Ep 111 - Duck Duck Google

On this episode, we are joined by the epic Mike Vardy to discuss his recent effort to ween himself off of using anything Google. This, unfortunately, is much harder than it sounds in practice. He discusses the hows and whys of his move and some of the alternatives that are out there.

Links include:

• 70Decibels - Enough - The Minimal Mac Podcast - Ep 96 – How Bare Is Mike Vardy’s Air? 

• The Mikes on Mics Podcast | Two Techies Talking About Leading A More Productive Life

• DuckDuckGo

• DuckDuckGo !Bang

• Showyou

• Hibari: A Mac Twitter client

• Hibari User Guide: Advanced & Hidden Features

• Path Social Media App Uploads iOS Address Books to Its Servers | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

• Minimal Mac | Dropbox Lied to Users About Data Security, Complaint to FTC Alleges | Threat Level | Wired.com

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[Darren Hinerman]

Because I can't abandon Google Reader, I find it easy to avoid being swept up in the Google exodus. However, for lack of a better cliche, putting all your eggs in one basket is a bad idea.

I'd love to hear Julio Ojeda-Zapata's rebuttal to the recent experimentations in Google abandonment. I have anxiety attacks listening to Julio's well intentioned fervor for all things Google. One of these days, Google will screw Julio.

Hard.

[Grigory V.]

DuckDuckGo already has ads. No personal targeting. You can turn them off in Settings.
Try searching eg. for "photoshop brushes" and you'll see a Sponsored Link. They used to have Carbon or something ads, but I can't see one now…

You can install Fever on PHP Fog's free plan: https://phpfog.com Also if you don't want to pay, you can use open source readers like tiny tiny rss.