De-Google Your Life - Part 1: Start With Chrome

[@panagiotispappas1001]

“De-google your life” **uploads the video on KZbin**

[@PureRushXevus]

_video gets renamed to "Re-Google your life" 10 minutes later_

[@Kylian381]

I agree a mirror LTT channel shut be made on something like odysee!

[@buddybleeyes]

Literally what I was gunna say

[@KurtMassa]

You could be watching on floatplane

[@MagmaBow]

if the video was uploaded on a non-google platform, nobody will watch it as they already won't be using google

[@xifrankie]

Commenting here because LTT’s video that I am commenting about was taken down (De-Google Your Life - Part 2). KZbin has made a huge mistake by striking LTT’s video about circumventing Google Ads. As a long time KZbin Premium subscriber, I will be reconsidering my membership renewal and seeking out ad-free, unpaid alternatives due to their misguided action. I recommend others take similar action to show Google/KZbin their practices are not unnoticed and without consequence.

[@RealHomeRecording]

I'm pretty sure that it goes against the KZbin terms of service to discuss how to circumvent their ads. After all advertisements are what make this website / app possible.

[@kaptainstandley9417]

@@RealHomeRecording then how did it run before it was owned by google? hmmmm?

[@oreste6076]

outrage will be gone in 4 3 2 1 ..... what happened?

[@LoremIpsumDolors]

@@kaptainstandley9417 Like all other tech companies that start out. Bleed money to gain users and sell out.

[@betun130]

@@RealHomeRecording Fair enough. But it is also on Google for making the site so ad heavy that it has become worse than the ads on cable TV.

[@scarthy]

Cant wait for google to mysteriously forget to suggest this series to people in recommended

[@sunbleachedangel]

​@@mp3talonpeople who work on Google 100% don't use any Google services at all

[@samsanimationcorner3820]

Can't wait for Google to Boeing Linus.

[@explodatedfaces]

Google doesn't mind you using other services, they know the best advertisement they have going for their services is the poor quality of the services of others.

[@CanIHasThisName]

Google really doesn't mind their services having known alternatives. The real problem isn't lack of alternatives, it's the inconvenience of using them instead of Google.

[@andrewcook_]

​@@CanIHasThisNamein just this video, you'd be paying at least an extra $20/month. It sucks, it really does. They make it SO HARD.

[@TubeSilva]

I came here from the video Louis Rossman made defending you. Mad respect for what you guys do.

[@InPhillyWeTrust]

Same!!!!! I found out about this whole ordeal from L. Rossmann's video!!!! I still hate Linus but I am here to support him on this topic because Google needs a kick in the ass I'm ready to get off google and go to R\/mble but nobody wants to go there. LET'S MAKE AN ACTUAL PUSH TO GET OFF KZbin AND GO TO THE R WORD........... (UMBLE) WITH AN R IN FRONT OF IT.

[@hunterwilk]

@@InPhillyWeTrust never been to the site: wtf is this garish layout? seeing nothing but right leaning pro-trump anti-woke anti-science christian alpha-male garbage...it's like when voat tried to replace reddit. rock hard pass from me dawg.

[@InPhillyWeTrust]

@@hunterwilk What?

[@InPhillyWeTrust]

@@hunterwilk Just because all the people who want to be able to speak without censorship happen to be right leaning doesn't mean it's only for right leaning people. Please take a severe seat somewhere.

[@hunterwilk]

@@InPhillyWeTrust what's a severe seat?

[@s1gne]

To completely de-Google this has to be a 10 part series at least.

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

and even then...

[@easygoing4964]

​@@TheAbandonedAccount7 you're still on youtube, so.....

[@dubby5768]

​@@easygoing4964 I wonder how much you can really...

[@dimon22323]

Multi-season sitcom you mean

[@hubertnnn]

10 part? Are you expecting each part to be at least 10h long?

[@Princess_kitty14]

linus searching "employee won't stay fired" and "biggest legal tv" is now canon

[@YouTubetail]

Haha bro 😁

[@sleepyhead9905]

Can you share the time stamp for this ?😅

[@Princess_kitty14]

@@sleepyhead9905 0:07 look closely at the sheet of paper linus is holding on the bottom right part

[@tristan7715]

@@sleepyhead9905 0:06

[@mniakan754]

He’s just gotta come into terms with the fact that Colton was the guru that came with LTT headquarters building when he bought it and won’t be leaving

[@chev2]

One thing that I believe is worth pointing out is that fully getting out of Google's ecosystem isn't something one can do overnight. Especially if you're very deep in, like switching from a Gmail address you've had for over a decade to a brand new email address. This sort of thing can take months if not years of work. Take it one step at a time and don't rush it. Start with one area--browsers, search engines, cloud storage, whatever, and work your way forward.

[@Paulkjoss]

Very true, and should be pinned… But, your comment is so sensible, its hardly going to be noticed by the craziness here 😂…

[@Simon-L-B]

I disagree. I was waist deep in Google ecosystem in all my software and hardware. Seriously, so much Google stuff. It took me a few weeks to move away and now KZbin is my only Google service. There’s plenty of ways to make it easy to switch services, apps, and hardware. I think this fear of it being too much work is keeping people from making switches from one brand to another.

[@josefinarivia]

You can automatically forward emails from your gmail address to another email address. That's what I did to switch to a new one. Makes it way easier to switch.

[@EzCarebox]

⁠@@josefinarivia how does forwarding make u not use your previous email address? So the point overall was to not use that „old provider“ in the first place

[@Simon-L-B]

@@josefinarivia but then your still 100% in Googles service. They have all your email data and your dependent on them to receive it. You need to login to your accounts and change your email address. The whole purpose is not to rely on Google and provide them with all your personal data.

