De-Google Your Life - Part 1: Start With Chrome
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
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Google owns or has access to almost everything - search, email, even your web browser! Unless you like being the product, how can you opt out and still live a connected life?
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Browsers:
Firefox www.mozilla.org/firefox/
Tor Browser www.torproject.org/download/
Mullvad mullvad.net/en/browser
Brave brave.com/
Arc arc.net/
Ungoogled Chromium: github.com/ungoogled-software...
- Ungoogled Chromium Web Store: github.com/NeverDecaf/chromiu...
DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com/app
Floorp floorp.app/
LibreWolf librewolf.net/
Opera www.opera.com/
Vivaldi vivaldi.com/
Search:
Startpage www.startpage.com/
Ecosia www.ecosia.org/
DuckDuckGo start.duckduckgo.com/
Brave Search search.brave.com/
Kagi kagi.com/
Mojeek www.mojeek.com/
Qwant www.qwant.com/
SearXNG github.com/searxng/searxng
Email:
Proton Mail: proton.me/mail
Tuta: tuta.com/
Fastmail: www.fastmail.com/
Hey: www.hey.com/
Hushmail: www.hushmail.com/
Other Proton Services: proton.me/
Photos:
ente: ente.io/
Stingle: stingle.org/
PhotoSync: www.photosync-app.com/
Immich: immich.app/
Tailscale: tailscale.com/
DNS:
NextDNS nextdns.io/
Quad9: quad9.net/
Cloudflare: one.one.one.one/
AdGuard: adguard-dns.io/
Control D: controld.com/
Mullvad DNS: mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-...
OpenDNS: www.opendns.com/
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:09 Browsers
2:13 Browsers - Chromium-based alternatives
4:22 Browsers - How to switch
5:07 Search
6:34 Search - Premium options
8:17 Search - How to switch
8:55 Email
11:16 Photo backup
12:51 Photo backup - Self-hosted options
13:47 DNS
15:30 DNS - How to switch
17:58 To be continued... - Наука та технологія
“De-google your life” **uploads the video on UA-cam**
_video gets renamed to "Re-Google your life" 10 minutes later_
I agree a mirror LTT channel shut be made on something like odysee!
Literally what I was gunna say
You could be watching on floatplane
if the video was uploaded on a non-google platform, nobody will watch it as they already won't be using google
I am legally obligated to say that I use Firefox, just like 70% of the Wan Show audience
Obligatory "I use Firefox, but Floorp", although im still not quite certain that it doesn't have at least some kind of spyware in it. But i'll stay anyways because vertical tabs :p
Waterfox here. No Mozilla Spyware.
Ok
@@Dawnbandit1 lmao
I've been using Firefox for years now but Google is slowly bricking it, so I've switched to Brave now.
"De-Google your life" *stares at title on Pixel 7 pro* ..."well about that..."
Fun fact: probably one of the most security and privacy focused ROMs is GrapheneOS, which only runs on Pixel phones. No root access needed and the web-based installer is dead-simple
Pixel phones ironically being the easiest ones to De-Google.
@@Zatmos haha exactly
@@TheBl4cKH4wK Ironically I have a Pixel 7 Pro with GrapheneOS. It was extremely easy to install and works great.
I purchased a Pixel solely for GrapheneOS. Until another smartphone manufacturer commits to a level of hardware security that attracts the GrapheneOS creator and crew, that's what I'm stuck with, I guess.
Honestly, I never understood people hating on Firefox. My everyday experience with it falls nothing short of what to expect with other big browsers, I'd even argue the contrary! And obviously knowing there's a nonprofit behind it, fighting for an inclusive and private internet for everyone just makes me love it more :)
FF Desktop is UI is trash. I use Librewolf to browse. The FF UI on Android so much better.
The debugging experience on Firefox sucks ass.
switched from firefox to chrome 15 Years ago, because it was realy slow at the time and the mobile Version was really bad. bookmark sync between mobile and desktop was easy using chrome everywhere.
Only my lazyness is is holding me back switching to another browser. Which would be Firefox again.
