How I'm Degoogling My Life [WIP]
- DuckDuckGo: instead of google.com
One of the worst thing about Google is the filter bubble it creates.
Search for “Why the earth is flat?” on Google. I can’t find one single link in which I can read the flat-earthians argument. Instead Google gives me “useful” links, in which people are argueing that why the idea is so stupid. This is true though. The idea is stupid. But why? What is the argument of the stupid people who belive in it? You can’f figure this out using Google. It gives you what you want to read.
But search the same phrase on DDG. The second link would be of one of “those people”, who actually believes the earth is flat, and you can read their argument. Ain’t it nice?
The filter bubble can have much worst affects on your opinions about the world. Say, you believe your religion, a certain political party, the thing your grandma said to you thirty years ago is right. Google is trained to tell you you’re right, and there’s no chance for you to read other’s opinions, arguments, and discourse. The reason imo: To make you predictable.
tbd
tbd
- [email] instead of Gmail:
I haven’t find a good replacement yet, and I’ve been using Gmail for the past 15 years or so. Finding a substitute is difficult, but I’m looking.
This much I remember: We loved Gmail when we all had Yahoo! email addresses!