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Alternatives to Google (view source)
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'''Google''' has fallen out of favor with many web users, due to their tracking and sale of user data,<ref>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-sell-your-data-heres-how-company-shares-monetizes-and</ref> and liberal activism and polices.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/31/five-times-google-was-caught-red-handed-on-bias-and-censorship/</ref> This article gives some alternatives to their services.
'''[[Google]]''' has fallen out of favor with many web users, due to their tracking and sale of user data,<ref>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-sell-your-data-heres-how-company-shares-monetizes-and</ref> and liberal activism and polices.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/31/five-times-google-was-caught-red-handed-on-bias-and-censorship/</ref> This article gives some alternatives to their services.
== Search engines ==
== Search engines ==
*[[Duck Duck Go|DuckDuckGo]] - a search engine that says it does to not track users. They also offer "Privacy Essentials" on Firefox and Chrome and "Privacy browser" on mobile.
*[[Duck Duck Go|DuckDuckGo]] - a privacy-focused search engine that says it does to not track users. They also offer "Privacy Essentials" on Firefox and Chrome, and "Privacy browser" on mobile.
*[https://www.startpage.com/ StartPage] - another privacy focused search option
*[[Result Hunter]] - a search engine that favors conservative results, as opposed to Google which favors liberal results.
*[[Result Hunter]] - a search engine that favors conservative results, as opposed to Google which favors liberal results.
*[[Mojeek]] - a search engine that doesn't track people and uses a proprietary page ranking engine as opposed to PageRank, and is intended to give unbiased search results.
*[[Mojeek]] - a search engine that doesn't track people and uses a proprietary page ranking engine as opposed to PageRank, and is intended to give unbiased search results.
*[https://www.seekfind.org/ Seek Find] - a Christian search engine. Cannot be used for a general search, but a search over the Internet for information from Christian sites.
*[https://www.seekfind.org/ Seek Find] - a Christian search engine. Cannot be used for a general search, but a search over the Internet for information from Christian sites.
*[https://www.worthyseek.com/ Worthy Christian Search] - A similar Christian search engine.
*[https://www.worthyseek.com/ Worthy Christian Search] - A similar Christian search engine.
== Email ==
== Email ==
*[https://tutanota.com/ Tutanota.com] - A robust service with paid and free tiers, which offers end-to-end encryption for sending messages, and encrypted mailboxes.
*[https://tutanota.com/ Tutanota.com] - A robust service with paid and free tiers, which offers end-to-end encryption for sending messages, and encrypted mailboxes.
*ProtonMail - another service which offers "trust no one" encryption.
*ProtonMail - another service which offers "trust no one" encryption.
*Fastmail - a paid service, but worth it. Friends with DuckDuckGo.
*Fastmail - a paid, but good service. Friends with DuckDuckGo.
== Alternative browsers to Chrome ==
== Alternative browsers to Chrome ==
*[[Mozilla Firefox]] - uses its own ("Quantum") engine instead of Chromium's Blink engine. A well-rounded derivative is Comodo IceDragon, which also comes with a security scanner that scans Windows PC.
*[[Mozilla Firefox]] - uses its own ("Quantum") engine instead of Chromium's Blink engine. (additionally, a well-rounded derivative is [[Comodo IceDragon]], which also comes with a security scanner that scans Windows PC).
*[[Microsoft Edge]] - better on power usage than Chrome, and much more secure (users get less malware), although it uses Google's Blink engine but used to use EdgeHTML, and doesn’t have all of the privacy issues of Chrome. Edge and Internet Explorer are both great for those who boycott Gooogle.
*[[Microsoft Edge]] - better on power usage than Chrome, and much more secure (users get less malware), although it uses Google's Blink engine but used to use EdgeHTML, and doesn’t have all of the privacy issues of Chrome. Edge and Internet Explorer are both great for those who boycott Gooogle.
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*Slimbrowser, Slimboat (discontinued in 2016), and [[Slimjet]] - have built-in ad blockers and don’t report back to Google and Chrome. They are versatile and customizable. Slimbrowser originally used the Trident engine (but may have switched to the Firefox engine), Slimboat used QtWebKit, and Slimjet uses the blink engine.
