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Recommended alternatives for all the Google products, software and services
NOTE: We're trying to recommend you alternatives which are FOSS (or mostly so) and privacy-respecting. This is by no means an exhaustive list of alternatives.
Notable
'Google Search' alternatives:
- Ecosia
- DuckDuckGo
- SearX. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
- YaCy (to use it, you need to install the app)
- Mojeek
'YouTube' alternatives:
- PeerTube. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
- MediaGoblin. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
'Gmail' alternatives:
(E-mail providers which don't offer at least 1 free of charge plan weren't listed)
'Google Chrome' alternatives:
(We don't recommend any Chromium-based browsers and browsers that use the Blink browser engine)
'Google Maps' alternatives:
'Google Earth' alternatives:
'Chromebook' alternatives:
- MNT Reform
- Olimex DIY Laptop
- Vikings X200 - RYF (Respects Your Freedom) edition
- Purism Librem 14
- System76's laptops
- Pinebook Pro
- KDE Slimbook 14
- ThinkPenguin's laptops
- TUXEDO's laptops
- Star Labs' laptops
- Technoethical's laptops
'Chrome OS' alternatives:
- GNU/Linux. Find a GNU/Linux distro here, or use any of these:
- BSD. Find a BSD OS here, or use any of these:
'Google Analytics' alternatives
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At this point if you aren't willing to pay for YouTube just make plans to let it go because it won't be usable by the end of the year.
I'll abandon YT before paying for it.
Besides, paying subscribers will end up with ads in the long run, anyway, just like streaming services.
That's literally what I already said. Gonna have to abandon or pay they aren't giving out half mediums anymore
Newpipe, vancetube. It is YouTube without ads
On mobile.
On Desktop you can use FireFox + uBlock Origin.
On smart tv
Smart tube (android/google tv), tizentube (Samsung) and youtube-webos (LG)
Or adblock DNS 94.140.14.14 and 94.140.15.15
DNS blocking doesn't really work for YouTube ads.
Just don’t use YouTube
Moving to a different service is easier and better in the long term
All of this is temporary they will start showing ads in stream with video or edit them directly into the video after upload. It's a simple thing for them to do since everything is per recorded unlike places like twitch where it's live.
Peertube would be the next jump
The big channels with sponsors definitely could jump over there.
Yt-dlp your favorites
I stopped regular viewership of YouTube years ago. I no longer seek out new creators just check back in on the ones I used to watch from time to time until they stop uploading or I forget about them.✌️
adblockers are free and effective
The ads are going to be baked into the video there's nothing to skip