I've gotten dozens of emails xxx does not work on Firefox. If I didn't have to use it I might like it
@@KenanGwallter what kind of debugging, cuz as a webdev this seems uninformed to me, the have devtools that rival edge's and both of them leave chrome in the dust
Cant wait for google to mysteriously forget to suggest this series to people in recommended
@@mp3talonpeople who work on Google 100% don't use any Google services at all
Can't wait for Google to Boeing Linus.
Google doesn't mind you using other services, they know the best advertisement they have going for their services is the poor quality of the services of others.
Google really doesn't mind their services having known alternatives. The real problem isn't lack of alternatives, it's the inconvenience of using them instead of Google.
@@CanIHasThisNamein just this video, you'd be paying at least an extra $20/month.
It sucks, it really does. They make it SO HARD.
linus searching "employee won't stay fired" and "biggest legal tv" is now canon
Haha bro 😁
Can you share the time stamp for this ?😅
@@sleepyhead9905 0:07 look closely at the sheet of paper linus is holding on the bottom right part
@@sleepyhead9905 0:06
He’s just gotta come into terms with the fact that Colton was the guru that came with LTT headquarters building when he bought it and won’t be leaving
After google announced the AI integration into the search engine I switched my safari search engine to ecosia on my phone, and after youtube has been lagging horribly on chrome because I use an ad blocker, I was in the midst of changing my browser. This video is a godsend and now I have a path to follow on my journey to de-google my internet life
For me the best solution to lagging UA-cam videos is not to allow the ads or keep several other browsers handy to see which one plays the smoothest, but rather to put my high speed internet to good use - download the video in high resolution then watch it anywhere with only the embedded sponsorship spots and if they are under 30 seconds I usually watch them instead of skipping forward.
Oh my god is it the ad-blocker that makes it lag on browser??? I just thought my computer was fucked
@@godsgranddad I thought the same back in January and this pushed me to finally buy a new computer just to find out it wasn't my old computer 🫠
@@godsgranddad Google is waging war against ad blockers and has been accused of sabotaging other browsers that allow Adblocks, like Firefox.
While it's adblock that makes the browsing slow, it's SOME of the adblocks that have this behaviour, for instance UBlock origin doesn't have this problem. So, you'd have to check if your adblock it's suitable and doesn't trigger this slowness. Also, some other extensions do trigger this just by being in your computer.
Something to note about Proton and Tuta for switching emails is that the end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) of the two services only work when one Proton mail is sent to another, or one Tuta mail to another. Sadly it's just not possible to have E2EE work without email providers like Gmail actually co-operating with Proton and Tuta's encryption methods. Therefore, if you send an email to your family members who all use Gmail or Hotmail accounts, you're guaranteed to not have a private, encrypted email sent to them, unless they also use Proton or Tuta. I'm not sure that Proton's encryption is compatible with Tuta's either.
This isn't to say you should stick with filthy Google because it's encryption isn't cross-compatible; if we want to see change in the world of privacy (or lack of), we need to show the demand by supporting more privacy respecting services for the future. I'm so glad a big channel like Linus is spreading awareness about Privacy issues in the online world. even if some of the service suggestions in this video aren't the best for privacy, most are certainly a huge step-up from the popular big-tech options like Google & Microsoft.
You can send a password protected email to a non proton user that is end to end encrypted. It basically sends an email to the recipient saying they were sent a secure email with a link to it. They click on that, type in their password and they can read and respond to the email that way. Its a work around but yeah other people need to work together to allow encryption. It is still encrypted with normal TLS if sent without a password. For me though its mainly about not letting google snoop thru my emails more then having an encryptred convo with someone else thru email. To be honest email probably isnt the best platform for encypted convorsations anyways. Still should be something that is standard tho
Unlike Tuta, Proton uses PGP, an open standard so it is actually compatible with most other standard email providers like Gmail, Microsoft, etc provided the non-Proton user has set up their PGP keys in Thunderbird, K-9 with Open Keychain or other easy to use client.
Our team has has tested this and it works. The new Thunderbird actually makes creating and using PGP extremely easy compared to older methods like using GnuPG on the command line.
The other option is to use Delta Chat which supports automatic encryption using the Autocrypt standard. This also works with Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo and most other providers as long as both parties use any client with autocrypt support like Delta Chat, K-9, SnappyMail, etc.
