Leave Google now and help others doing the same by:
1. Switching #Duckduckgo or #Kagi (using !g if Google is really needed)
2. Creating an email account on one of the many ethical alternative while asking gmail to redirect all email received.
3. Trying @organicmaps and adding your business information on OpenStreetMaps (opening hours, etc)
4. Creating a @peertube account on an instance and uploading your videos there
All those steps can be achieved by yourself, alone!
@ploum @organicmaps @peertube Google search and email were easy to leave and I do not miss them at all. Next stage, I also hosted my own Nextcloud instance which helped me leave Google Drive.
Google Maps and Youtube are difficult to leave in my opinion. I use #osmAnd but the anxiety of getting lost on road and being hit with traffic and road closures makes me check Google Maps here in the US.
Will plan to selfhost Peertube sometime but the network effect of Youtube might take a long long time to beat. I currently consume Youtube via #Tubular (fork of #NewPipe) but will make effort to make myself independent of it slowly
ploum
Deekshith Allamaneni
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