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Is there a websearch benchmark which actually shows objectively how good all these alternative search engines such as DDG are? How do we know which one is better, and how much worse we are off by using alternatives?
I almost successfully cut Google out with one exception, YouTube, I don't seem to be able to find what I get there anywhere else. Fun anecdote: Google is very smart, because I've been a paying customer of YouTube for a long time they gave me a Google Nest Mini for Christmas free of charge. And it fills another niche which I can't really find a meaningful alternative for: Speech to text hardware/software which can be…
What does YouTube have that you can't find elsewhere on the web?
- how to build a smoker and smoke fish in it - how to butcher a pig - how to DIY motorized roller shades and integrate them into HomeAssistant - a video walk through Hebron - how to make a sabich
and so on and so on, but perhaps I'm just bad at searching for videos? I do it like that:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+to+make+a+sabich+-site%3Ayoutu... -
I'm surprised to see that Fastmail is not listed as a Gmail alternative. I've tried it, Protonmail, and Zoho as replacements. IMO, Fastmail has the simplest interface and best suite of tools. I had trouble setting up an alias with Protonmail. Fastmail provides very clear instructions for this right on the app. Zoho was cool in that it lets you use a custom alias for free, but it just felt too cluttered. I also rememb…
I am using https://posted.de . Hosted in Germany on green energy and full transparency about government Access requests: https://posteo.de/en/site/transparency_report
I'm surprised to see that Fastmail is not listed as a Gmail alternative. I've tried it, Protonmail, and Zoho as replacements. IMO, Fastmail has the simplest interface and best suite of tools. I had trouble setting up an alias with Protonmail. Fastmail provides very clear instructions for this right on the app. Zoho was cool in that it lets you use a custom alias for free, but it just felt too cluttered. I also rememb…
I am using https://posted.de . Hosted in Germany on green energy and full transparency about government Access requests: https://posteo.de/en/site/transparency_report
I almost successfully cut Google out with one exception, YouTube, I don't seem to be able to find what I get there anywhere else. Fun anecdote: Google is very smart, because I've been a paying customer of YouTube for a long time they gave me a Google Nest Mini for Christmas free of charge. And it fills another niche which I can't really find a meaningful alternative for: Speech to text hardware/software which can be…
Siri can control your smart home and doesn’t phone home (any more). You can hook it up with a raspberry pi to control just about anything, including generic zigbee devices.
Another problem is that it's as closed as googles eco system so I don't know what they're doing behind the scenes anyway, if it's not free software then what's the point switching from google to apple?
This reminds me of people trying to cut out plastics from there life. This is hard because plastic is cheap, convinient, useful and it's embedded in every product in modern life.... Just like Google
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Siri can control your smart home and doesn’t phone home (any more). You can hook it up with a raspberry pi to control just about anything, including generic zigbee devices.
That means you have to buy into another walled garden though.
If something abhorrent from Apple comes to the forefront then I'll happily switch back to self-build + Linux + self-hosted services, but for the time being I'm content.
On the flip side, I've done everything I can to eradicate Google from my life and will continue to do so.
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Fastmail is great, but as this list is supposed to be "privacy focused", Fastmail (company from Australia) is not a good alternative. https://www.wired.com/story/australia-encryption-law-global-...
Yandex might be a niche choice, if your main worry is "5/9 Eyes". Free, even to bring your own domain.
Russia is also famous for its cadre of crack Salisbury cathedral appreciators.
> r/news - Includes both USA and International.
> r/worldnews - International news. Typically excludes news specific to the USA.
> Most country/state/provine subreddit's act as local news hubs as well.
Yikes. Yikes yikes yikes. Try to look for news sources a little more diverse than Reddit, please.
> News > r/news - Includes both USA and International. > r/worldnews - International news. Typically excludes news specific to the USA. > Most country/state/provine subreddit's act as local news hubs as well. Yikes. Yikes yikes yikes. Try to look for news sources a little more diverse than Reddit, please.