“Let’s start with the product that you’re most likely using right now…Google Chrome.”
That would be UA-cam, sir.
He uploads to his own version of UA-cam called floatplane, so that's probably why
Yh he really did miss one there
err on a pc you use the site on a browser. it's not wrong.
And no talk about how to adblock UA-cam
@@PK.Skerzos and obviously didnt watch the video.
To completely de-Google this has to be a 10 part series at least.
and even then...
@@Brandon-bc5um you're still on youtube, so.....
@@easygoing4964 I wonder how much you can really...
Multi-season sitcom you mean
10 part? Are you expecting each part to be at least 10h long?
This is such an awesome series. While part of this I've already done alternatives for, getting to see a fully comprehensive overview with recommendations on alternatives is a lot more reassuring than trying to sort through clickbait articles to find good alternatives on my own.
Definitively need a follow-up to this with De-Microsoft your life, and probably many of the other big names in tech.
Good luck De-AWSing :/
@@joaomonteiro7063 Yeah, they didn't count transitive use of GCP here either.
But it would be fun to see what is or isn't easily replaceable either way.
What works for the goose, works for the gander
Obligatory "I use Firefox" declaration here. My coworkers call me a boomer for using it though; even though I'm the youngest person there.
In the tech space, being called a Boomer is increasingly a badge of honor.
@@BlueGrimgrin Absolutely, hilariously when the going gets tough I'm the person they turn to for recommending alternatives or solutions to new gen issues.
like explaining torrents -_-
I use different browsers in order to isolate data being sent about their usage. I use Chrome to watch UA-cam too, because whatever I do in Chrome, Google knows anyway and whatever I watch in UA-cam, Google also knows. So I can't hide that part of my life from Google. But I can use Firefox on most of my other content consumption and I sometimes use even more browsers. So, be clever about it, don't just be stuck on one browser. I also use all sorts of other privacy-oriented techniques in combination with all that (especially phone - I have GrapheneOS).
@@hasidila188but why not just watch UA-cam on your other browser then…? What’s the point of watching it on chrome?
I use Waterfox
this is like a session with a therapist with a step by step plan about how to exit a toxic relationship
Yes but the therapist is the toxic partner
Thank you so much for this series.
I'm taking this opportunity to de-google and, to an extent, de Apple my life.
This is a pretty important topic that I've been trying for a while. Excited about this series!
i think this is probably one of the most important LTT video of all time. True to the roots of the channel, it provides literal tech tips for a significant part of life in 2024
And... one of the most impossible things to do.
@@FSchack Idk I'd think buying expensive GPUs or doing fancy DIY stuff that requires a workshop with laser cutter and brass soldering equipment is a lot higher up there
Switching parts of your life away from google is far from impossible, I've done quite a few parts of it already over the past years.
Will likely do more with this guide. Not impossible, just takes some effort
@@vocassen I don't know how it is in other countries, but the UK government use Google Maps on their official website. We'll need a full-on, organised effort to purge Google from every aspect of our lives. Personally I'd advocate to just ban all these rotten yank tech companies, and replace them with our own rotten British ones.
@@FSchackIndispensable services like UA-cam can be used through clients that remove telemetry. Newpipe is a good option.
Except their search suggestions suck Duckduckgo and several others censor results. Privacy is a nice to have but irrelevant compared to censorship unless you're a very high profile figure. Since they collect so much info that unless your already flagged up nothing will happen.
I think a good addition to these types of videos is putting it all together and have someone actually take a suite of these products for a test drive, kinda like the Intel GPU or Linux challenge. Then they can let us know what worked well and what didn’t.
I second this. I've been somewhat privacy-conscious for a while, but really started dialing it in the last two years. I'm happy with everything I'm using now! Although I must admit, the UA-cam comments section is a hard habit to kick.
I third
There is a whole community dedicated to online privacy.
Subreddit: Privacy
UA-cam: Techlore, Surveillance Report, NBTV, Rob Braxman Tech
Podcast: Closed Network Privacy, The lockdown
The mentioned have done deeper dives in some of the products that are shown in this video then linus will ever do. Check them out.
