We've thought about it more than once... and never made the final leap. Obviously, I'm talking about abandoning Google as a general platform. The tools of the Mountain View giant reach us on different levels, yet there is a growing number of users who reject the company's practices, starting with data collection. Maybe it's not possible to give it up entirely, but if you want to know some alternatives to Google and its services, all you have to do is visit the portal No More Google.
In recent hours, several specialized portals have reported that DuckDuckGo's traffic has exploded. This alternative search engine surpassed 28 million daily searches and continues to grow, even though results aren't as good as Google's and Bing's. The reason is none other than privacy. Unlike Mountain View and Redmond, DuckDuckGo doesn't base its income on data collection. That raises a very interesting question: Is there life beyond Google? The answer is of course... we just need to know where to look. DuckDuckGo is barely a replacement for the search engine. Google's ecosystem extends to browsers, office suites, password managers, analytics platforms, email, video, maps, blogging, DNS, cloud storage... I think you get it. If you're interested in alternatives to Google and its services, the first step is to visit the portal No More Google.
Explore alternatives to Google and its services with No More Google
The page starts by offering suggestions to replace Google Chrome. If you want to avoid telemetry, both Vivaldi and Opera as well as the "pure" version of Chromium should be enough, but if the underlying plan is to cut off everything that is Google, the only real option is Firefox or its derivatives (which are not on the site). Among search engines we see the aforementioned DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Qwant, and SearX, each with its advantages and weaknesses (you definitely have to try DuckDuckGo's Bangs). Several of the recommended password managers work online, therefore I'm going to recommend KeePass in that section, which has an offline installation, and is also open source. The Zoho platform appears in the email, cloud storage, and office categories; Pexels and 500px replace Google Images (don't forget to check our list of free image banks), and OpenStreetMap is the logical alternative to Google Maps.
Needless to say, any major replacement requires a significant commitment from the user. Some tools are more polished than others, but in all cases it's necessary to adapt. Even so, No More Google is an excellent resource, which by the way also allows us to share our own alternatives to Google and its services. Maybe there's something useful for you there, don't hesitate.
Official site: No More Google.
