I am starting a deep tech cleanse for me and my family. The goal is to minimize dependency on large US tech. I'm intentionally not self hosting everything but looking for off-shore medium and small providers that respect privacy and don't sell data. Not looking for perfect solutions, just reasonable alternatives (thread) #privacy #degoogle
Migrated away from #google search to #kagi. Can't say enough nice things about that service. Yes, you pay. And in return you get what google felt like before it fully enshitified. There are AI features, but they are easily turned off, and they will even optionally derank AI results. There is a kid-friendly version in our family plan which is perfect for learning and research without wading thru slop.

@eeejay ^This^

We need to normalize paying for basic WWW functions.

Because this fucking ad based model is NOT working.