I sixths this
@@hclyrics My origi.nal com.ment got delet.ed. Can you summarize what I said?
I skip your advertisement but today I didn’t considering it is a very useful video and this initiative needs to be supported
thanks for the video, i was already using firefox but now I also have brave as my default search engine and i've started migrating to proton for my emails, can't wait for part 2
FireFox supports Ublock Origins, which basically ensures you never see an ad anywhere. Ever.
Also, dive into the settings and apply extra data sets that they offer and you can search for even more.
Yes and I rarely encounter a “disable your adblocker” pop up using uBlock so a win win for both
Also.... Cookies notices and "share on social media"- popups... No thanks
Firefox also has first party add-on "Facebook Container" that automatically puts meta products into isolated tabs. In case you wanna isolate a bit from meta as well.
And Edge also has a built-in adblocker, both contrary to what Brave's website suggests... can't say I like their false advertising.
We REALLY need a "de-Microsoft your life" version of this asap.
Step 1: Use Linux for desktop (or buy a Mac)
Step 2 (optional): PS5 or Switch or Steamdeck for gaming
Done
Linux/Mac.
Libre office.
PlayStation/Switch/Steamdeck.
I haven’t interfaced with windows in two years.
Linux now supports a lot of PC games because of proton now, so gaming on PC using Linux is not even that much of a concern.
Don't use windows? Windows is the only Microsoft product I use and I wasn't intentionally avoiding Microsoft. It isn't nearly as omnipresent as google is and really not difficult to de-microsoft.
Frankly that's much easier for home users. Most of the time it your OS and the office suite. Both of which have a lot of well established options.
For office use though Microsoft just has way cheaper contracts and support.
The most difficult of these is to de-adobify.
Most important tech series in a long time probably. Props for sharing all this! :)
I don't think you spent enough time on *how* to switch Email. i.e. How do you import your contacts, how do you redirect all emails going to your old address to your new address, etc.
You should be smart enough to do that, right?
@@dudo626 Switching browser and search is arguably easier and yet the video has sections dedicated to how to switch for those
@@shadowdragon3521 You could have just said "no".
Re: redirecting emails... If you're using a custom domain then you just set up the domain in the new service and then change your mx records at your domain host. Basically create proton/tuta account, add domain to proton/tuta, log into your namecheap/etc domain host, update mx records, and wait for proton/tuta to confirm new values are correct.
It should be maybe 20 minutes of work but probably half that if your domain host makes it obvious where your mx records are. Changing your mx records is kind of like porting your cell number to a new provider -- no one calling you cares or needs to know whether you're using verizon or at&t just like no one needs to know if you're using google or proton or whatever for your email, the mx records direct the inbound email to the right place.
If you're not using a custom domain, go into gmail settings and look for "forwarding" and setup either forwarding to the new address or create a filter to forward specific emails. Just make sure to update your address in your accounts and notify people sending you emails so eventually most of your non-spam emails are being sent directly to your new address.
I think some of us who are older take the email migration for granted because 20+ years ago many of us had 5+ email addresses and would regularly move between them when one service became good and another became bad. If that wasn't a regular thing for you, email seems like a semi-permanent and difficult thing to change. It's definitely not though.
@@beepboopbeepboop190thank you for your contribution to society
One thing that I believe is worth pointing out is that fully getting out of Google's ecosystem isn't something one can do overnight. Especially if you're very deep in, like switching from a Gmail address you've had for over a decade to a brand new email address. This sort of thing can take months if not years of work. Take it one step at a time and don't rush it. Start with one area--browsers, search engines, cloud storage, whatever, and work your way forward.
Very true, and should be pinned… But, your comment is so sensible, its hardly going to be noticed by the craziness here 😂…
I disagree. I was waist deep in Google ecosystem in all my software and hardware. Seriously, so much Google stuff.
It took me a few weeks to move away and now UA-cam is my only Google service. There’s plenty of ways to make it easy to switch services, apps, and hardware.
I think this fear of it being too much work is keeping people from making switches from one brand to another.
You can automatically forward emails from your gmail address to another email address. That's what I did to switch to a new one. Makes it way easier to switch.
@@josefinarivia how does forwarding make u not use your previous email address?
