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dennis_nedry 3 points ago +3 / -0

Google is really hard to escape

I thought so too at first, then I took a deeper dive into this and found replacements for pretty much everything, a few examples:

  • Google search -> DuckDuckGo (may need some time to get used to it)
  • Google drive -> Nextcloud + own server
  • Android -> Lineage OS (clean android without Google spyware and bloatware)
  • Chrome -> Brave or Firefox, Brave is chromium based tho but chromium is still open source and detached from google spyware
  • Google analytics -> Matomo
  • Google docs -> libre office or nextcloud + libreoffice if you want it online.
  • Gmail -> Protonmail
  • Google maps -> Openstreetmap
  • Google ads -> Brave rewards or just accept cryptocurrency donations
  • Google domains/dns -> any based hosting or cloud company
  • 8.8.8.8 -> 1.1.1.1
  • Youtube -> Bitchute or any based video site
  • Blogger -> any based hosting company
  • Google cloud -> lol, any based cloud
  • Google news -> who want fake news anyway?
  • Smart TV -> GNU+Linux PC with HDMI, never ever connect the TV to the internet
  • Google pay -> chip in your brain? nah just use the plastic card or cash, it ain't that hard
  • Google translate/finance -> the only services I can't see could possibly have an agenda to lie, use with VPN or use any available based alternative

The only issue is that some of these alternatives requires some sysadmin work which most of the sheeples are to lazy to do, which is why they stay with google where all those services is just one click away.

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crazyjackel 2 points ago +2 / -0

There're replacements, the biggest issue for me would be moving off all my Gmail accounts onto my protonmail.

Also going without Youtube for me is very tough, alot of my casual videos are real important. I at least disabled ad personalization though.

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dennis_nedry 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ad and tracker blocking is sufficient if you do have to use any google services. After all the goal is to avoid feeding them.