Google Alternatives? 6 Ways to Reduce Your Reliance on Google Products
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- If you're one of the millions of people who use Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Drive and every other Google product, here's how you can reduce your reliance on one single company.
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✅ Best Chrome Alternative: www.firefox.com
✅ Best Chrome Password Manager Alternative: www.allthingssecured.com/try/...
✅ Best Gmail Alternative: www.allthingssecured.com/try/...
✅ Best Google Drive Alternative: www.allthingssecured.com/try/...
✅ Best UA-cam Alternative: None :)
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Video Timestamps
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0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Ditch Google Chrome
1:12 - Stop Using Chrome Password Manager
1:51 - Try a Different Email Client
2:41 - Move Away from Google Drive
3:20 - Use another Search Engine
3:58 - Continue Watching UA-cam??
4:34 - Reducing Reliance on Google
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How can you reduce your reliance on Google? It’s more than just finding good Google alternatives.
These are the 6 easy steps you can take to shift at least part of your digital life away from a single company. You’ll be grateful that you did.
1. Ditch Google Chrome
While Google Chrome is arguably the fastest, most convenient internet browser on the market, it's also a huge data mining tool. When you use Chrome while logged into your Google account and searching on Google, you're handing Google a ton of extremely personal information about yourself on a silver platter...for free!
The best Google Chrome alternatives are things like Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Brave or even the Tor browser.
2. Don't Use Chrome's Password Manager
If ditching Chrome is just too difficult for you to consider, at the very least, try not to use the password save feature. Browser-based password managers are vulnerable because they allow anybody with access to your computer to also have access to your passwords.
It's much better to use a dedicated password manager such as BitWarden (free) or 1Password (premium).
3. Try a Different Email Client
I love Google Gmail and I still use it on a daily basis. However, I have a separate secure email address that I use for things like my banking, investments and other sensitive information. It's not about moving away from Gmail as much as it is making sure that you're not entrusting Gmail with every single bit of important information about yourself. The benefit here is not only protecting yourself from Google, but also protecting yourself from outside hackers.
The best Gmail alternatives include services like ProtonMail, Tutanota, or even free options like Outlook or Yahoo.
4. Move Away from Google Drive
Google makes it very easy to use Google Drive if you're already a Gmail user. It's free cloud storage space, so why not, right? But again, if we're trying to reduce our reliance on Google, it's good to diversify your data storage.
In this case, thankfully there are a multitude of Google Drive alternatives. These include services like Dropbox, OneDrive, Tresorit and many, many more.
5. Use Another Search Engine Besides Google
This is a hard one because Google Search is hands-down the best search engine out there. But when you consider how much data Google gathers based on your searches to create a profile of you, it's scary.
Some of the best Google search alternatives are options like Microsoft Bing (which gets better every year), Yahoo (which gets worse every year) or a private search engine like DuckDuckGo.
6. Stop (or Continue?) Watching UA-cam?
This is more of a tongue-in-cheek joke here, since you're obviously watching and reading this on UA-cam. Unfortunately, there aren't many good alternatives to UA-cam right now that can match the breadth and quality of videos.
So if you're still looking to reduce your Google footprint, you can browse UA-cam while logged out of your Google account or in an incognito window. - Наука та технологія
If there's one thing you can trust, it's that you can never trust one company with all of your data. Find ways to diversify the way that you use the internet and store your data by finding some great Google Alternatives. How are you going to be reducing your reliance on Google? Leave a comment to let me know!
Oh, and don't forget to like this video & subscribe! ua-cam.com/users/allthingssecured
Not gonna lie my man, you lost me at "i love google".
There isnt a thing google didnt ruin, including youtube, and you just kissed up to a mega corporation that meddles in the flow of information, including the destabilizing of your country and elections. Good luck with that. Downvoted.
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UA-cam is the only thing that keeps me tied to Google. Is there any way to separate UA-cam from Google? All I need is UA-cam, not Google.
You can watch UA-cam without being signed in to Google, but when you do that, you can't like, comment or create playlists. You can still watch the videos, though!
