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What I Use Instead of Google

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Post by sjellis »

yeuxardents wrote: post #18

This is a business opportunity to provide services at a minimal cost for people. Say 1$ per month per service. Email - 1$ Calendar - 1$ Document Collab - 1$ Each addon a calculated minimalist approach to each. I still recall what gmail was when it was invite only back in the early aughts. I would still utilize that gmail client. I do NOT need gmail as it is today. And I would certainly pay 1$ per month for that servi…

Fastmail provide email, address book, calendars, and file storage for $3 per user per month:

https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/

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Post by firebotipt »

LUmBULtERA wrote: post #86
wtmt wrote: post #52

> Maps → Apple maps If Apple were a different company, it would've made maps available for use on web browsers and non-Apple devices. That could also help in a more rapid improvement of maps as opposed to the mostly-useless state it's been in (except for a few countries and regions in certain countries that Apple likes and works more on). > and still a little YouTube (anonymously in a Firefox container) If a Firefox…

I would probably use Apple Maps more if I could download maps for offline use as I can with Google Maps.

I prefer OSMAnd for that. The maps don't expire after 30 days like they do within Google Maps.

For me "offline" doesn't mean "requires network connectivity and mandatory updates within the the next thirty days."

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Post by paulcarroty »

sundarurfriend wrote: post #173
paulcarroty wrote: post #78

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Makes sense to try duckduckgo or startpage? My Bing using experience was extremely bad for all non-tech, maybe except sport.

> My Bing using experience was extremely bad for all non-tech Do you mean it's good for tech searches? That would be good news, because those are pretty much the only searches DDG uniformly performs badly on, for me - the only searches where I know that a `!g` would improve the results significantly. Perhaps it should be a `!b` instead now, I'll try it out.

> Do you mean it's good for tech searches?

Not good as Google, but definitely better than DDG. Try it, don't wanna give you high expectations.

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Post by barbacoa »

matwood wrote: post #195
marlowe221 wrote: post #112

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I'm genuinely curious about this and would like to use Google search less than I do now... Would you mind sharing a few tips (or pointing me in the direction of some tips) for better DDG searches? I love the concept and philosophy of DDG but the search results I get could definitely be better!

It’s hard to describe. For example, I keep in mind that DDG does not know I’m a programmer. So, I have to phrase queries with that in mind. DDG also has a lot of ! shortcuts, not just google.

Even has a hacker news hn! shortcut.

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Post by yeuxardents »

maximente wrote: post #142
yeuxardents wrote: post #18

This is a business opportunity to provide services at a minimal cost for people. Say 1$ per month per service. Email - 1$ Calendar - 1$ Document Collab - 1$ Each addon a calculated minimalist approach to each. I still recall what gmail was when it was invite only back in the early aughts. I would still utilize that gmail client. I do NOT need gmail as it is today. And I would certainly pay 1$ per month for that servi…

isn't this basically librem one? https://librem.one

Thanks, I had not heard of this one
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