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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] 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".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

And what glorious percentage is that? 25% 30%? 35% And on what schedule? Weekly? Daily?

[–] [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 (1 children)

Works quite well through nextcloud IME :)

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

Well I tried this and... I just can't get to run properly. Tried docker, AIO, separate installs :(

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

I found that quite easy, for once: I have a bare NC instance and I installed 2 add-ons (the integration bits and the CODE server that IIRC drops an appimage of the actual collabora server). Unless you have hundreds of users, that's about as much admin as you need :)

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

I'll give it another try then, thanks !

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Nextcloud technically does much of what Drive does, but my instance is buggy lol

Still, costing me nothing to run for now, AWS 12 month free tier. Will move to a VPS somewhere not-aws before that's over.