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Google buying GitHub over Microsoft would actually be arguably worse for GitHub. If Google actually bought GitHub, I would be thinking twice about using it.
by urda 8y ago
Google buying GitHub over Microsoft would actually be arguably worse for GitHub.
If Google actually bought GitHub, I would be thinking twice about using it.
- mihaela 8y agoSame here. I don't use Google products, other than search.
- morganvachon 8y agoIf you want to get Google search results and not give them any personal info or create a search bubble, try startpage.com or ixquick.com (same company). They have built a privacy-focused search engine that rides on Google's results. I'm not affiliated, I just enjoy using it. If you don't trust Startpage you can try DuckDuckGo with a !g modifier, it will search Google (mostly) anonymously for you.
- pmontra 8y agoYou can use Google without logging in and with one of those browser addons that delete cookies when leaving a site.
- morganvachon 8y agoThey still create a search bubble based on your IP address and browser fingerprinting.
- cube2222 8y agoWell not with GDPR, no.
- sandov 8y agoAs far as I understand, the !g modifier doesn't search anonymously for you, it just redirects you to the google results page. It's useful when you know that ddg won't give you a result as good as google. You can also use the !sp flag, that redirects you to the startpage result page, without passing through google at any time, so that's what you should use instead of !g.
- morganvachon 8y agoThanks for that, I rarely use DDG but I always assumed they sanitized the Google results.
- Fill1200 8y agoGoogle and Facebook don't use Git. Microsoft really loves Git and GitHub.