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Disgusted by YouTube/Google

Bridalwhistle

Hi everyone. I really want to share something that has shocked me, and will be putting me off Youtube for good. I'm already looking at De-Googling my lifestyle. 

A while back I saw an advert on YouTube about c***ing on girls' ****. How bad is that. Considering children can access YouTube far too easily. I reported this advert, but Google's moderating system deemed the ad appropriate for YouTube. I've also read about plenty of other times where this has happened to other people. 

Also not to mentioned being recommended videos "coincidentally" about conversations in person, without being generated in a YouTube/Google search. 

I already internet search using Brave. 

My email is with Proton. 

I will be using Mega for photo and cloud storage. 

Now I'm looking at Odysee, TED, and Vimeo for video streaming. 

I want to sever myself from Google as fast as possible. I hope this doesn't upset too many people, or employees here who work for Google, but I'm just looking at posting a (justified) rant. I'm hoping it also promotes internet safety for younger forum members. If this is too upsetting however let me know: I can delete the post. 

Can anyone relate to this? 

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  • I miss the times when technology was exciting, cool and going to last. Now it's becoming expensive, buy buy buy, data collecting, data harvesting, AI slop fest and like a cow's / bull's waste product. Keep in mind Google makes it's main money mainly through ads. In general, it's now becoming, you no longer own it, but a licence to use it. As well as the phrase, "you are not the customer, you are the product". bring back removable batteries, SD card slots, multiple ports, easy disassembling, repairability, etc.

    You might want to visit the "Consumer Rights Wiki", created by American YouTuber Louis Rossman.

    Another website is "Google Graveyard - Killed by Google". A collection of products and services Google made, but no longer supports or decided to discontinue.

    Suggestions, especially getting into open source alternatives / FOSS (Free Open Source Software)

    - Linux OS. E.g. Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Ubuntu, Debian, etc...

    - Plex Media Server

    - Jellyfin Media Server

    - NAS Storage

    - Firefox Browser

    - Vivaldi, Browser

    - Search Engines. E.g. Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, etc

    - Malwarebytes Web Browser Guard

    - Dailymotion

    - Floatplane

    - Soundcloud Music

    - Music Players to use / upgrade. E.g. iPod Classic, iPod Mini, Microsoft Zune, Sony Walkman A30 / A40 / A50 Series. You can install Rock Box, as an alternative and custom firmware to the apple iPod Classics.

    You might like a video from Canadian YouTuber / Tech reviewer "Linus Tech Tips". Titled "De-Google Your Life". Otherwise, British YouTuber "foci" is another recommendation. He published a video 4 months ago called, "I used Open Source Apps for 90 days. Here are my favorites".

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  • I miss the times when technology was exciting, cool and going to last. Now it's becoming expensive, buy buy buy, data collecting, data harvesting, AI slop fest and like a cow's / bull's waste product. Keep in mind Google makes it's main money mainly through ads. In general, it's now becoming, you no longer own it, but a licence to use it. As well as the phrase, "you are not the customer, you are the product". bring back removable batteries, SD card slots, multiple ports, easy disassembling, repairability, etc.

    You might want to visit the "Consumer Rights Wiki", created by American YouTuber Louis Rossman.

    Another website is "Google Graveyard - Killed by Google". A collection of products and services Google made, but no longer supports or decided to discontinue.

    Suggestions, especially getting into open source alternatives / FOSS (Free Open Source Software)

    - Linux OS. E.g. Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Ubuntu, Debian, etc...

    - Plex Media Server

    - Jellyfin Media Server

    - NAS Storage

    - Firefox Browser

    - Vivaldi, Browser

    - Search Engines. E.g. Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, etc

    - Malwarebytes Web Browser Guard

    - Dailymotion

    - Floatplane

    - Soundcloud Music

    - Music Players to use / upgrade. E.g. iPod Classic, iPod Mini, Microsoft Zune, Sony Walkman A30 / A40 / A50 Series. You can install Rock Box, as an alternative and custom firmware to the apple iPod Classics.

    You might like a video from Canadian YouTuber / Tech reviewer "Linus Tech Tips". Titled "De-Google Your Life". Otherwise, British YouTuber "foci" is another recommendation. He published a video 4 months ago called, "I used Open Source Apps for 90 days. Here are my favorites".

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