Privacy, divorcing from Google ... is there ANYTHING you use from Google that we can't replace with freeware?

Privacy, divorcing from Google ... is there ANYTHING you use from Google
that we can't replace with freeware on the Windows platform?

We've already easily eliminated Google accounts on iOS & Android, where
there's never a need for a Google ID or Google app.
o Is there any free FUNCTIONALITY that you need to do on Android, that you can't do WITHOUT a Google Account?
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/xzaii4eUY_E/WeY-r7_OAAAJ

Is it the same on Windows?

Is there ANYTHING you use from Google that we can't replace with freeware?

Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:
Privacy, divorcing from Google ... is there ANYTHING you use from Google
that we can't replace with freeware on the Windows platform?

We've already easily eliminated Google accounts on iOS & Android, where
there's never a need for a Google ID or Google app.
o Is there any free FUNCTIONALITY that you need to do on Android, that you can't do WITHOUT a Google Account?
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/xzaii4eUY_E/WeY-r7_OAAAJ

Is it the same on Windows?

Is there ANYTHING you use from Google that we can't replace with freeware?

Jeez, frankly I can't think of any program I use from Google but you
never know. Would be like them to hide behind other company names.

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doesn't believe in two-way firewalls.

On 02/11/2019 07:28, Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:
Privacy, divorcing from Google ... is there ANYTHING you use from Google
that we can't replace with freeware on the Windows platform?

Whether you like it or not, your post today will end up on Google
Groups. I know that is cloudware (and not software in the sense of your
question), but if you are paranoid about Google - can I recommend that
you stop posting on Usenet?

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[...] can I recommend that you stop posting on Usenet?

Seconded.


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On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 06:28:56 -0000 (UTC), Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:

Privacy, divorcing from Google ... is there ANYTHING you use from Google
that we can't replace with freeware on the Windows platform?

We've already easily eliminated Google accounts on iOS & Android, where
there's never a need for a Google ID or Google app.
o Is there any free FUNCTIONALITY that you need to do on Android, that you can't do WITHOUT a Google Account?
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/xzaii4eUY_E/WeY-r7_OAAAJ

Is it the same on Windows?

Is there ANYTHING you use from Google that we can't replace with freeware?

Ah, my mistake... I had forgotten how many worthless trolls would post
for no purposefully helpful intent - but just for their childish amusement.

I should have noted that if you post & if I don't respond to your post,
o Your post was obviously deemed too worthless to even bother to respond to

And I will continue to refuse to respond to the worthless common trolls
o As a common courtesy to the rare few adults left on this newsgroup

The unique (likely) question remains valid, on topic, and useful:
o For example, on search engines alone, we can easily avoid Google search.

As just one example, and to add value to every post on Usenet
o Here is a work in progress first draft on available search engines

NOTE: This WIP file is designed to be loaded from a desktop shortcut.
[For the rare adult on this newsgroup, can you add a purposefully
helpful suggestion as to what search engines I may have missed?]

