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Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Re: Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Post by mikymoothrowa »

Youden wrote: post #116

Yes, with the following exceptions: - YouTube has content that I enjoy and isn't available elsewhere. I know that it stores my history but I find its recommendations and multi-device support good enough that I consider it worth it. (Also, FWIW, you can disable the history using [0], it also has an autodelete, though I don't use it) - I drive and in my region, nothing is good enough for driving directions aside from G…

It’s the same 2 things for me

+ Google search. I tried setting my default engine to bing/ddg for a year and brave for a few months.

Everytime I found myself directly going to Google using the g! shortcut on brave and ddg

So I’m using other search engines now when Google Doesn’t give me what I want

Re: Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Post by wmeredith »

shaky-carrousel wrote: post #130
kleer001 wrote: post #125

No. I don't care. I'm happy to hide in the crowd. IMHO any data I generate is basically useless chaff. I still have yet to be convinced that there's a downside to this parasitic relationship. How exactly is my life, in a practical way, negatively impacted by this data going walkabout? Does it take years or months off my expected lifespan? Does it give me cavities? Does it turn my family and loved ones against me? Doe…

It can send innocent people to jail: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/10/google-data-puts...

I'm sure it can, but in the link you provided it definitely did not.

Re: Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Post by openmapsguy »

can16358p wrote: post #41
thrr0wawayy wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not saying it will fully replace google, but I find startpage.com to be much better than DDG, and I am leaning back on google search less and less

Well, any alternative to Google is always welcome to try; I'll check it out.

FYI startpage got bought by an ad tech company.

Re: Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Post by juice_bus »

Youden wrote: post #118
dtx1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

10$/month for a search engine that is basically a nice google/bing Proxz is ludicrous. For that price you can just run your own searx instance

Kagi isn't a Google/Bing proxy, it's independent. Its quality is similar or better than Google/Bing.

I also really really do not want to self-host another thing.

I can't overstate how frustrating Google's search quality has gone down, and DDG just wasn't cutting it.

Re: Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Post by nemoniac »

openmapsguy wrote: post #135

For maps, You should add Organic maps. People tend to like the UI more than OsmAnd. Personally, I use OsmAnd with custom map files for better address coverage: https://github.com/pnoll1/osmand_map_creation .

Great idea. Disappointed to see it's only available for: AU, CA, MX, US

Re: Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Post by gaws »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #82

1. Bought a couple of personal domains and signed-up with Fastmail. Configured Fastmail to periodically pull emails from my legacy gmail account. I use the Fastmail webapp on desktop and their android app on phone/tablet. 2. Removed google analytics from my personal website/blog. 3. Uninstall Chrome on desktops and disable it on Android phone/tablet. 4. Use Firefox with Multi Account Containers add-on so that I am by…

> Use Firefox with Multi Account Containers add-on so that I am by default signed-out of google unless I need to do specific things, which are sandboxed in specific tabs

That is a great idea.

Re: Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?

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Post by gaws »

memorable wrote: post #8

Here are some of my additional recommendations: Analytics - GoatCounter, Counter.dev Keyboard - Unexpected Keyboard (A very cool keyboard) Search - Neeva Translate - Lingva Some notes on the post: - Protonmail as a company doesn’t have a very stellar reputation. I recommend hosting an e-mail server by yourself, or just use providers like Disroot Mail - K9 Mail is an email client, not an email provider

> Unexpected Keyboard (A very cool keyboard)

For Android, to be specific. I'd love for an alternative to SwiftKey after Microsoft acquired them.

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