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Alternatives
Recommended alternatives for all the Google products, software and services
NOTE: We're trying to recommend you alternatives which are FOSS (or mostly so) and privacy-respecting. This is by no means an exhaustive list of alternatives.
Notable
'Google Search' alternatives:
- Ecosia
- DuckDuckGo
- SearX. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
- YaCy (to use it, you need to install the app)
- Mojeek
'YouTube' alternatives:
- PeerTube. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
- MediaGoblin. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
'Gmail' alternatives:
(E-mail providers which don't offer at least 1 free of charge plan weren't listed)
'Google Chrome' alternatives:
(We don't recommend any Chromium-based browsers and browsers that use the Blink browser engine)
'Google Maps' alternatives:
'Google Earth' alternatives:
'Chromebook' alternatives:
- MNT Reform
- Olimex DIY Laptop
- Vikings X200 - RYF (Respects Your Freedom) edition
- Purism Librem 14
- System76's laptops
- Pinebook Pro
- KDE Slimbook 14
- ThinkPenguin's laptops
- TUXEDO's laptops
- Star Labs' laptops
- Technoethical's laptops
'Chrome OS' alternatives:
- GNU/Linux. Find a GNU/Linux distro here, or use any of these:
- BSD. Find a BSD OS here, or use any of these:
'Google Analytics' alternatives
The Mod Team has not vetted any of the above services, these are only recommendations based on user feedback. It is recommended you properly and thoroughly research any product or service you are interested in using.-
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I swear I tried this once and it didn’t stick. Maybe I did it wrong?
The Mastodon post linked to in the post body has screenshots. Maybe give it another try. I'm not a dev and had never before messed with uBlock Origin settings, but I got it. And I validated that it worked right after by heading over to StackExchange and not seeing those pesky pop-ups