Thoughts on DeGooglefying One's Life

[madelienegrey]

So I know this community is for discussing aspects of G+, but I can't help but notice that most of the posts lately include a general dissatisfaction with the name policy and that several of you have deleted your profiles and moved on. I'm in the same boat, so I hope it's okay to share a link to Goodbye Google, a blog with links to alternatives to Google products you may commonly use. I've found it helpful, so hopefully one of you may, too. ♥

Comments

[dragonfly]

I was glad to read about duck duck go, since I'd been using Bing and was Not Very Happy.

I've actually been squinty-eyed about Google ever since it became clear they want to take over everything. That's the classic definition of power corrupting. If not today, soon, and for the rest of your life. So I've been cautious about utilizing their shiny new toys.

There is one SHINY toy I just can't bear to let lie, though. Googlemaps will tell you how to get from A to B via bike or public transit. I LOVE that. *le sigh*

[madelienegrey]

I'm hoping that ArcGIS will fill that gap eventually.