
I have been wanting to do this, the task seems to fucking daunting
It is, but it is less work each month. When you start making real progress your motivation to finish will raise exponentially
Hey could you google something for me...?
I recommend you duck google and go find another ducking search engine
Duck yeah
I deleted my Google email account 4 months ago. I just have Yahoo email....wait.... 😞
Hahah yahoo and their stupid "hey you're blocking our ads so pay 3.50/month or here is 15 second timeout
Get protonmail!! You get free access to ProtonVPN.
You're a fuckin ins-pede-ation! Ive got a new goal now
i got 5 domains with protonmail now. it is more work to keep up but i have a strategy for keeping a lower profile
Funny choice of words. You can root your Samsung and install a custom de-googled rom. I know nothing about the a51, but if it is fairly common, I'm sure there's a rom for it. Depends on your comfort level with doing these types of things with your phone and ability to deal with the possibility of bricking your phone. I always waited for the warranty to run out before rooting since it voids the warranty in most cases. Plenty of info available online.
Looks interesting. Seems only for Pixel phones though. Ironic using Pixels for a degoogled phone. But definitely fitting!
I regret that I have but one upvote to give to this. Congrats, thats awesome!
Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I've been slowly going back through all of my old accounts, removing data, backing up contacts and such as well, and trying to get entirely off the Google Ecosystem. Sadly I can't root my snapdragon phone and move to a Google-free Android OS. Fuck Google.
Congrats, Pede!
Live Free, or Die
Cool!
This is great. Next step is to get a Linux computer.
Congrats, I switched to apple products recently and see the writing on the wall for google.
Years of searchable emails will be the hardest but I hope to join you in a few months.
Switching to Apple is even worse than switching to Google.
People need to switch away from Apple, Google and Microsoft.
You're awesome, pede! I should do the same. I'll likely dump my android (pixel 4xl) for iphone next year, too.
Nice work! I just started this process a few weeks ago
Great work! I need to do the same...
Protonmail best email to go to ?
so whats best email ?
Tutanota is a good alternative. The best route is hosting your own though.
thank you
What search engine do you use? I’ve tried switching but when I need search something besides politics the results are never as good?
https://swisscows.com/
I really need to migrate to my ProtonMail.
Yeah, I should do that. However, I just say, eat shit commies! They keep banning me, lol.
kek
Haven’t logged into YouTube in awhile, but still so glad I made my account with yahoo before they made you use Gmail.
The stupid fkers.. Google voice and being an early adopter paying 0 (yah i know they sell your data) make it so damn hard.
Got a protonmail but unsure how the whole thing will play out especially when you need a Google account for android usage to download apps.
your phone number with google voice is portable FYI
being spammy actually hurts your cause or message
try and focus and find where your message resonates and not just annoys
Ok mr smart guy. (No pun intended) What do you suggest we go to next?
Projectveritas also uses protonmail so are they risking CIA and obama crap?
I'm stuck with a Chromebook. RIP me.
Great idea. Why don't you provide suggestions to everyone so we can follow suit
protonmail is the best in my opinion