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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“Into google and duckduckgo. The difference in result was sobering. Google suppressed all but 1 result that challenged the orthodoxy. duckduckgo gave me what I was looking for.”
Yea, it’s almost a sport with me. Just about ANYTHING where politics sets in, you’ll find HUGE DIFFERENCES between Google and DuckDuckGo. Also, its been my experience that the others like Yahoo and Bling wind up with results similar to DuckDuckGo, thereby telling me that Google is rigging their results.
It’s their CORE BUSINESS and it’s amazing that they’ve gotten this far in compromising it, with no impact to them (yet).
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