A big part of the problem is illustrated by the fact we are now trained to google e.g. even basic information about our own podcast. Big tech gets so much more

A big part of the problem is illustrated by the fact we are now trained to google e.g. even basic information about our own podcast. Big tech gets so much more out of us than we get out of them - their products are entrenched largely by perception. You can use another search engine. Open a spreadsheet from your Documents directory. Run 7-13B models yourself with llama.cpp. Save a bookmark. Wait three seconds. Whatever you need to do you can do. The data brokers, ad men, media corporations etc. now identified as "the technology industry" are (explicitly) in the business of wasting precious time, not saving it.