@@AllThingsSecured You can watch you Tube on an android device: search for the app NewPipe!
New Pipe is pretty great for youtube. Keep an eye out on Odysee.com
Dtube will grow. Slowly.
@@karenessauthor If any website will replace UA-cam it will probably be Odysee.
I've started moving away for about a month now
Other than what you mentioned, I also use Standard Notes instead of Keep, Authy instead of Google Auth, pCloud/MEGA instead of Drive (This also replaces my Google Photo backup), etc
It's a slow process to move away from Google and other giant tech companies but I'm trying to do as much as I can without losing too much convenience of my day to day life
Awesome! I love it, Wilson. Thanks for sharing.
Hey
All Things Secured, I just saw a few of your videos and doing this comment to appreciate all the informative videos you're creating and sharing this knowledge with us. Thanks man!
I appreciate that, Priyam!
I just wanted to know if Mega and Sync are also good (and secure) alternatives to Google Drive. You've mentioned OneDrive from Microsoft - however, as we're talking about big, popular tech companies, I'm not sure I could continue using OneDrive and feel some security...
Fire fox + duckduck go addon and other addons is great
That's a good combo there! DuckDuckGo is getting more popular every week.
After google best alternative is Yandex services...I deleted my Google account..and created yandex account..it is
much secure..
Don’t forget privacy badger it’s so good it’s an amazing extension
@@user-mb1kj8gt8b Oh yeah badger is great
I use Opera. They have a built in Ad-blocker with a VPN. So opera is also great for privacy.
Thanks a lot man. This is what I was looking for.
Glad I could help, Samiur!
I did not even realize that I am not reliant on google even before watching this video. Very informative video though!
thank you!!
Informative, interesting, useful information, delivered with a deliciously dry sense of humor. Thanks.
Haha! Thanks for the kind words.
Thanks. Have implemented few while watching your video
All these tips are great, thanks for the video. In my opinion, Onedrive is really intrusive if you are not hypercareful. Local data end up in Onedrive without knowing- even if you purposely stopped sync, removed the app etc (like a million times!)...it's always trying to put things up there in the cloud, a total headache in terms of privacy.
I tried brave before but it has a bunch of minor annoyances. I just wish there was a fully customizable browser out there that let ME chose their behaviors.
I do use Firefox though. I also try to remember extensions to opt out of tracking features as well.
My bank is the only password I don't let firefox save, but maybe I should extend that to others?
I rarely use google-storage clouds or any for that matter.... than again I do have a google pixel, something to think about any way.
Not sure how actual it is but I turn off a lot of history features through my google accounts and have data erased from time to time when I remember.
Good advice. Tq.
My pleasure.
Any decent no ads no in app purchase syncable calendars around ? Thanks
Hi josh, just here to say that your videos are heavenly.
When you first started talking about how much you "loved google" I was getting ready to stop watching. But then once you started talking sense I kept listening. What would you suggest as an alternative to google maps? Thanks
Ha! It's hard to talk too much trash about Google on a platform that they own and run :)
As for Google maps, I think it depends on your needs. For car navigation? I like Waze. For location research? I think Bing Maps does well.
the one I personally use is HereWe Go. It for sure isnt as good as maps but its a lot more private and still works fine enough
@@AllThingsSecured Waze is great but not as a Google alternative, since Google has owned it since like 2013. Every time you get out, the pull you back in.
@@AllThingsSecured Isn't Waze owned by Google as well at this point?
I have 1Password. It’s great.
I NEVER use online banking.
The problem with the UA-cam thing: their algorithm is the main reason I use UA-cam. UA-cam’s algorithm knows me better than I know me.
I don't know how accurate this is, but using different browsers is supposed to help us be more secure . The only thing I use Chrome for is UA-cam.
Makes sense. If you're watching YT, then Google already knows what you're doing.
