Well, I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine on my phone, iPads and MacBook. Works fine. As for YouTube, I spend a lot of time on there watching people like Pool, car repair videos and music production videos (yes, I am a musician and artist, and would be considered an odd duck since I'm a Trump supporter), but I run adblocker and NEVER see ads, which is how they survive. I was spending upwards of $500/mo for Google services such as AdWords and YouTube TV but stopped that nonsense during the summer. I have a real problem with my money going into the pockets of people who want to destroy my livelihood. I also haven't set foot in a Target or Guitar Center since April because of their BLM woke garbage. The only thing I'm hooked on is Amazon since they've made it too easy to buy a bunch of crap at once and it's here tomorrow. I really need to wean myself away from Amazon.
If it wasn't so God damn convenient, I wouldn't use it. But when you need that abstract thing for a certain project you're doing and you can't seem to find it at your local stores, Amazon ends up saving the day with free next day shipping with prime.
Only thing I hate, is that they've banned me from reviewing products, and I don't know why. I've emailed them a million times and it never goes anywhere.
I think it's just laziness on my part. I can get things like auto parts from alternatives like Summit among other places. Same with musical instruments - buy from Sweetwater or ProAudioStar or somewhere else from now on. I think I'd rather support a smaller business than the lumbering commie behemoth called Amazon. I'm just over all these giant tech companies right now, they're overtly communists. Also, I traded out Google Chrome for Safari. Was easy to import all my passwords and bookmarks. I represent around $6k/yr to Google in direct payments and that's gone now.
Well, I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine on my phone, iPads and MacBook. Works fine. As for YouTube, I spend a lot of time on there watching people like Pool, car repair videos and music production videos (yes, I am a musician and artist, and would be considered an odd duck since I'm a Trump supporter), but I run adblocker and NEVER see ads, which is how they survive. I was spending upwards of $500/mo for Google services such as AdWords and YouTube TV but stopped that nonsense during the summer. I have a real problem with my money going into the pockets of people who want to destroy my livelihood. I also haven't set foot in a Target or Guitar Center since April because of their BLM woke garbage. The only thing I'm hooked on is Amazon since they've made it too easy to buy a bunch of crap at once and it's here tomorrow. I really need to wean myself away from Amazon.
Agree on Amazon.
If it wasn't so God damn convenient, I wouldn't use it. But when you need that abstract thing for a certain project you're doing and you can't seem to find it at your local stores, Amazon ends up saving the day with free next day shipping with prime.
Only thing I hate, is that they've banned me from reviewing products, and I don't know why. I've emailed them a million times and it never goes anywhere.
Wait a little longer and use ebay?
I think it's just laziness on my part. I can get things like auto parts from alternatives like Summit among other places. Same with musical instruments - buy from Sweetwater or ProAudioStar or somewhere else from now on. I think I'd rather support a smaller business than the lumbering commie behemoth called Amazon. I'm just over all these giant tech companies right now, they're overtly communists. Also, I traded out Google Chrome for Safari. Was easy to import all my passwords and bookmarks. I represent around $6k/yr to Google in direct payments and that's gone now.