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Hshsvsvsvsv 5 points ago +15 / -10

Big Tech isn't worried about censorship because they know that the Republican party is on board with it..

there's a reason it's called Big Tech and other things are called small tech. Duck duck Go is small Tech.. parlor is small Tech you can't fight big tec with small Tech

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VinnyMAGA 26 points ago +26 / -0

you can't fight big tec with small Tech

I disagree. If you want to be a sheep you'll always be a sheep. For everyone else, small tech gives them options and people are flocking to them in droves.

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TheClassicalLiberal 18 points ago +18 / -0

In addition there was a time, not so long ago when Yahoo was the 800lb Gorilla and google was but a cute start up.

I rarely use Chrome now (I need it for some banks and other KYC sites) and instead am using Brave and a Dissenter (mostly Brave)

I don't use google SE at all; haven't for well over a year.

I'm migrating off of gmail (to protonmail). ALL new emails accts are now on Protonmail and I'm updating all the other accounts. Soon, I'm off gmail.

Multiply that by tens of millions of people and all of a sudden Protonmail is not small tech and neither is Brave or Dissenter or DDG.

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infojunkie07 12 points ago +12 / -0

your point is valid only as long as there is a fair level playing field. Similar to free , fair elections. /s

With big tech collusion/cabals they can pick off competition. Heck there are people on the right who've put forward ideas why encryption, anonymity, VPN etc should be illegal unless the honest and angelic GOVT agencies like DOJ, FBI etc gets a special backdoor (ergo making the tech exploitable).

There are already places where such things are illegal or downright banned by law. What happens if proton, vpn , etc are also made unlawful in the interest of protecting the land of the free and home of the "brave"?

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TheClassicalLiberal 3 points ago +3 / -0

Then we're no longer even living under the illusion that we can reclaim our republic. We will have devolved into tyranny. The United States would be no longer.

The US is not the land or the buildings - it is the Constitution, and if the Constitution is being ignored in toto, then it is not the US.

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SordidPontification 6 points ago +6 / -0

Don't use Dissenter. It's horribly out of date. It's based off a version of Brave from June/July last year and there are a couple dozen CVEs that impact the Chromium it's based off of that could lead to code execution on your machine.

Use Brave if you must, but don't use Dissenter.

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AK94 4 points ago +4 / -0

Brave is not an "if you must". I've been using it daily for 2 years now. It's outstanding. And you earn a little sprinkle of crypto just for browsing the web. 100% recommended. Blocks tons of ads and scripts, and natively supports onion routing and IPFS. Everyone should install it - it's a perfect replacement for Chrome and Safari.

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Pepe1776_ 3 points ago +3 / -0

Dissenter would make more sense as a browser extension but as we all know wouldn't be allowed in the repository.

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phantasmo 6 points ago +6 / -0

upvote protonmail. recently got a paid acct. used the free one for a couple years since my degoogle. not one single issue. tried other similar ones but had problems

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5121313 [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

ProtonMail is based in Switzerland, a country that is home to some of the strongest data privacy laws in the world. It also has no affiliations or history of cooperation with US security services and their allies. Switzerland is also home to some of the strongest data privacy laws in the world.

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Warbeard 3 points ago +3 / -0

I took the plunge and deleted my Google account without any preparation. So far the only online account I've lost (because they send the verification email to your old email address when you update your email) is Warframe, and they supported the violent race riots so fuck them anyways.

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VinnyMAGA 2 points ago +2 / -0

I'm migrating off of gmail (to protonmail). ALL new emails accts are now on Protonmail and I'm updating all the other accounts. Soon, I'm off gmail.

Add me to that list as well!

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XISUX 1 point ago +3 / -2

Irrelevant. The media monopolies control everything and own the politicians. Small tech is ultimately doomed.

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JustinSonOfFidel 7 points ago +7 / -0

Telegram just leap frogged twitter in users almost overnight and I love the platform. Not sure what censorship they are doing or billion dollar IPO?

Gab seems to be doing alright, Yandex has decent search results, the wins are working fine, in fact here you are using it right now.

I don't use google.

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XISUX 5 points ago +5 / -0

You just don’t see it. I cannot help that. Most people can’t. But you will.

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5121313 [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

Signal vs Telegram: Which is the best privacy-focused WhatsApp alternative? There's more to it than jumping to the first thing you find.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/01/14/signal-vs-telegram-which-is-the-best-privacy-focused-whatsapp-alternative/

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MAGAsJustBegun 3 points ago +3 / -0

Idk man, GAB is honestly kicking ass right now. So is this site.

But gab... What's great about gab is that it doesn't feel like an alternative.

It feels like a perfect mix between FB and Twitter, of which I quit both.

Gab is actually fun and addictive, and has fun groups outside of politics.

It's a great platform, and implementing Gab TV with it was a great idea.

Gab is the first time I've thought it's possible an "alt tech" app could become mainstream, big tech over time.

We need all republicans to leave Twitter and FB, and join gab.

World leaders will then follow. As world leaders follow, so does everyone else.

It's also very important for Gab TV to focus on popular music.

A YouTube competitor can't do well unless they work out some major music contracts, and get a lot of the big guys on their platforms.

Then, it can get out of the alternative stage and become a maisntream staple.

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My2Cents 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hate that Gab makes you sign-up & sign-in to read comments. BS.

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Margeshrimpson 2 points ago +3 / -1

Vietnam would like to disagree

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infojunkie07 3 points ago +4 / -1

Yeah back then maybe.

If it were now they'd be droned from up in the sky using thermal imaging, satellite survelliance etc. to reduce american casualities.

Yahoo was defeated by google coz those were early days and google did start out with a real viable, fast alternative, with a clean front page. Dirty politics and degenerate culture had not fully seeped into the tech field yet.

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JustinSonOfFidel 5 points ago +5 / -0

The google started from a garage BS is BS btw. Same with Facebook.

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Unpopular_Opinion 1 point ago +1 / -0

You fight big tech by putting a gun in their kids mouth while they watch you do it!!!!!!!!!!!