Posted on 06/25/2019 6:43:28 AM PDT by jimjohn
That’s a great point. Google’s resources are immense, and I think a case could be made that by capturing something like 80-85 percent of all online ad dollars, that amounts to as much of a monopoly as you can have.
It's hard to find companies nowadays that have political purity matching conservative principles.
I don't demand purity or perfection. Just as long as they're not flaming, radical, far Left, like Google, et. al.
I’m always offended when people use “that search engine that starts with a G” as a verb, like there isn’t another option. Yes, that’s the generic term “search engine”.
There used to be several specialized search engines that you could use for specific tasks. I’ve hated G since they bought out Altavista and made usenet virtually unsearchable.
DuckDuckGo, Startpage “the world’s most private search engine” according to them, Dogpile (which is a search aggregator and probably does use the G as part of their search function) , Ask (which used to be “ask Jeeves”) and many more.
Unfortunately, Google seems to come through when others don't; so I use Google when everything else fails, but I hate using Google.
Also, use Mozilla Firefox as your browser. Delete Chrome if you have it. Chrome tracks/spies on you like nothing else.
Here’s a test. Type in “Women cal” in the search box of both Google and DDG. Look at their lists of suggested and popular search terms.
A list of alternative search engines from Search Engine Watch, and what each one is best for :
https://searchenginewatch.com/2016/02/25/say-goodbye-to-google-14-alternative-search-engines/
Type “women can”
Arrggh...I meant type “Men can”
Third time’s a charm. I hope.
First of all, this should have been posted in chat. Asking the forum a question is not news. Having said that...
Browser: Slimjet
Search engine: duckduckgo
Ad blocker: Ad Block Plus
Tracker blocker: Ghostery
Get around paywalls, Reader View browser add-on or outline.com
Web site security rating: Web of Trust
All are free.
I use duckduckgo and really like it. Though google slips back in when it can. Like on FR, where my url is proceeded by “Not Secure.”
What’s with that? Why isn’t FR secure?
Like on FR, where my url is proceeded by “Not Secure.”
What’s with that? Why isn’t FR secure?
Use need to use https: in your URL (not http:).
They all use Google’s underlying engine.
Do any of the companies/products mentioned have right-wing CEOs?
You could always set up an email server in your bathroom.
I have bookmarked Startpage.com and will use as my default search engine...Thanks.
Brave for your browser, DuckDuckgo for search engine, Proton for email.
Marking
Google/Youtube’s demonitization is about as abusive a monopolist behavior as there is.
Google needs to go down, and hard, or it’s going to be de facto the new government.
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