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Go Google free: We pick privacy-friendly alternatives to every Google service.
ZD Net ^ | 11/07/2019 | Ed Bott

Posted on 11/15/2019 9:54:32 AM PST by Carriage Hill

As privacy concerns grow, companies like Google and Facebook that rely on data collection and advertising for revenue are increasingly in the spotlight. But is it really possible to give up Google's vast range of services? Here are my recommended alternatives.

Over the past two years, I've been switching between a succession of iPhones and a series of Android devices, using each for an extended amount of time. Spending months with each mobile platform has been a tremendously useful exercise, helping me understand the strengths and weaknesses of the two dominant smartphone options.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: duckduckgo; facebook; fascistbook; google; googlealternative; googlechrome; googlefree; internet; junk; markzuckerberg; nogoogle; searches; youtube; zuckerberg
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To: CatOwner

*wave


21 posted on 11/15/2019 10:47:53 AM PST by CatOwner
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To: carriage_hill
No mention in the article about Google rigging their search results.

Worthless.

22 posted on 11/15/2019 11:06:50 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: carriage_hill

ping


23 posted on 11/15/2019 11:16:31 AM PST by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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To: carriage_hill

Summary:

Google ========> not Google

Android ========> iPhone
Chrome ========> Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Brave
Google ========> Bing (ok), DuckDuckGo (better)
Google Voice ====> Line2
Gmail =========> Office 365, Intermedia
GSuite ========> Intermedia SecuriSync, Office 365
Google Photos ==> Apple (iCloud), Microsoft (OneDrive)
Google Maps ===> Apple Maps (iPhone)
YouTube =======> (no alternative offered)


24 posted on 11/15/2019 11:54:23 AM PST by kidd
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To: carriage_hill

Bookmark dump Google and flip Fakebook


25 posted on 11/15/2019 12:12:55 PM PST by ptsal
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To: ShadowAce

is that proton for linux? And if so does it allow several accounts?


26 posted on 11/15/2019 12:37:52 PM PST by Bob434
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To: kidd

Android ========> iPhone

Currently using a windows phone with default apps installed. It might be the most secure phone in the world.

But that phone will die one day. I will have to pick my next phone.

I have been debating if PureOS/Librem was really secure since it built on Android and develop in Germany.

I am thinking I will get an Apple Phone since I can develop for it and Apple appears to be more trustworthy then Google Android.


27 posted on 11/15/2019 1:23:16 PM PST by DEPcom
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To: Bob434

No native Linux client currently, web based only. ProtonVPN works just fine on Linux, just have to use CLI in a terminal, no native Linux client for that either. There is one for iPhone and Android and it works just fine


28 posted on 11/15/2019 1:24:05 PM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: DEPcom

I had an Android (Google) phone, what a failure that was. Had an iPad at the time and swore I would get an iPhone when my Samsung Android died. Best decision ever. I love my iPad, love my iPhone, both hassle free in every aspect.


29 posted on 11/15/2019 1:53:50 PM PST by snippy_about_it
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To: Bob434

It’s web based. It’s OS agnostic


30 posted on 11/15/2019 2:18:07 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ptsal

I use Opera and Pale Moon browsers, but have (Google’s) Chrome as a back-up. Everytime I run CCleaner, it finds lots of trackers from Chrome, though the browser hasn’t been used in many months. I always have them quarantined and deleted, but they come back.

Never been to FarceButt.


31 posted on 11/15/2019 2:46:37 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: kidd

“YouTube =======> (no alternative offered)”

YouTube =======> BitChute


32 posted on 11/15/2019 5:39:08 PM PST by beef (Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
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To: ShadowAce

[[It’s OS agnostic]]

Lol i like it-


33 posted on 11/15/2019 8:18:50 PM PST by Bob434
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To: nevadapatriot

thanks Nevada-


34 posted on 11/15/2019 8:19:40 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Blurb2350; Nuke From Orbit

The European sheeple use their phones to pay for everything.


35 posted on 11/16/2019 3:26:54 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: kidd

On Line2, I would love to port my biz number away from google voice. I hear you pay to “unlock” it from GV.

I also have an obihai box at home that is using my google voice number to a POTS phone.

Any thoughts about the obihai box and line2 service? We aren’t big enough to use grasshopper or mightycall. I was also looking at “sideline”

I’m already paying for a VOIP number from my ISP that I use as a fax number.

Don’t want to pay $39 a month for a landline.


36 posted on 11/16/2019 3:55:31 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: brownsfan

Bkmk


37 posted on 11/16/2019 4:20:20 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine)
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To: brownsfan

Doesn’t Duck-Duck-Go leverage Google though? How are the results different? :-O


38 posted on 11/16/2019 9:58:19 AM PST by mbj
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To: carriage_hill; All

Anyone ever heard of search engine ask.com. ?


39 posted on 11/16/2019 6:35:47 PM PST by tubebender
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To: tubebender

“Anyone ever heard of search engine ask.com?”

I’ve seen it around for a few years, but never have used it.


40 posted on 11/16/2019 6:46:49 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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