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Yes: minimize or stop using them. There are alternate search options. The web has very little lock-in (on the user side) compared to say desktop and mobile...
by blihp 7y ago
Yes: minimize or stop using them. There are alternate search options. The web has very little lock-in (on the user side) compared to say desktop and mobile... make use of that.
While there's a chance the EU might do something about the behavior, I think it's safe to say that here in the US the odds of anything pro-consumer happening anytime soon are effectively nil.
- dessant 7y ago> Yes: minimize or stop using them... The web has very little lock-in There are people who could not register to vote in time because reCAPTCHA has blocked them.
- blihp 7y agoNotice that I said on the user side. I completely agree that when a web site uses various Google (or other) services you're stuck. However, the article is about Google removing URLs from search results... you can do something about that.
- v7p1Qbt1im 7y agoWhat‘s your alternative to using reCAPTCHA? Have you tried building a page with login function without it?
- cromon 7y agowww.hcaptcha.com www.solvemedia.com A load of other anti-spam captchas not owned by Google...
- RonanTheGrey 7y agoNot using a captcha at all? 300,000 users a month and we don't have any problems. Why do people think this is so critical? Just because TEH GOOGLE convinced us it is in order to push their product?
- behnamoh 7y agoSo basically after a few decades of using the Internet, we're now at a place where we are willing to stop using some of the most famous services we're accustomed to. Strangely, those are mostly owned by Google and Facebook.
- blihp 7y agoYes, that's the way market economies work. One of your jobs as a consumer is to recognize when your interests and a company's no longer align and be willing to walk.
- behnamoh 7y agoOf course, but majority of people aren't informed enough about these situations and that has created a negative loop which allows these companies to exploit lack of knowledge on their customers' part in an increasing rate.
- ConceptJunkie 7y agoDing Ding Ding! Google is working against their users' interests, and most of them don't realize it, because computers are still magical appliances to 95% of users. That doesn't mitigate Google's evil, it makes it worse.
- jrnichols 7y agoMy roadblock with that is when I tell people I try to not use Google properties, they look at me like i'm some sort of conspiracy theorist loon. :/
- Sami_Lehtinen 7y agoMojeek is independent search engine: https://www.mojeek.com/ https://www.mojeek.com/