I like you sir... You manage to make the videos funny while you dish out fact.. I have subscribed and turned on notifications
Thank you 🙏
@@AllThingsSecured no I should thank you sir... You are great, I started watching you today, and I must say your videos have really helped me as a web developer... Thank you very much sir
WELL SAID‼️‼️‼️💯👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks from subscribers, for answering every comment
I'm glad to help, Abhiram! :)
Stumbled across your channel while researching sextortion scams for one of my upcoming videos. It's challenging to explain cybersecurity topics while minimizing tech-speak. You've got great content! New fan here!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words and best of luck on the new video.
Thanks for the info. I thought that I removed all Google off my phone, but when I attempted to use an app, it says it's operated by chrome.
I don't know how to change it.
Can you help me?
Nothing was mentioned about the 'Apple Cloud', as there are millions of Mac users. It would be nice if you haven't already, is give Mac users advice on even better security for their devices, as generally I believe Apple is at least a bit better for security than Microsoft/Android choices? New subscriber here.
It's all good bro glad you said that about you tube .I'm finished with you tube.
That’s too bad.
0:59 Safari is also a good option if you value privacy.
Doesn't Microsoft Edge track you too?
My.son loves Brave but i find it hard to use ...why i dont know? It feels slow.
User profiles are literally the only reason I keep using Chrome. I would use Firefox in a heartbeat if it let me set up different profiles for home, work, etc.
You can do that on brave too
Firefox has containers, which allow you to have different profiles in different tabs. Works great and helps decrease tracking.
0:53 I love a video with some humour
Unless you're using a different OS other than Android, then you're giving up all, and I mean all your data to Google whether you like it or not. I don't care if you disable chrome and all your Google apps and just use Tor with F-Dfoid. You'll need a different OS altogether. Unfortunately, Android and iOS are the only real options for everyday use right now. Other options are just too inconvenient and buggy.
Interesting. So you’re implying that Google can gather all data on iOS?
You have a valid point. But the argument is do other have that capacity to ward-off hacking as good as google under the circumstances given. Its a double edged sword.
You're right. There are advantages to using Google, but the point here is that you don't have to put ALL your eggs in the Google basket :)
Have you done a video on securing Firefox?
I haven't yet. Thanks for the suggestion, Greg!
I feel like all of this is moot since I use Pixel and/or Android 🤔
Correct. If you use Android then Google already knows where you go and what you search. Except if you don't use Android, then you're limited to what iOS has to offer or not offer.
Agreed. Already hate yahoo! I had yahoo for years. Sadly yahoo is still around. Been with yahoo since the beginning. Yahoo has been on the decline for years now. About a year ago. Yahoo got rid of there comments section. Yahoo's email service sucks! Just recently I switched over to Gmx. After all these years I'm surprised AOL is still around.
I’m surprised too.
There is an initiative called degoogling, however for me, I think it mainly falls within the lines of highly impractical, expensive, inconvenient, and at large, impossible to unnecessary.
What I think will work for most people (like you suggest) is to take stock on what one relies on for Google, and ask if you can leverage that somewhere else to avoid that single point of failure.
Let's be real here...NONE OF US is leaving UA-cam, getting Email migrated is cumbersome and costs money now (doing that now), and not everyone (even though they should) has a NAS or media server to backup their photos, videos, etc....hell, people don't even backup!
Personally, I have some of these things. I'm moving away from Drive thanks to Nextcloud, I have a PLEX server so I can play my music remotely so, bye Google Music (or whatever), I just spun up OnlyOffice on my Nextcloud instance so bye Google Docs/Drive, and Im working on Zoho now for Email (which if I did sign up earlier, may have thought to leverage their services for Google Docs replacement).
What's difficult is....well still Email, Calendar, Contacts, Maps, etc. Things like Maps I know I'll never replace and so far based on offerings out there, probably not Calendar either.
Point is, I think I'm doing ok to scale down my reliance on Google and taking a bigger stand over the value of my data and privacy....even if Google will undoubtedly get said data someway or the other in the future. Still, nicer to know that when Google ultimately kills something.....AGAIN....I have some form of protection.
....wow this got long. Anyway, great video sir 😆
Great points here. Thanks for sharing!
What do I do if I have everything connected to one of my accounts and I wanna change it?
It's hard to untangle the web, so it really depends on how motivated you are. :)
@@AllThingsSecured awww you reply to your viewers that's so nice!
