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Comment on Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 months ago
K, I’m still not using Google search engine anymore. And once I find a replacement for any other Google services and devices I have, it’s out with those as well.
foggy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
I replaced gmail with protonmail and everything else with nextcloud. Couldn’t go back.
Crisis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hosting your own nextcloud I’m guessing?
If so how did you install it?
dinckelman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Their docker stack is pretty simple to setup
xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Nope, I don’t have a server and I also want to secure my files in a different location so I paid for hetzner.
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
After a lot of privacy switching I finally did try NextCloud, but I couldn’t get port forwarding to work on my Internet and gave up… For now
xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
You are probably behind a nat. I contacted my isp and they disabled it, since it works perfectly!
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
What do you mean nat? For me there is an app with an option (apparently no other way) and it didn’t worj
netchami@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Based
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Question: can email from gmail be imported into proton mail?
USSEthernet@startrek.website 11 months ago
Yes, they even have a walk through on how to do it.
Swarfega@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Honestly. Off the back of this debacle I switched to Firefox and duckduckgo. Previously I used to use the shit out of incognito because I hated that when I searched for something once that I then get that thing popping up everywhere else. Since the switch I no longer get the feeling of being stalked.
squiblet@kbin.social 11 months ago
NoScript helps a lot, too. I suppose other extensions also. It’s horrifying how many sites embed Google and Facebook tracking, including ones that really shouldn’t like medical sites and banks.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
DuckDuckGo has an extension that blocks trackers.
squiblet@kbin.social 11 months ago
My concern is saving my email and photos before my account is randomly banned one day with no customer service and no recourse. God only knows what data they already harvested from when I used to back up my photos with their service.
Open_Mike@artemis.camp 11 months ago
Just grab a copy using Google Takeout, then after that use Syncrify, FolderSync, Resilio Sync or something else to automatically copy your phone media to your computer.
squiblet@kbin.social 11 months ago
Definitely the first step is to get more SSDs. I was traveling a lot and barely used a desktop or even a laptop for 6-7 years. I’ll check out those sync systems, thanks.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 11 months ago
ecosia.org as a search engine :) Uses bing in the background (and newly also google), but your data isn’t sold (AFAIK).
If you want opensource there’s YaCy
kzhe@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I’m on Kagi but I did the one time payment and am unsure about whether I’ll extend. Results are good but 10 dollars a month isn’t insignificant (cheap plan is orders of magnitude less than what I need in searches)
ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I tried kagi and wasn’t impressed. For all but one or two queries the results were exactly the same as ddg. Not to mention they had that stupid metric stating 78%+ unique kagi results for every search, even though that was blatantly untrue. They seem pretty dishonest as a company.
railsdev@programming.dev 10 months ago
I use SearXNG. Google’s search results aren’t even good anymore so there’s really no excuse not to switch at this point. For awhile I couldn’t break the habit but recently Google has gotten considerably worse.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I used Ecosia for a long time (almost 5 years) but the search results are pretty bad. Often I had to use another search engine to actually find what I was looking for. DuckDuckGo is pretty good, Brave Search is OK as well but SearXNG is my personal favorite.
railsdev@programming.dev 11 months ago
Hardcore Mode on IVPN is insane (it blocks Google). Sadly it’ll break a lot of stuff though, but fuck Google.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I adjusted my entire digital life so I can do everything without ever connecting to Google services. I block them in my self-hosted Pi-Hole, on NextDNS and in my OPNsense Firewall.
railsdev@programming.dev 10 months ago
Mainly I’m talking about random captchas that break. Everything else I can live with.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I refuse to use services that force me to surrender to Google. Why don’t people use hCaptcha, it’s not perfect, but it’s far better than this Google garbage…
dinckelman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
On the topic of this, what is the best alternative out there? A few years ago I’ve tried a couple options, out of curiosity, but the search quality was super poor for anything that’s not in English, and the accuracy of found content wasn’t always there
fiddlestix@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I reckon Kagi is the best start engine out there. It’s paid though. Second I’d have Qwant followed by DDG.