*Slimbrowser, Slimboat (discontinued in 2016), and [[Slimjet]] - have built-in ad blockers and don’t report back to Google and Chrome. They are versatile and customizable. Slimbrowser originally used the Trident engine (but may have switched to the Firefox engine), Slimboat used QtWebKit, and Slimjet uses the blink engine.
*[[SRWare Iron]] - uses the Blink engine of Chrome. Doesn’t report activity history to the publisher or anyone else.
*[[SRWare Iron]] - uses the Blink engine of Chrome. Doesn’t report activity history to the publisher or anyone else.
*[[Internet Explorer]] was a feature-rich browser. Many sites used to work well with this browser, including Yahoo! and Bing. However, it suffered from many security issues over the years, and tended to run slower than the alternatives. Microsoft ended support for IE11 (the last version) in 2020. Many sites no longer support Internet Explorer, especially graphics-intensive sites, and services which require modern DRM support.
== Alternatives to Android ==
== Alternatives to Android ==
*iPhone and iPad - the most popular alternative.
*iPhone and iPad - the most popular alternative.
*Windows Phone (dead) - more powerful than either Android or iOS, many think it was a superior option, but Microsoft killed it in 2017 due to failure to penetrate the market. The latest is Windows 10 Mobile.
*Windows Phone (dead) - arguably more powerful than either Android or iOS, many think it was a superior option, but Microsoft killed it off in 2017 due to failure to penetrate the market. The latest is Windows 10 Mobile.
*Ubuntu Touch - open-source, many think it was awesome too, but it discontinued by Canonical.
*Ubuntu Touch - open-source, many think it was awesome too, but it discontinued by Canonical.
*Symbian OS - discontinued some time ago, but some think it was good, and it featured Opera.
*Symbian OS - discontinued some time ago, but some think it was good, and it featured Opera.
*Blackberry 10 - uses a microkernel for better reliability, and also allows direct filesystem access (unlike Android and iOS), but restricted (unlike Windows and MacOS).
*Blackberry 10 - uses a microkernel for better reliability, and also allows direct filesystem access (unlike Android and iOS), but restricted (unlike Windows and MacOS). Newer blackberry devices now use Android.
== Alternatives to Google Drive ==
== Alternatives to Google Drive ==
*Sync.com
*Sync.com
*Resilio Sync
*Resilio Sync
*Amazon S3 - Somewhat complex, best left to tech savvy users
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*[[Dropbox (cloud service)|Dropbox]] - Although not very private, this is at least not known to sell user data to commercial entities
*[[Dropbox (cloud service)|Dropbox]] - Although not very private, this is at least not known to sell user data to commercial entities
*OwnCloud or NextCloud, hosted on a private or leased server - slightly complex to set up, but feature rich and very simple to use.
== Alternatives to YouTube ==
== Alternatives to YouTube ==
== Alternatives to Chromebooks ==
== Alternatives to Chromebooks ==
Chrome OS is marketed as being just a browser on bare-metal, although it did recently add Google Drive and a Debian subsystem so one could install Android and Linux apps. But it's given Google's interest in harvesting private data, it still causes some people concern that it may be engaging in unwanted behavior. Some lightweight alternatives are:
Chrome OS is marketed as being just a browser on bare-metal, although it did recently add Google Drive and a Debian subsystem so one could install Android and Linux apps. But given Google's interest in harvesting private data, it still causes some people concern that it may be engaging in unwanted behavior. Some lightweight alternatives are:
*GNU/Linux (such as Mint or Ubuntu) on a "thin-and-light" laptop. Chrome, Firefox, and Opera all work well on Ubuntu. The thin client edition is Ubuntu Core.
*GNU/Linux (such as Mint or Ubuntu) on a "thin-and-light" laptop. Chrome, Firefox, and Opera all work well on Ubuntu. The thin client edition is Ubuntu Core.
*Windows 10 Core
*Windows 10 Core