Your wrong that duck duck go is great, duck duck go was actually caught spying
But, I thought google's motto was "don't be evil"...
oh wait, they threw that out the window years ago :/
Yea, that was gone a while ago :)
Haha nice video
Appreciate it.
For drive mega is tha good option and onedrive too
Lots of good alternatives available. And Google Drive isn't bad, it's just putting all your eggs in the Google basket.
@@AllThingsSecured yeah but good drive only gives 15 gb for free but mega can give upto 80 gb for free
Stop using G Photos and don't send or receive any personal or private attachments.Also don't send or receive private info. Last create a separate email for UA-cam
I have to agree... UA-cam is the only reason why I still here in Google.
Yup, I get it, Waren!
Don't forget to use Brave when watching UA-cam.
Reducing Reliance on Google
1. Ditch Google Chrome
2. Stop using Chrome Password Manager
3. Try a Different Email Client
4. Move away from Google Drive
5. Avoid Google Search
6. Use Alternatives instead of UA-cam
You got it! Except one thing I mentioned is that there aren’t many good UA-cam alternatives, so if you’re concerned about privacy, you can watch videos while not logged into your account or while using a VPN.
Bitchute, Rumble, sure they are not as good as UA-cam but if people start making some traffic on these websites they will grow fast.
What's online Google docs alternative? Do it really exists?
There's something called Zoho Docs that works as a good alternative. I'm assuming you're not wanting Microsoft Office, right?
@@AllThingsSecured There's Libre Office and USB sticks. Stop using/trusting the cloud. Don't be lazy and go for "ease". It can become just as easy if one puts a little effort up front and goes FOSS.
You could also use your GNU/Linux phone as a storage device or even a lightweight PC...connect a monitor and other devices (keyboard, mouse, and so on) thru the USB-C port. Just pick one of the distros/GUI's ported for phone use; it's a full blown GNU/Linux OS, if not super speedy, but it will work. One can "be free" from the online reliance.
how secure is reading a book while wearing google glasses?
😂😂😂
I guess it's good I only use Gmail for youtube. 😊
You mean Google?
What about safari? I notice you don’t talk much about apples products like email etc
Good question, I just don’t spend much time with the native Apple apps, but I need to. Thanks for the reminder, Mark!
@@AllThingsSecured no worries, I alway wonder how private they really are and seeing as they are so privacy focused
What do you think of MEGA?
Never heard of it. What is it?
Buy a degoogled smartphone or install LineageOS on your Android device.
That's an option too. Thanks, Aimee!
Can I ask. What will happen if I disable Google Chrome, does it have some bad effects on my phone?
On an Android phone? No.
@@AllThingsSecured no? As in? No bad effects?
@@AllThingsSecured how about Google itself, I already disabled Chrome, I want to know if disabling Google is okay.
Do you got any ideas for an alternative to Google News?
I feel like there are plenty of alternatives such as FlipBoard, Apple News, Microsoft News and others. Some are more intuitive than others, but they all offer the same general service.
I am using Brave and Qwant to search
That works as well!
I use Brave browser and DuckDuckGo for search.
Get off the reservation more often. UA-camrs should have a presence off UA-cam. I watch content found on Yt, FB, Twitter etc. on the channels own website when possible. Browser partitioning - Chromium for UA-cam, Google stuff, and ebay (avoid the Capcha nightmare ) Brave for social media (don't stay logged in), Firefox for other browsing.
Thanks for the feedback!
"Get off the reservation" long enough to realize how dated and ignorant the saying "get off the reservation" is. Welcome to 2021 oh progressive minded one!
Josh: talks about privacy
Also Josh: Recommends MS products like Bing, Onedrive and Edge 🤦♂️
bruh
Thanks for the feedback, Khaled. If you watch the rest of my videos, you'll know that I don't promote Bing, OneDrive or Edge, I'm simply sharing them here as alternative options.
sure i can use UA-cam without register but i dont see my abonnement, i can't passe age réglementation, and im style spaming by pub
Don't see what? I don't know what you mean here.