So the point overall was to not use that „old provider“ in the first place
@@josefinarivia but then your still 100% in Googles service. They have all your email data and your dependent on them to receive it. You need to login to your accounts and change your email address. The whole purpose is not to rely on Google and provide them with all your personal data.
The second chrome stops supporting ad blockers im gone 😂😂
Firefox is waiting for you 😉
There will always be workarounds. It's an arms race and no one is winning indefinitely
Librewolf works pretty well
Why wait?
Why wait?
Kagi is seriously underrated. Takes a bit of effort to set up on your phone, but its gold
how much is that thing? 🫦
@@xtaltheo170 I've been on the $10/mo plan for over half a year now. Once I had it set up (upranking/downranking/blocking sites), it's seriously better than any other search I've ever used. Once you start setting up your own Lenses for frequently used search domain, there'll be no going back. Kagi really drove home the "you get what you pay for" mantra for me when it comes to search.
I've been watching you since you were a little kid, well to me at least. You are still by far my favorite channel. Honest and informative and entertaining.
Thank you!
Google: I track my users
Windows: That's *cute*
bro😂 that's a anime waifu wanted to be called ' cute '
Microsoft: stop stealing our tricks
This is kind of a truth that has been stretched so far it's a myth now. Windows really doesn't do behavioural analysis, though it does track your usage (when you are using your system). A guy on UA-cam Man-In-The-Middle'd his own Windows PC (by installing a custom root cert) and found out all the traffic that leaves his PC. It actually WASN'T as egregious as people shame Windows for.
And yes, I'm not accounting for that new controversial Copilot+ feature right now, since there's still not as much concrete information about how it will be introduced.
EDIT: And before anyone claims I'm a Microsoft shill, sorry to burst your hopes but I'm an avid Linux enjoyer. All my software (except maybe 1) is open-source.
Apple: You boys don't even know what data we have kept from your personal storage to ourselves.
Google is the king of tracking and arguably the father of it, Microsoft is being the most notable company lately but they are still behind Google, they only started to ramp up their tracking around the win10 release
Bonus, by not using anything chromium based you're fighting google's monopoly
Everything based on chromium uses the same rendering engine (Blink) and because most people use chrome or chromium based browsers, they basically get to decide how websites operate
Yes, totally this.
Great that you're not using Chromium!
Now, you are not using Android right? 😂
@@FSchack there are linux phones too
would be nice if only option wasn't mozilla. Personally, i feel like dart would have been better alternative to javascript, but mozilla refused to implement vm to run dart natively.... yea I know it is google's, but anything would be better than javascript.
Im using android with Firefox and ublock origin, no ads. Do you have this on iphone? @@FSchack
This is exactly what I need!! I've been on this quest for a few month. I hope this supercharges it!
XD this was in my recommended,
I had Firefox installed for months just never bothered to switch until now
Great vid btw.
For anyone on the fence about the switch to firefox, I took the plunge after they mentioned it in a recent video, it's great and only took a few minutes to switch over with no issues
Oh it has issues
The question is whether or not you're willing to put up with them. If you really value privacy, do something like librewolf. If you want less Google and fewer headaches, do something like Brave. It's a sliding scale and Firefox is less googled but not entirely ungoogled. It has more frustrations than a Chromium based browser, but fewer than something like librewolf.
Sadly, its default keyboard shortcuts are all messed up…
I personally chose Waterfox which is firefox but more private in a nutshell. And it's the best descision I've ever done. The improvement over chrome was gigantic. And my favorite feature is that if there are too many tabs, you get a scrollbar instead of compressing tabs to oblivion
As someone who’s been off and on Firefox for ten years, it’s much better now!
@@aleksandersats9577 Florp is this as well
Love these series focused on privacy / open-source software / de-megacorping your daily life, looking forward to the future Linux challenges as well!
I've been hearing about Linux dominating the landscape of OS for only 30 years now.
I heard from WAN show that linus won't be doing the linux challenge until SteamOS gets released
@@Neo-kx2qi Yeah I know, that's what I was referring to
@@a.c.4054 Well, AFAIK Linux has indeed been dominating the OS landscape... in servers.
