Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.

mostly shit already. ymmv

  • RaptorBenn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    11 hours ago

    Listen man, if thats what you think is best, you keep using them and try to effect change, good luck, im just not going to use services like that and have the problem solved for myself. Let me know when you’ve made something happen and I’ll even apologise.

    • Chulk@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      As another commenter put it, the approaches are not mutually exclusive. I’ve ditched most of Googles services over the past 5 years:

      • Pixel --> Pixel w/ Graphene (If Graphene ever makes their own hardware, I will drop my Pixel in an instant)
      • Gmail --> ProtonMail
      • Google Calendar --> Proton Calendar
      • Google.com --> Duckduckgo.com
      • Google PlayStore --> FDroid
      • Google Docs/Sheets --> Libre Office
      • Google Keep --> Obsidian w/ sync
      • Google Maps --> Organic Maps
      • Google Home (never had this shit to begin with) --> Self-hosted Home Assistant

      And I plan to continue that trend. I’ve personally gotten many of my friends and family to make these switches as well.

      I don’t need (or want) your weird, hypothetical, backhanded apology. However, I think you inadvertently carry water for Google when you muster up this false sense of superiority and blame everyone else for the problems that greedy tech bros create. But hey, if you simply can’t stop yourself, then maybe adopt a more positive approach to getting people to switch, rather than assuming that everyone is dumber than you. Good luck!