Getting Rid of Google and Facebook

  • '19 '17 '16

    We all know about the problems with Facebook and Google.  Whether it’s compromising our privacy, tracking our histories, or ideologically filtering what we see, these companies seem to need a heavy dose of good old fashioned competition.

    Does anyone have any suggestions for replacements? For ways to remove these companies from our lives?

    I’m familiar with DuckDuckGo as a Google replacement, and ProtonMail as a replacement for gmail. Considering giving both a try.

    Being an admitted old fart, however, I’d love to hear what others have to say as my brain began shrinking back in the days when you could buy a high-end scotch for $50.00… yes, that long ago.

    Thanks.


  • Wouldn’t they do same like Facebook and Co after a time as well?

    Peoples getting greedy and will sell their Grandma for a Buck… :oops:


  • And what replaces Facebook? I think they are all necessary evils; you can’t do without them.

  • '17 '16 '15

    @SrarBoy:

    And what replaces Facebook? I think they are all necessary evils; you can’t do without them.

    Heh heh I can  8-)
    don’t no why people need to tell everyone what they’re doing. Must be all about them :-)


  • there is another site that is now competing with facebook…it’s called MeWe. I haven’t checked it out but I’ve heard that it doesn’t have some of the restrictions of fb…or the spyware.

  • '19 '17 '16

    @barney:

    @SrarBoy:

    And what replaces Facebook? I think they are all necessary evils; you can’t do without them.

    Heh heh I can   8-)
    don’t no why people need to tell everyone what they’re doing. Must be all about them :-)

    I hear you, there, Barney.

    I can actually do without Facebook just fine, though there have been one or two instances when I was glad I had it.

    Google, on the other hand, is a bit more of a necessity.  I would love to give my clicks to someone else.  But to whom?

  • '19 '17 '16

    @captain:

    there is another site that is now competing with facebook…it’s called MeWe. I haven’t checked it out but I’ve heard that it doesn’t have some of the restrictions of fb…or the spyware.

    Interesting, CW.  Thanks.

  • '20

    The search engine I use is ixquick.com, now named Start Page. It dubs itself the world’s most private search engine, for what it’s worth, although I think at least it’s images are powered by Google which makes me lose some faith in it.

    I don’t use Facebook. I prefer Gab.ai which lacks in workability but makes up for by almost never censoring legal content.

  • '19 '17 '16

    @Colt45:

    The search engine I use is ixquick.com, now named Start Page. It dubs itself the world�s most private search engine, for what it’s worth, although I think at least it’s images are powered by Google which makes me lose some faith in it.

    I don’t use Facebook. I prefer Gab.ai which lacks in workability but makes up for by almost never censoring legal content.

    Thanks, Colt.  I will definitely give ixquick.com a look.

    Just for the record, Srarboy, when I said “replace” I didn’t mean in an existential sense. I just meant are there replacements that a lone, citizen like myself can turn to? Competition, in other words. I realize no one is going to put Facebook or Google out of business, and I don’t really want to (well, maybe just a little  :-D). Sorry if my initial post caused confusion.

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