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looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don't run a complaint browser ( cough...firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i'm sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

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[–] [email protected] 137 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Stop using Google products I don’t know how else to fucking say it.

Chrome -> Firefox Drive -> sync or Dropbox or any number of options Sheets and productivity tools > libre office or Apache open office YouTube -> Invidious or even better, odysse Google search -> duck duck go, SearXNG, StartPage, etc Gmail -> not a ton of great options. I’d probably recommend proton mail but the FOSS email world is definitely lacking, or gets blocked or goes down, harder to self host etc.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago (4 children)

helped with formatting:

Chrome -> Firefox

Drive -> sync or Dropbox or any number of options

Sheets and productivity tools > libre office or Apache open office

YouTube -> Invidious or even better, odysse

Google search -> duck duck go, SearXNG, StartPage, etc

Gmail -> not a ton of great options. I’d probably recommend proton mail but the FOSS email world is definitely lacking, or gets blocked or goes down, harder to self host etc.

And I agree for sure. In order I use firefox (and brave sometimes), Proton Drive, Apple Productivity suite (pages, numbers etc), and either startpage or qwant, and proton mail. I do still use use YouTube Premium, but the point is Google doesn't need to have its fingers in every aspect of my digital life.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While I get your spirit… Dropbox belongs to google too 😂 they are everywhere! Worse than the plague.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For many people, Google controls the entire network stack from their ISP, router, OS, DNS, their browser, all the way down to the platform hosting the content they watch.

Google has captured such a wide part of the Internet that any changes they make will have at least a moderate effect on our lives. Even if we don't use any Google services.

The only thing that can stop them is probably the EU at this point. And I'm sure Google has a plan for that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They can't have a plan for that. They have two options: conform or leave EU.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol, just ~~become the government~~ pay the EU.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EU is widely adopting the policy of fining by a percentage of global revenue which is what hurts even the largest companies, precisely to avoid "just pay the EU".

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i didn't write the quoted list, just helped the OP with his formatting. I use proton drive, not dropbox.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I had no idea Proton Drive was a thing. I'll switch to it, Dropbox is becoming incredibly obnoxious with the advertising popups and notifications.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure LibreOffice is a drop-in replacement for Google Docs if you need sharing, collaboration and built-in version control.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, something like collabora would be a better fit, although I never managed to get an actual instance of the thing running.

[–] u_tamtam 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Works quite well through nextcloud IME :)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

FYI, you need two new lines (hit Enter twice) to actually get a new line in Lemmy.

Two new lines One new line.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Can also add two spaces at the end of line to force line break

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is there a reason behind this?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It's standard markdown afaik. Two new lines creates a new paragraphs, two spaces and one new line creates just a new line.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Markdown treats single newline breaks as being a line wrap in a long text flow

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Proton mail for sure!! Great great great! Cant stop recomending

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yea i love Protonmail. I haven't had one issue with it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What's the replacement for Android?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Linux, but that's not a viable option. I would use degoogled Android OSs. GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, e/os, and LineageOS are some of the popular ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use SailfishOS and while it's more work, it's viable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also correct here.

The 3 main have varying degrees of function vs security/privacy and should be researched.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait. Sync offers file storage? I thought it was just to sync up your Firefox sessions across multiple devices.

Or am I confusing services with similar names?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they're referring to the storage service at sync.com, not Firefox Sync.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do you like it? Would you prefer it over dropbox, or not really?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve been migrating to sync from Dropbox after hearing too many reports of Dropbox scanning user content for things they deem objectionable. I like the end to end encryption, but I have found the mobile experience on iOS to be lacking. It seems to have trouble integrating with Files and uploading files directly via the iOS share menu. Annoying but not a dealbreaker.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer it to drop box, it’s a better service and I believe not owned by Google like drop box it

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Question, I use Google docs a lot cause I like the sync and it's convenient when I write something like a book on my computer and then can add more on my phone and it syncs. Does Apache open office do that? I would like to switch if all this chrome stuff is bad but I use all of it all the time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

look into syncthing paired with local-first notes application (obsidian or similar), or simple text editor. work like a charm in my case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ok I really like Obsidian! The interface is really clean! I might still need to look for a proper word processor (I guess I could use libreoffice) but I also use geany as a notepad++ substitute and it's really nice too. I still gotta look into setting up syncthing though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Alright, thanks, I'll try those out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://cryptpad.fr is a potential option. You can also host it yourself if you don't want to pay them for extra storage space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh that looks neat! I'll have to look into it, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I generally would recommend Libreoffice over AOO but not sure about cloud sync options

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Well, I did find Gnumeric in my search for a simple spreadsheet app for making flashcards with, so TIL something new I guess my "cloudsync" can be using syncthing or just backing up to a flash drive lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I really really want to move from google workspace, google photos and google drive. I used it all to backup a 16TB archive, sharing photos with family and friends and keeping my personal files in the cloud and synched across computers. I used a Synology to backup the archive from the computer locally to the Synology and offsite to google drive. But here's the thing, I'm a somewhat PC and Mac-savvy technical guy, but purely GUI. Is moving to Nextcloud on my synology going to be as easy as moving to google drive? I'm a little scared TBH. There are so many ways of installing next cloud and doing 3-2-1 backups and I don't have time to handle a little error on a Synology destroying my whole workflow for days.. Someone give me hope.

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