o (a) A HREF="http://anonymous-gibiru.com"anonymous-gibiru/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://archive.org"archive - specialty/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://ask.com"ask/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://https://search.aol.com"aol/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://www.abbreviations.com"abbreviations - specialty/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://www.acronymfinder.com"acryonym-finder - specialty/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://www.activesearchresults.com"Active-search/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://www.anoox.com"Anoox/AP
o (a) A HREF="https://www.answers.com"Answers/AP
o (b) A HREF="https://baidu.com"baidu/AP
o (b) A HREF="https://bing.com"bing/AP
o (d) A HREF="http://dogpile.com"dogpile/AP
o (d) A HREF="https://discretesearch.com"discretesearch/AP
o (d) A HREF="https://duckduckgo.com"DDG/AP
o (e) A HREF="https://epicsearch.in"epicsearch/AP
o (e) A HREF="https://etools.ch"etools/AP
o (e) A HREF="https://www.ecosia.org"Ecosia/AP
o (e) A HREF="https://www.ehow.com"Ehow/AP
o (e) A HREF="https://www.entireweb.com"Entire-web/AP
o (g) A HREF="http://www.goguides.org"goguides/AP
o (g) A HREF="https://gigablast.com"gigablast/AP
o (g) A HREF="https://google.com"google/AP
o (g) A HREF="https://goso.ga"goso/AP
o (h) A HREF="http://excite.com"excite/AP
o (i) A HREF="http://haku.lelux.fi"haku/AP
o (i) A HREF="http://info.com"info/AP
o (i) A HREF="http://infospace.com"info space/AP
o (j) A HREF="http://www.jayde.com"jayde - specialty/AP
o (k) A HREF="http://www.kartoo.com"kartoo/AP
o (l) A HREF="http://lukol.com"lukol/AP
o (l) A HREF="http://www.lemmefind.com"lemmefine/AP
o (l) A HREF="http://www.lycos.com"lycos/AP
o (l) A HREF="https://l-lists.com"l-lists - specialty/AP
o (l) A HREF="https://lookseek.com"lookseek nop/AP
o (m) A HREF="http://www.metacrawler.com"metacrawler/AP
o (m) A HREF="https://hp.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/index.html"mywebsearch/AP
o (m) A HREF="https://metager.org"metager/AP
o (m) A HREF="https://mojeek.de"mojeek/AP
o (m) A HREF="https://www.msn.com"msn/AP
o (o) A HREF="https://oscobo.com"oscobo/AP
o (p) A HREF="https://peekier.com"peekier/AP
o (q) A HREF="https://qwant.com"qwant/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://search.com"search/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://search.d4networks.com"search-d4networks/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://search.disconnect.me"search-disconnect/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://searchencrypt.com"search-encrypt/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://searchengine1.com"search-engine1/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://searx.elukerio.org"searx-elukerio/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://searx.li"searx-li/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://searx.neocities.org"searx-neocities/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://searx.world"searx-world/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://swisscows.ch"swisscows/AP
o (s) A HREF="https://www.startpage.com"startpage/AP
o (t) A HREF="https://thenet1.com"thenet1/AP
o (w) A HREF="http://webcrawler.com"webcrawler/AP
o (w) A HREF="http://wolframalpha.com"wolframalpha/AP
o (x) A HREF="http://www.blackle.com"Blackle/AP
o (x) A HREF="http://www.driversearch.com"Driver search - specialty/AP
o (y) A HREF="https://search.yahoo.com"yahoo/AP
o (y) A HREF="https://yandex.com"yandex/AP
o (y) A HREF="https://yippy.com"yippy/AP

For the rare adult on this newsgroup, can you add a purposefully
helpful suggestion as to what search engines I may have missed?
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 15:37:24 -0000 (UTC), Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:

For the rare adult on this newsgroup, can you add a purposefully
helpful suggestion as to what search engines I may have missed?

To the rare adult on this newsgroup...

I didn't think I needed to explain this but it seems that occam and Dan
Purgert, as always, prove to own the cognitive abilities of children.

For the benefit of the remaining adults on this newsgroup, I've explained
umpteen times how you can EASILY avoid using Google Groups to search the
Usenet archives, simply by using the non-Google-groups web-search engines.

For example:
o http://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com
o http://alt.comp.freeware.narkive.com
o http://microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.narkive.com

And, while it stinks, this non-google-groups web searchable Usenet archive:
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-10

Where those above are listed as replacements for these below:
o http://tinyurl.com/windowsxp-general (there's a 30-character limit)
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-freeware]

Note EACH POST to Usenet should contain added on-topic technical value!

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The problem with these two trolls is that they post with 0 helpful intent.
occam & Dan Purgert
But what's worse, is that they _can't_ ever post with any helpful intent.
Just watch. They will add zero on-topic technical value to this thread.

More importantly, that they can only troll is on the permanent record.
For their grandchildren to enjoy, perhaps, since what we post is forever.

On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 16:58:30 -0000 (UTC), Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:

Note EACH POST to Usenet should contain added on-topic technical value!

The two desktop tasks Google seems to do best (IMHO) are...
o search engines (of which there are many free replacements
o maps (of which ... traffic ... is perhaps the hardest to replace)

If any adults are on this newsgroup who know how to replace
o maps (e.g., seeing what's in any given area, e.g., at the road level)
o traffic

That would be very useful on-topic adult technical information to share.

--
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On 2019-11-02 11:58 a.m., Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 15:37:24 -0000 (UTC), Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:

For the rare adult on this newsgroup, can you add a purposefully
helpful suggestion as to what search engines I may have missed?

To the rare adult on this newsgroup...