Paradox@lemdro.id 11 months ago
Best? Kagi. Best free? Probably bing
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Both leaving reddit and leaving google s.e. were two things that I thought would be harder than they were.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 11 months ago
Just need to install Linux as your primary OS and your transition to software freedom will be complete.
deus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Doing so on the desktop is easy enough. Getting rid of Android appears to be a much harder challenge, though.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 11 months ago
Android is opensource. You can get phones that support ROMs like LineageOS (would recommend a FairPhone) or /e/ (godawful name, good ROM) for example - you can buy the Murena phone for this.
Linux phones are about 5 years away from mainstream usability, IMO.
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Fingers crossed that linux gets better support and development on phones
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Lemmy has a hate boner for Apple but iOS is dope
muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can reccommend graphene os however u need a pixel for that
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I use it for work but at home with gaming and stuff it’s just not sustainable
doeknius_gloek@feddit.de 11 months ago
Proton keeps getting better and better. I long for the day when I can ditch windows completely and it might not be too far away.
spatialdestiny@lemmy.one 11 months ago
What games do you play that aren’t compatible? I don’t play many of the really mainstream games. I think the last game I played that wasn’t compatible at the time was genshin impact.
spudwart@spudwart.com 11 months ago
Leaving google isn’t hard.
Leaving YouTube specifically, however… Well, it’s been getting easier as content seems to be less and less frequent or quality.
AnotherOne@feddit.de 11 months ago
I use piped/newpipe etc. and simply support creators i watch via patreon/direct donations/merch. Less money for shitty ad company more money for creatives.
lemming741@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Maps is the last one to replace. There are so many ads now that I’ll tolerate a lower quality alternative.
pirat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s are some OpenStreetMap-based apps that are worth checking out. Some of them are made for specific purposes, while other are for general navigation. I’ve tried some of them through the time with various success, though I’ve still haven’t found a favorite to stick with for good. But I believe making the switch is definitely possible and probably worth it!
You can install all the mentioned apps through F-Droid:
Additionally, use Transportr for public transport navigation almost anywhere in the world, and GMaps WV, a restricted WebView wrapper for accessing the web version of Google Maps. Intended for use when OpenStreetMap isn’t enough.)
MisterD@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I use OSMAND
danque@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can definitely recommend maps.me it’s a great app with default offline maps. It was a great tool when traveling abroad without internet
CeeBee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
grayjay.app
I’ve been using it. It’s actually pretty great.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is true, I still use youtube and I don’t see it changing soon since there are no viable alternatives.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Closest I’d say would be a service like Odysee. Can’t really say whether their practices are better than yt or not, but I can at least confirm I’ve found a few channels I don’t wanna sub to on yt also have accounts on Odysee. As to whether or not they made those accounts/channels is a different story.
WillardHerman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Personally, I can’t imagine what is on YouTub that’s worth watching. I don’t know, I haven’t used it in ages.
Resonosity@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Nebula is a good alternative
Serinus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I still worry that leaving Reddit is going to make it tilt to the right. I spent a decade posting there in the hopes that it would nudge people towards sanity.
livus@kbin.social 11 months ago
I think it probably already is somewhat, but there comes a point where trying to change the system from within becomes futile and complicit.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 11 months ago
The right use it and all other social media sites for coordinated disinformation. No matter how much you try to combat it you’re going up against people/ideas with deep pockets and a lot of resources meaning your voice is just a drop in the bucket.
Serinus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sure, but there are a lot more of us, and we make more sense.
It’s important to present people with the contrasting view when they’re presented with disinformation. It’s natural to believe the first thing you read if it’s just a narrative with no dissent.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The hard part is the cost difference (I haven’t looked terribly deeply yet) Family Proton (3TB) is 395 AUD (when you sign up for 2 years)
2 TB, 125 AUD per year for google drive, and it’s per year.
Pro-rata that’s literally twice as expensive, and you have to sign up for 2 years to get that rate, which makes moving my stuff a hard pill to swallow :(
Is there a plug and play service that’s as good as proton without the hefty premium?