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[–] PublicLewdness@burggit.moe 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't use Youtube; Chrome; or Google Search. I use Abrowser which doesn't play with DRM so I don't visit those sites. I use Ublock origin; Jshelter; Privacy Badger; and LibReDirect. I did this for years before even coming to this thread. It's as simple as making choices which support your values. Google and the like will never change to support your values. Just ditch them and change your behavior.

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[–] momtheregoesthatman@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honest comment with a bit of a question buried in here this novella.. I use Google devices; Pixel Pro's, Pixel watches, Nest hubs, Nest thermostats, etc. This is a understood agreement (not symbiotic) between me and the behemoth that is Alphabet: I pay them for hardware, and use their "free services" that are heavily subsidized by pillaging my data. I know the hardware does it too, and I'm paying.

I've switched most of my networking and cameras to UniFi, my browsers are all Firefox.. The question is what's next? I dislike Apple iPhones but like my wife's MacBook, but I'm a nerd. All of my devices need to "play nice" in their respective ecosystem. I'm tired of having the inbox app, hangouts, etc only to find Google has grown tired or doesn't care and scraps them.

When the iPhone 15 comes out, I was getting the wife that and myself the Pixel 8P. Now I struggle. The "ultra" premium phones (we both care most about camera) are few and defined. I don't want to jump to Apple, it's the same thing, just packaged differently. Ugh.

[–] ElvenMithril@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd consider installing graphene OS..

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[–] ThisIsMyLemmyLogin@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The day adverts are forced on me is the day I quit using the internet for anything other than gaming. I fucking hate adverts.

[–] Falafels@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've lost interest in multiplayer games too with all the battle passes and loot boxes.

[–] deadly4u@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] KindredAffiliate@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm, one of the best multiplayer games we have seen in years.

[–] 0C72@links.hackliberty.org 0 points 1 year ago

Except they're planning on implementing FaceIT, which is an extremely invasive anticheat. Great game though, play it while you can

[–] AllahFucksKids@fedia.io 0 points 1 year ago

Your resistance is futile

Your resistance is futile

Lol, but seriously stahp I have shares in Google. Let us just use your private data bby, we won't do anything bad, promise! Lmao

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