I Have De-Googled My life

August 31, 2018

Google is all-knowing and is used by so many people. Here are my alternatives.

(Google products listed taken from Wikipedia)

Search –> replaced with Startpage Books –> archive.org and ebooks Dictionary –> merriam-webster News-> hackurls and reading less news Shopping –> Shopbot Feedburner –> my own rss feed G Suite (Business version of gmail.com) –> Runbox / Owncloud / Zoho Blogger –> my own wordpress website, medium, write.as Bookmarks –> pinboard.in Calendar –> Runbox / Owncloud Docs – Owncloud / text files Domains –> namesilo, that hosting company Drive –> Owncloud Hangouts –> text / whatsapp Gmail –> Runbox Google URL Shorterner (goo.gl) –> Don't use any shorterners anymore Keep –> Evernote / Turtl / text files Play music –> Spotify Google+ –> Mastodon, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram Fonts –> same font name but hosted by jsdelivr App Engine –> Visual Studio Code / text files PageSpeed Tools –> webpagetest reCAPTCHA –> no captcha's used Maps –> still use somewhat use but also use openstreetmap Analytics –> Clicky, Matomo Chrome –> Firefox Web Designer –> Visual Studio Code / Notepad++ Google Authenticator –> 1password one-time password Public DNS –> was using Cloudflare but now using dns on vps