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In first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
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reminder: if you have anything saved with google, you should probably move it to somewhere that's not tied to the US govt. mark my words: it's just a matter of time before they weaponize Google.
Yes. Backup everything and move away.
I've started using Qwant as my search engine and it's not bad at all
that's awesome! this is the first time in decades that i've even heard the name of a search alternative. i'm from the hotbot days. do you know if or how much it's rooted in google's search? i know that's wording it poorly, but i hope you still know what i'm asking
Qwant uses Bing search results AFAIK.
Might as well use a SearX instance.
I heard they are working on their own search engine
jesus fucking christ
Ecosia for me. I still find myself asking Google for stock prices and such, but other than that it's ok. Berlin based apparently, plus I like that they plant trees for every search you do. I don't like that they have sponsored links at the top but I suppose that's how it goes.
Don’t they also use Bing search in the background?
Bing and / or Google (you can choose).
But their working together with QWANT on their own search engine.
And from a privacy perspective I’d argue, that it’s still better to use Ecosia / QWANT.
Not sure, I have to look into it more. When I switched last year, it was just because I liked the green initiative. It wasn't really that serious for me beyond that.
Thanks, I've switched as well.
Why dont you think its weaponized yet? Thats crazy
you're ahead of the class, my friend. sometimes one must remove the tinfoil hat before addressing the crowd.
This applies to Apple as well.
And Microsoft.
I've been putting off reflashing my custom rom without gapps... I have the necessary self hosted infrastructure in place where I wouldn't need Google. I just needed the extra push.
Thanks for the push.
I have a ton of pinned map points for both my work and travel all over the world from the last decade or so... does anyone know of a way to export these from google in a format that will easily plug into openmaps or some other app? There are thousands and manually doing this is not really an option...
I don't know about being easy to plug in, but Google Takeout lets you request an order of all data they have tied to your account across all services, in compliance with EU rules.
I'm not sure what the google maps export looks like, but no matter how it's formatted I'm sure that a simple Python script will be able to transfer the map markers over to openmaps. I'll look into making this if it doesn't already exist on GitHub. I'd like to transfer my stuff over too.
Which email provider to use?
Was just going to say “host your own on AWS” and then remembered who owns aws.
Might have to literally host my own now.
Good luck. I've heard that it's almost impossible to host your own email now because companies like Google will blacklist it and send all your emails to your recipient's trash instead of their inbox.
Residential IPs are generally gray listed. Same with any cloud provider IP pools. You can get a mail relay for sending email if you want an easy way. Or find a local colo who has their own IP block where you can host a small server. It might take a little time to warm up and build that reputation, but not impossible.
i've switched over to proton for now. that's not advice, though. look them up before you decide to try them.
I'm very happy with proton's service and products (email/calender/drive) so even with the asshole CEO it still feels like good choice. Maybe not as good as some other options out there, most likely would have chosen Tuta if I would switch now.
Posteo.net is a buck a month
Tuta.com
European, not Swiss, privacy-focused.
I use fastmail. I have used it for couple of years now and it has been working well. It was a calendar, notes and file functions too. Tried proton. The app was always slow to open and refresh. It is also easier for people to understand fastmail.com when you are giving them your email.
Not an email provider but I've been using addy.io (https://addy.io/) for a few weeks now and I feel it deserves a shout out. They let you use email aliases to protect your real email. There is a good free option which I use.
I had been using DuckDuckGo's version (https://duckduckgo.com/email/) but they require you to use their browser on mobile or their extension on desktop. Also free.