@@a.c.4054 Ikr? I wanted to get into Linux for years now and so don't know what Kernel to even start with because I can't be arsed to be reinstalling an OS every week
Love this content. This is the kinda thing I would love more off along with more deep dives
I’ve been using Arc on Mac for several months now, and I absolutely love it!
Whoever allowed him to do that sponsor read with his hair like that deserves a raise
Made me laugh too mate...
finally back to classic ltt
lol i noticed that right away and then realized in the next clip his shirt and hair changed
The timing of this video is impeccable. I'm in the middle of switching to Linux and attempting to get away from every single *insert bad company here* that I possibly can. Can't wait to see what you have to replace UA-cam. Hope it's not just FloatPlane lmao
UA-cam is a tough one, i mean there's invidious and newpipe and stuff like that, or entirely other platforms but not having access directly to UA-cam's content and being able to interact with it feels like giving something up.
Running a video hosting company is so ruinously expensive that it's near impossible to compete.
Google can only afford it because they are an advertising company first and foremost. So I am also curious what they will put forth as an alternative.
peer tube and odysee are solid platforms
@@Stinggyraynot if the video files are decentralised.
LBRY has a linux client, but Odysee can be used without it, and Bitchute isn't decentralized but it allows direct tipping so that's kinda better than the whole "become a patreon supporter" stuff.
Absolutely wild! I love the video! Finally someone well-known youtuber decided to talk about it
I love this! I would be interested in a little longer content or more episodes with a bit more detail
This might be the most excited I've been for a new YT series
LTT has really been a lot better recently. linus is back to actually being a great tech reviewer, i feel like trying to run LMG dustracted him a lot and quality suffered. Also the pledge to take more time on videos is def paying off in terms of quality. Keep it up LTT, id almost given up on you.
An extremely useful video and guide!! Can't wait for part two (and three?)
I'm so glad LMG made a video about privacy! (esp with Google's recent AI shenanigans)
I'm so pumped for this series!!
Worth noting that if you change your OS DNS to an internet provider, you're not going to be able to connect to devices on your LAN by hostname. This is another benefit to changing your DNS forwarder on your router's DNS server instead of skipping your internal DNS server to go straight to the internet.
Connecting to local devices by host name is usually handled by mDNS, not by regular DNS. Any domain with .local at rhe end is mDNS. mDNS uses broadcasts rather than regular DNS lookups, so it doesn't need a server.
I useva MacroDroid Task to toggle DoH depending on the connect WLAN SSID
Whats the point of mdns. Routers should just implement ARP that doesnt suck.
Love that you're doing a series on this, please keep this sort of thing up!
Looking forward to the rest of the series!
I love this video, so helpful! Can't wait to see the rest of the series
Hey! As long time watcher of LTT and one of the people behind Arc browser and Arc sync specifically, I thank you for that coverage 🙏
I also couldn't help but notice that you mentioned Arc sync being end to end encrypted (which is the case), but then in a summary table we've got a big red X in that category - possibly an oversight? If it's something else I would love to know why that is so we can improve it!
It's ok I think that table is wrong anyway, he went on to say Arc will take some some time to get use to but then has a 5 star rating on ease of use.
@@enigma776 I am thinking more like flow / usage as an individual who use default browsers like Chrome / Edge / Firefox. I just downloaded Arc, still getting used to opening tabs outside of the main window but it's all good otherwise.
It's more the momentary "oh crap, where / how does this work" thing. haha
What @BeardedTaz-Official said. I got in just a month ago and its certainly a jarring adjustment for me. It was a bit overwhelming day 1 but I'm going to give it another crack today.
Aaahhhh
I was going through it all since quite a while. Haven't been able to take out time fully get through it though. Kickass to see you do this. The video just came at the perfect time.
This is an amazing video series. I can't wait for part 2. I think a "De-Microsoft Your Life" series should be next, provided Linus can avoid breaking a Linux install for the length of a video lol
*De-Microsoft your life*
Step 1: Very likely quit your job
Finally a good LTT video.
I can't wait for the next part(s)
First thing that helped me "de-google" myself was to use a third party password manager.
No apple, no google, no Microsoft.
