I switched to DuckDuckGo for a while, and noticed I was having trouble finding things. When I then compared specific searches with Google, it was clear to me that I was getting a superior quality of searches with Google. This disappoints me. I would gladly prefer the alternative, but I can’t add many minutes to my day of work trying to find stuff that should be easy.
Alternatives to Google Products
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#202I switched to DuckDuckGo for a while, and noticed I was having trouble finding things. When I then compared specific searches with Google, it was clear to me that I was getting a superior quality of searches with Google. This disappoints me. I would gladly prefer the alternative, but I can’t add many minutes to my day of work trying to find stuff that should be easy.
Advice here is to toss the !g bang on when you think you aren’t getting what you need. AFAIK this is still better than using google itself because the search is from DDG’s servers and not your personal IP (I could be wrong here though)
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#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple iCloud privacy policy mirrors Google's. You gain absolutely nothing if you upload your contacts, photos and other data to iCloud. Apple also regularly gives iCloud data dumps to US government (they approved and delivered data in about 80% of US Government requests in 2017: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/05/25/apple-second-2017-trans... ) (The exceptions here are iMessage and phone backups which are E2E encrypte…
> You gain absolutely nothing if you upload your contacts, photos and other data to iCloud. This seems so deliberately wrong that I shouldn’t respond, but I will. Quick and easy synchronization of contacts, calendars, and photos are all features that I appreciate. What’s more, my fearful-of-technology brother tells me how useful they are to him. He mentioned photo sync as a benefit only a few days ago.
The OP was referring to iCloud vs. Google. Not the features of sync in general.
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#204I'm a little discouraged when I see articles like this that seem to be completely tuned for developers or look over completely decent pro-privacy alternatives like Apple. For example, the "best" calendar alternative is Etar which looks to a Github repo. Really? At the very least you could mention Apple Calendar. Is Maps.Me (which uses AdSense) really better than Apple Maps? I'm not a fan of hooktube either - it just…
But then you have no protection against Apple, privacy wise.
Re: Alternatives to Google Products
#205I switched to DuckDuckGo for a while, and noticed I was having trouble finding things. When I then compared specific searches with Google, it was clear to me that I was getting a superior quality of searches with Google. This disappoints me. I would gladly prefer the alternative, but I can’t add many minutes to my day of work trying to find stuff that should be easy.
Advice here is to toss the !g bang on when you think you aren’t getting what you need. AFAIK this is still better than using google itself because the search is from DDG’s servers and not your personal IP (I could be wrong here though)
I was tossing !g in to so many searches that I eventually just switched back to google from duckduckgo and startpage.
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#20614M Users affected by Facebook Privacy Bug that makes Posts Public
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#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is silly. Apple publishes their privacy policy. If they were found to be violating it, they would lose business and be liable for expensive lawsuits. And security researchers are extremely good at finding these things. So yes, Apple has a very powerful incentive to tell the truth. As for the theory of "open source community," see the MyBTGWallet scam. This open source project, recommended by the Bitcoin Gold tea…
He's telling you about the fact that there's conflict of interest between you and crapple and you tell him an anecdote where some scum of this earth stole money and open source software was involved. Does this really sound like a compelling argument?
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Re: Alternatives to Google Products
#208I'm a little discouraged when I see articles like this that seem to be completely tuned for developers or look over completely decent pro-privacy alternatives like Apple. For example, the "best" calendar alternative is Etar which looks to a Github repo. Really? At the very least you could mention Apple Calendar. Is Maps.Me (which uses AdSense) really better than Apple Maps? I'm not a fan of hooktube either - it just…
14M Users affected by Facebook Privacy Bug that makes Posts Public
Re: Alternatives to Google Products
#209So I'm one of those who doesn't care if Google tracks me or sells me as a product. [ * ]
Is there actually some real, tangible harm that can come to me from using Google products? Not theoretical stuff, not stuff that is less likely than dying in a plane crash. Something that is actually likely to happen, that will affect me in measurable, negative ways?
I'm really trying to come up with something, and I'm really trying to care.
* actually I don't agree with that last one: ads are a product of Google, and various things like Gmail are products of Google. The latter is paid for with ad viewings rather than currency.
Really, there is no need to redefine "product" to include humans being advertised to and tracked. There was (and I guess is) a thing called "slavery," where humans were bought and sold....my voluntary use of Gmail is not comparable.
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#210Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just logged in to check and the option is not gone: https://i.imgur.com/4gcnqzg.png
Thanks again! I don’t yet have an account, so was going off the pricing listed on their website. Good to know there are more options.
I don't think this pricing is active per https://www.fastmail.com/help/account/member.html
I signed up and I only see the same plans as on the pricing page