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The Adblockalypse is coming (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Spudwart@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Sounds like a good reason to stop using Google services and products. Some examples (note, I haven't used some of these yet):

Search - DuckDuckGo

Email - ProtonMail

Drive - Dropbox

Sheets/Docs - Zoho

Some of these examples may not the best for everyone, but my point is that we do not have to let Google continue to push us around.

[–] grue@lemmy.ml 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No, it sounds like a good reason for anti-trust regulators to make an injunction to stop Google from doing it.

It's time for this fantasy bullshit notion that boycotts are worth a damn to end. In reality, it's nothing but pro-corporate propaganda designed to make people think they're "fighting the man" or whatever when they're actually completely ineffective.

Now, don't get me wrong: by all means, please feel free to quit using Google's shit! That's 100% a good thing and I fully encourage it! Just don't delude yourself into thinking it represents even the slightest shred of a solution to the systemic problem Google's anticompetitive strategies represent.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Sorry, our hyper partisan system has all but crippled regulation.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago

Regulars are too busy trying to get rid of encryption. A double edged sword in the situation with Google's drm

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's not you and me. It's the websites. They're not going to give up on having anyone with Chrome or using Google services from being able to access their sites. We'd end up with 2 Internets - one with Google and one without. And we all know that the one with Google will win.

[–] sirfacefone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you like ChatGPT/care less about privacy, Bing is a great alternative.

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

or just use the open source open assistant io

[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you suggest a replacement for Android?

[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

These are built from the open source version of Android and do not have Google stuff:

LineageOS
GrapheneOS (can be installed on Pixels)

These are based on various flavors of Linux (Android is technically a flavor of Linux too):

PureOS (Librem 5 line by Purism)
Ubuntu Touch (support for lots of devices, but typically not the flagships)
Manjaro OS (on PinePhone by PINE64, an open source hardware community, which is the best way I can describe it)