The keys to my castle is stored on something I can easily use on any platform
Bitwarden? Bitwarden!
Keepass is my go-to
@@hpenvy1106 first rule of a password manager.
Don't tell people what password manager you are using 🙄
Been using proton pass myself. So far so good
Sure. I tried that, but if something happens to the third party password manager you're screwed. Now I specifically avoid doing that and just keep things locally.
Ironically (haven’t watched the video yet) Google gave me this notification immediately
I also got a Google pixel 8 advert before this video 🤣
Lol! I'm sad to say I haven't got a notification from Linus Tech Tips in months of their latest video. Although this one came in immediately.
Props for shouting out Ecosia! It doesn't get enough media coverage IMO...
Already familiar with a lot of them, but the DNS section had great advice that I hadn’t bothered with yet. Thanks for the tips; looking forward to the rest!
"Arc is just launching on windows 11"
*launches arc website, downloads app.*
"Unfortunately it does require a login."
*Deletes app, closes tab, continues on happily in firefox.*
yeah screw those services that require an account. It's already hard enough to dodge Microsoft account's creation upon installation of Windows 11...
Don't worry, the windows version still sucks anyway. The macos version is definitely worth checking out though.
just use a fake name with a burner email jeez.
Plus its not open source
@@vasil-ytyeah win version is awful. Hopefully catches up to Mac
Love that you're doing this series! I hope you'll cover smartphones as well, since it is usually a bit easier to avoid getting tracked on a PC, but pretty darn hard when you're using your phone.
Custom ROMS like e/OS/ Android! Some repairable devices (Fairphone) even ship with it. Or ShiftOS by, well, ShiftPhone, another repairable Android.
Yeah, /e/ OS is great!
TrueNAS/FreeNAS is really easy to setup and for the most basic of use-cases you can use an old laptop from like 8 years ago and be fine. My TrueNAS uses my 2013 Toshiba Satellite, replaced the old and dying HDD for an SSD, and that laptop still had a removable battery so I took that out and I'm just running it straight off the wall, so I don't ruin said battery.
Really looking forward to hearing all the possible options for everything
UA-cam, Music, and Maps are kinda the only Google services left that I haven't pulled away from, so looking forward to Pt2.
OpenStreetMap (OsmAnd on android) is great where I live. Still turn to Google Maps every once in a while to find businesses and opening hours, but it probably covers about 90% of my needs. UA-cam and UA-cam Music are gonna be hard to ditch for me though...
For music, on my android phone I use Phonograph to listen to music stored on my phone. Started using it when Play Music ended. It seems to have some issues with alphabetizing properly, but it works well for all my MP3s and supports other formats as well.
OpenStreetMaps would be your google maps replacement.
plexamp (plex) can replace spotify/youtube music but it requires ripping your own music or sailing the seas.
Plex is a good alternative to UA-cam music. Only caveat is that you have to maintain the server and purchase everything you wanna listen to.
This is one of the most important series that you've ever done! I already began being frustrated with Google services, and I'm trying to slowly replace the services I'm more dependant on! Thank you!!
Get rid of that 16 year old Gmail.
Linus - I know you read these comments lol. Thanks for making this video and I’m excited to see the rest of the series! I’ve already switched to ProtonMail on my custom domain since you uploaded this - something I’ve wanted to do for a while but couldn’t justify the cost. No way I’m letting Google train their AI/ML models on my emails!
Great video idea! I had a similar one in mind, but I don't think I could top this.
This is your best and most informative video since way back in the day when you explained Hyperthreading to us in front of a plain background.
based, switch to firefox.
Great timing for this video, I’ve been de-googling 1 service at a time since the beginning of the year, all i am down to is UA-cam and Gmail. Next will be de-microsoft
Love that you threw Vivaldi up on the screen, even though all the features don't all fit in that little box in the chart. It calls that feature you showed from Arc "Tab Tiling" (which you can have vertical, horizontal, or into four squares)! It's my favorite feature for having something up on one site that needs to be input into another. There's also Tab Stacks and so, so much more.
Agree. Vivaldi's tab management is utterly stellar.
The integrated RSS reader made me fall in love with blogs again and the widget panel is way more useful than I ever imagined. Recently also started using the search engine shortcuts.
