Just enabled DDG’s app track protection to test it out. Had Nekogram opened for a few mins, and Google already made 234 data collection attempts. I know the Big Guys are hungry for personal data, but this is absolutely ridiculous.
Just enabled DDG’s app track protection to test it out. Had Nekogram opened for a few mins, and Google already made 234 data collection attempts. I know the Big Guys are hungry for personal data, but this is absolutely ridiculous.
Google is a data and advertising company. What did you expect?
I do expect such stuff… but collecting so many categories of data in such a stubborn and aggressive way makes me wanna stop using anything that’s google-related. like dude stop looking at everything I do in my life. what’s next? how many liters of toothpaste I consumed in the past 3 days?
They would be quite happy to get that information from you, yes.
Yeah so they could suggest me a 50 cent toothpaste made out of mud and wood
You hear that? That’s the sound of your dental insurance rates increasing.
De-Googling is something I did about 5 years ago. It took me about 6 months on and off, but I’m super happy I did. There are always other (and actually better) alternatives to their services. The only one that I struggle not to use is YouTube - the alternatives are all worse.
Grayjay is awesome! (Alternative to YouTube)
I am very happy using FreeTube as an alternative frontend. No ads, all my subscriptions and watch history are local.