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"Aversion" is such a strong word... I mean, yes, I try to avoid Google due to privacy concerns. That means no more Chrome, no Google-Search-as-default and not l
by archi42 7y ago
"Aversion" is such a strong word... I mean, yes, I try to avoid Google due to privacy concerns. That means no more Chrome, no Google-Search-as-default and not logging in via Google.
OTOH, you're totally right about striking a balance: If I'm sitting at work, looking something up and DuckDuckGo doesn't yield the expected results I'm quick to prepend a "!g" - which gets me the desired information in about 90% of the cases. Or if I plan a trip in advance I use Google Maps so I can get a good estimate of the travel time for a specific time of day.
Also: My SO and I have a shared Google Calendar, which I sync to my device via DAV.
I just stopped indiscriminately streaming all my personal information to Google, instead I gained some more control about what data the company gets.