How many Google people do you need to wash a car?
Two, one to hold the sponge and one to drive the car back and forth.
2 google is a lot of people.....
@@peterparker-zy9oe That would be googol.
But how? They shut down the sponge service.. I tried licking it but, I guess it was against the terms of service?
I don't get it lol. Is the joke that google is inefficient?
4: You forgot the detective that is analyzing your car and the guy that will be leaving advertisement stickers in every nook and cranny he can find.
How can I delete UA-cam
Use a deblooter tool Like Universal deblooter
Floatplane
NewPipe :D
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
Search that on google you'll find somthing there....oh shi-
Linus finally getting into the privacy aspects?!? Awesome!
I'm so glad they made this video. I hope they focus on making more security and privacy videos.
Bro I was literally planning to start doing this next summer using LTT videos, actually perfect timing man
Really love that you are making such videos. This also helps the smaller and less used technologies and apps finally be used.
I use Firefox, and have loved it for years now.
Brave and Firefox are my go to same with Quad 9 for added DNS protection
this is genuinely really helpful, I'm tech literate but not about things like this, I was worried about having to do it so this helps a lot
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I have been wanting to do this for ages now. I've googled around for this exact thing before, but as you can imagine the results are varied. I've heard of a good handful of these competitors, but seeing several on here i had never heard of was a great rabbit hole to open up and explore.
Lol you’ve googled around how to degoogle
This looks like the old garage setup! Mint af
Great video. Thank you to everyone involved!!!
Love the more technical stuff you're making guys, keep up the great work! :D
Firefox is awesome and has been waiting for you to ask it to dance for ages.
I switched to Firefox the second Google announced Manifest V3. I honestly don't know why people still use Chrome, it's not like Firefox is really all that different in UI/usability. Every website looks and behaves exactly the same. You can use the same extensions. When people started reporting problems with UA-cam and ad blockers a couple months ago, I honestly had no idea that was a thing, because I've never had any issues over here in Firefox land.
Yeah, mozilla'll release native vertical tabs, tab grouping, profile switcher next year
Thank you for the bottom of my heart to talk about this!
This is the type of content i want, f** yes! Love it
love this idea of giving solid advice of how to really 'disconnect' from the absolute machine of data collection the internet has become thanks so much!
I've been using Brave for my browser but also startpage for search for years. I still learned things from this video though
This video screams Emily lol. Very nice overview of topics I spent a lot of time to learn on my own. Looking forward to part 2
As someone who is deep inside the apple ecosystem who uses all the apple-services, I see this as an absolute win.
I love this long "tech quickie" format :)
I love ruminating in the awareness, that all of big tech is optional.
We don’t have to visit these websites at all.
Such an empowering thought to think that we could just not.
A great alternative reality to feeling perpetual wounded by their terms of service.
I especially enjoy how it flips the narrative from a collective trend down a dark timeline, towards just being an anomalous moment of mismanagement.
My lack of patronage being merely a reflection of their miss managed and soon to be defunct business models.
My friends are always shocked that I don’t use Amazon. It’s literally never been a problem, not even an inconvenience. I just don’t, and my life is exactly the same.
Gigabased
I feel you man, I don't use Instagram or Facebook, nor do I see the reason to, making my life a lot less depressing
I have only ever purchased two item off of Amazon and that is because I could not find them elsewhere. Removing these scumbag companies from our lives needs to be a higher priority for all of us.
Watching this on Waterfox, eagerly waiting for Part 2.
Too much to consume in one run, this video is AWESOME !!!
We need this. Thank you so much :D. Looking forward to the next parts
excited as hell for this series, thank you ltt team
Awesome video! Please do a similar one for de-iCloud with feature parity.
Need to rewatch this every three months.
So happy you're doing this series, Linus! Let me know if you ever want to collab on the topic, we have a whole series of de-googling videos! Love your stuff!
Didnt expect you to be here Naomi :D
THANK YOU. I've been wanting to do this for a very long while, this video has great information for making that first step. Good job LTT.
Been using firefox since 2021 and love it!
Wow thanks for this video. It is very useful, although I have already switched to Brave a few years back