I didn't think I needed to explain this but it seems that occam and Dan
Purgert, as always, prove to own the cognitive abilities of children.

For the benefit of the remaining adults on this newsgroup, I've explained
umpteen times how you can EASILY avoid using Google Groups to search the
Usenet archives, simply by using the non-Google-groups web-search engines.

For example:
o http://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com
o http://alt.comp.freeware.narkive.com
o http://microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.narkive.com

And, while it stinks, this non-google-groups web searchable Usenet archive:
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-10

Where those above are listed as replacements for these below:
o http://tinyurl.com/windowsxp-general (there's a 30-character limit)
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-freeware]

Note EACH POST to Usenet should contain added on-topic technical value!


Talking about searching, I bet you can't find your ass with both hands
and a flashlight.

In article , Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

On 2019-11-02 11:58 a.m., Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 15:37:24 -0000 (UTC), Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:

...



Talking about searching, I bet you can't find your ass with both hands
and a flashlight.

he only needs to look in a mirror.

Arlen _G_ Holder wrote in
:

For the rare adult on this newsgroup, can you add a purposefully
helpful suggestion as to what search engines I may have missed?

The obvious one, to my mind, is twitter

https://twitter.com/search?q=SEARCH1[+SEARCH2...]

I'm presuming Fakekook has its own search engine too, a site I use so rarely
I'm not sure. Some tech sites such as stackoverflow or stackexchange have
their own search boxes (not 100% sure if they use Google behind the scenes).
Many of the search portals query the Google database so have to supply
Google with data mining info if I understand correctly though they might
work without JavaScript which may be of some value.

On 11/2/2019 2:28 AM, Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:
Privacy, divorcing from Google ... is there ANYTHING you use from Google
that we can't replace with freeware on the Windows platform?

We've already easily eliminated Google accounts on iOS & Android, where
there's never a need for a Google ID or Google app.
o Is there any free FUNCTIONALITY that you need to do on Android, that you can't do WITHOUT a Google Account?
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/xzaii4eUY_E/WeY-r7_OAAAJ

Is it the same on Windows?

Is there ANYTHING you use from Google that we can't replace with freeware?

Seems fitbit will soon be one of those things. :-(
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On 02 Nov 2019, Rene Lamontagne wrote
(in article ):

On 2019-11-02 11:58 a.m., Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 15:37:24 -0000 (UTC), Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:

For the rare adult on this newsgroup, can you add a purposefully
helpful suggestion as to what search engines I may have missed?

To the rare adult on this newsgroup...

I didn't think I needed to explain this but it seems that occam and Dan
Purgert, as always, prove to own the cognitive abilities of children.

For the benefit of the remaining adults on this newsgroup, I've explained
umpteen times how you can EASILY avoid using Google Groups to search the
Usenet archives, simply by using the non-Google-groups web-search engines.

For example:
o http://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com
o http://alt.comp.freeware.narkive.com
ohttp://microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.narkive.com

And, while it stinks, this non-google-groups web searchable Usenet archive:
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-10

Where those above are listed as replacements for these below:
o http://tinyurl.com/windowsxp-general (there's a 30-character limit)
o http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-freeware]

Note EACH POST to Usenet should contain added on-topic technical value!

Talking about searching, I bet you can't find your ass with both hands
and a flashlight.

Not so. He can easily find his ass. His head is, after all roughly a foot up
his ass.

On Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:25:00 -0500, Wolffan
wrote:

Not so. He can easily find his ass. His head is, after all roughly a foot up
his ass.

That's where he stores the "hundreds of helpful tutorials" he
claims to have written.
I'm too scared to go there. Isn't that the place they call the
"Darknet"? Probably reeks of rotten Onion.
[]'s

OT up so I won't watch-filter the thread.
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Wolffan wrote:
On 02 Nov 2019, Rene Lamontagne wrote
Talking about searching, I bet you can't find your ass with both hands
and a flashlight.

Not so. He can easily find his ass. His head is, after all roughly a
foot up his ass.

It's like an ouroboros, except messier.

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Shadow wrote:
On Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:25:00 -0500, Wolffan
wrote:

Not so. He can easily find his ass. His head is, after all roughly a foot up
his ass.

That's where he stores the "hundreds of helpful tutorials" he
claims to have written.

I believe he's up to "ten thousand" nowadays.


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