No Google Challenge

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Can you live a month de-Googled?

No YouTube, even through proxies we all love like invidious and NewPipe;

No Chrome (are you still using that, anyways?) Web browser. You can take a step forward and avoid Chromium-based (Vivaldi , Brave 🧡, etc).

You can use Android-like OS without the Google services.

No GMail, obviously.

No Google websearch (are you still on that??).

No GMaps.

No Drive or other services.

[2103]

i barely use google lmao, firefox its just better

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Originally posted by Specter:

Depends what's the reward.

You get to experience the digital world a bit differently, as well as learn new and exciting alternatives.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Originally posted by Kat:

i barely use google lmao, firefox its just better

The browser is easy, but try to get out of that "barely" and you'll probably find you are very dependent of Google.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Originally posted by Rexali_:

These are not bad things necessary, it depends on how you use it.

Personally, I have learned almost every percent of my knowledge from google, YouTube, Quora, etc. While everyone think school is the place of educating kids.

No judgement here, just a challenge.

You didn't learn from Google, but from the people who put that content online.
The fact that you get that mixed up is a good reason to try out the challenge!

[Good Night Owl]

Originally posted by Heitor Villa-Lobos:

Originally posted by Specter:

Depends what's the reward.

You get to experience the digital world a bit differently, as well as learn new and exciting alternatives.

Been there, done that. I grew up in the era before most of Google's services including chrome. The only thing we used was Google.com, but I could have easily used anything else if I knew about them.

[gugnihr]

One month without watching toys related videos on youtrube??? NO!!!!!!!!!!

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Originally posted by Rexali_:

It's like someone go to the park for smoking and someone go to the park with his/her family, You can't tell him/her don't go to the park for month.

What? I'm not telling anyone to not do anything.

Its up to you to see other parts of the park, and try out some other activities.

Originally posted by Rexali_:

Even I use good entertaining contents, For example, Mr beast really puts effort for his vidoes but I don't like TikTok or Dubsmash products, They are just burning your time.

I don't like TikTok either, but there are hundreds of other platforms, like Vimeo, Kwai, BiliBili, Odysee, and so on.

Its like I said "no Coca-Cola© challenge" and someone replied that they don't enjoy grapefruit juice.

Originally posted by Rexali_:

Internet just changed the shape of the world, But it has positive and negative points just like every other tools. There was dialogue in Detroit Become Human in police station, The officer said : We were supposed to bring A.I. to improve our life but now half of the cases are related to A.I. crimes.

Google is not "the internet". Its not even the Web. The fact that you get those concepts confused is a good reason to try out the challenge!
Get to know the internet without Google.

Also, I believe you got off a tangent there.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Originally posted by gugnihr:

One month without watching toys related videos on youtrube??? NO!!!!!!!!!!

Can you find them somewhere else?

Perhaps there is a trove of toy related videos on another platform...

[peppermint hollows]

Steam client is Chromium based...better not use that either

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Originally posted by Rexali_:

Ok, So if this challenge would have enough rewards, i would accept it. But if this challenge is rewardless, so why should I ?

You take it up if you feel like it.

You'd be experiencing many new things, some of which you might enjoy. You also would probably learn and reflect about the digital world in ways that will improve your overall experience once the challenge is over.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Also, +128 internet points.

[GunsForBucks]

Easy

Really the only thing I use it for it looking up links to stuff to share.

[76561199521118219]

is it any difference if google or not is used daily, if if you dont have google accounts or logged off vs plugged in? ie google still tracks ip address searches.

[TWPanda77]

Yes, I could that. There are youtube alternatives that I use anyway such as youku, I use firefox and could live with bing or that duck thing. I have an iPhone and a business 365 subscription, so I do not use gmail or drive anyway.

[Jelly]

i dont watn to.