Use Signal for Msging
Proton for mail. Brave - browser with DuckDuckgo as the search engine
Signal instead of WhatsApp
I've enjoyed using Signal as well.
So I usually roll with an android smartphone, of course it uses Google to its fullest extent and I am wondering...
Does Apple also spy on its users? I know apples' phones use safari as an internet browser, but that's all i really know.
To escape google... is getting an iPhone a safer more secure decision in general?
From what I have heard apple only download half as much data as Google does. So yeah they spy a lot as well.
Yeah iPhone is a bit more secure than google
Critizices Chrom for tracking you online, proceeds to suggest Edge... is this a joke ?
This might be isolated from youtube algo
Haha...who knows.
I badly need an alternative for google photos. Till now, none, except iCloud but it’s expensive.
You’re looking for “free”, and when you do that, you’re looking for the same privacy problems.
@@AllThingsSecured I agree completely and politely saying 'Nope, you misunderstood my statement'. I did not mention anywhere the word 'free'. I am actually looking for seamless photo & video backup just like google photos. Currently, iCloud and onedrive provides, which are kind of expensive for this purpose.
@@thecrazy9169 Man...put them on a USB stick. We're talking MB to TB here, even for large 'shopped raw images. I'm not a pro (but do have pro Nikon equipment), and this method works fine, if you take proper precautions using this method.
google owns yahoo as well.
No they don’t.
@@AllThingsSecured okay, not sure where I heard they did. But I quit yahoo after the second or third data breach.
How about DuckDuckGo?
saw it, great work-thanks 😊
Yup...I was about to say, but then you caught it ;)
What are your suggestions to Google Calendar ?
I'm personally trying out the new private calendar in beta from ProtonMail. So far, it's been good, although it does lack a lot of functionality that I would need to make it my primary calendar.
You can look at Keep&Share
Adopt Linux.
Rid your life of big tech.
Outdated. The Duck Began To Talk.
duckduckgo the rest can sod off.
I do like DuckDuckGo!
Yandex
I haven't used Yandex much, Julien. What is it about that service that you like?
@@AllThingsSecured Yandex is really responsive, especially for web development because there are some wordpress functions that don't work on many browsers like Firefox or Chrome either but will work fine in Yandex browser.
Yandex maps is known to be more accurate than Google maps regarding recent images updates. But I can't say I have used all its functions to make precise comparison
Yandex is a Russian product. I would NOT use it.
@@fattony9227 Well I use it and so far I can't complain, it's smooth and very well made
They already have a copy of all your $hit!
Maybe so...
Bing sucks
I'm glad this Heretic repented his Blasphemy 🥴
Dtube will grow...but it is going to take years. Dtube will rely on likes for income through Bitcoin.
Never heard of Dtube.
adblock
??
@@AllThingsSecured if a person doesn't want personalized ads, it is possible to use adblock. Though this doesn't prevent data collection, but at least minimizes nuisance from Google
GET AWAY FROM YOUR CHANNEL 🤣 OK TIME. 🔥
The hypocrisy of this video. What's wrong with google again?
never seen so much sucking up to google and at the same time telling you to ditch google
The reality is that I use and like Google products. I don’t think you need to ditch them all together, the point of this video is to reduce your reliance. So how does that mean I’m sucking up?
@@AllThingsSecured you praise their products non stop. "its good" "i know its amazing" and similar. im just not gonna watch the video again to point out specifics. you get my point. you be like 'how amazing google is' and then say BUT use this instead and this and that. sorry if you felt offended or something, that wasnt my intention. just pointing out how it looked to me
I’m not easily offended, so that’s not an issue. I prefer people who disagree with me to leave a comment, so thank you.
@@AllThingsSecured sure
Then don’t watch the video. Simple as that.
Google sucks, End of story
Yet here you are watching UA-cam?
Free Palestine
Fire Fox is too woke for my taste, 😂
Ha. Why’s that?
@@AllThingsSecured Some time ago they let go of the CEO for supporting proposition 8. Agree or disagree with any policy, people should have the right to their views.