[@Blurberrybrown]

Part 2 - "This video has been removed for violating KZbin's Community Guidelines" 🧐

[@RealHomeRecording]

That's because it did.

[@parsalotfi8143]

@@RealHomeRecordingcould you elaborate on how it violated the community guidelines?

[@masterbasher9542]

@@parsalotfi8143 Because it was against Google's control. Will bet Part 1 will follow the 'removed for violating guidelines' angle as well.

[@NorthernChimp]

-It's been reuploaded by "Floresdorf Gaming".- [down]

[@CircuitDen]

I saw it coming, so I downloaded the video with yt-dlp

[@elijahcallender6423]

I’m here because I’m part of the Louis Rossman army and we are here to support

[@InPhillyWeTrust]

Fellow Rossmann follower here. I'm here to back up your comment!

[@MasterOfPuppet5]

Same. Louis Rossman sent me here.

[@stco2426]

Same.

[@KeKKi]

Same!

[@cpincpersonal]

Same!

[@jordanmntungwa3311]

this is like a session with a therapist with a step by step plan about how to exit a toxic relationship

[@sgt-wd]

Yes but the therapist is the toxic partner

[@hyoroemongaming569]

@@sgt-wd you are people who complain about Hitler but wouldn't do anything concrete to put him down

[@agps4418]

i think this is probably one of the most important LTT video of all time. True to the roots of the channel, it provides literal tech tips for a significant part of life in 2024

[@FSchack]

And... one of the most impossible things to do.

[@vocassen]

@@FSchack Idk I'd think buying expensive GPUs or doing fancy DIY stuff that requires a workshop with laser cutter and brass soldering equipment is a lot higher up there Switching parts of your life away from google is far from impossible, I've done quite a few parts of it already over the past years. Will likely do more with this guide. Not impossible, just takes some effort

[@jesuschrist6878]

@@vocassen I don't know how it is in other countries, but the UK government use Google Maps on their official website. We'll need a full-on, organised effort to purge Google from every aspect of our lives. Personally I'd advocate to just ban all these rotten yank tech companies, and replace them with our own rotten British ones.

[@g4rb4g3]

​@@FSchackIndispensable services like KZbin can be used through clients that remove telemetry. Newpipe is a good option.

[@anonanon8057]

Except their search suggestions suck Duckduckgo and several others censor results. Privacy is a nice to have but irrelevant compared to censorship unless you're a very high profile figure. Since they collect so much info that unless your already flagged up nothing will happen.

[@adamnowak5719]

Part 2 was taken down! Now I am convinced by Google that I should de-google myself.

[@staubigerkaktus]

Honestly, I never understood people hating on Firefox. My everyday experience with it falls nothing short of what to expect with other big browsers, I'd even argue the contrary! And obviously knowing there's a nonprofit behind it, fighting for an inclusive and private internet for everyone just makes me love it more :)

[@MJHeagy]

FF Desktop is UI is trash. I use Librewolf to browse. The FF UI on Android so much better.

[@KenanGwallter]

The debugging experience on Firefox sucks ass.

[@Drummer3333]

switched from firefox to chrome 15 Years ago, because it was realy slow at the time and the mobile Version was really bad. bookmark sync between mobile and desktop was easy using chrome everywhere. Only my lazyness is is holding me back switching to another browser. Which would be Firefox again.

[@jzizka]

I've gotten dozens of emails xxx does not work on Firefox. If I didn't have to use it I might like it

[@lennartjakob]

@@KenanGwallter what kind of debugging, cuz as a webdev this seems uninformed to me, the have devtools that rival edge's and both of them leave chrome in the dust

[@KyloBren00]

"De-Google your life" *stares at title on Pixel 7 pro* ..."well about that..."

[@TheBl4cKH4wK]

Fun fact: probably one of the most security and privacy focused ROMs is GrapheneOS, which only runs on Pixel phones. No root access needed and the web-based installer is dead-simple

[@Zatmos]

Pixel phones ironically being the easiest ones to De-Google.

[@emo4123]

@@Zatmos haha exactly

[@Luke357]

@@TheBl4cKH4wK Ironically I have a Pixel 7 Pro with GrapheneOS. It was extremely easy to install and works great.

[@hclyrics]

I purchased a Pixel solely for GrapheneOS. Until another smartphone manufacturer commits to a level of hardware security that attracts the GrapheneOS creator and crew, that's what I'm stuck with, I guess.

[@NordekPL]

I am legally obligated to say that I use Firefox, just like 70% of the Wan Show audience

[@commander3494]

Obligatory "I use Firefox, but Floorp", although im still not quite certain that it doesn't have at least some kind of spyware in it. But i'll stay anyways because vertical tabs :p

[@Dawnbandit1]

Waterfox here. No Mozilla Spyware.

[@SomeCuteDoragons]

Ok

[@thegeekno72]

@@Dawnbandit1 lmao

[@Skrenja]

I've been using Firefox for years now but Google is slowly bricking it, so I've switched to Brave now.

[@yupdeath3519]

There was part 2 to this, but it got removed for violating community guide lines by Google who owns KZbin ironic isn't it

[@jeremydale4548]

Google should be criminally charged for that.

[@miker6570]

He actually re uploaded it kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZmlfq2gqdGgoZY but at about 18:40 the video portion just stops but the audio portion goes on.

[@gerardorodriguez1682]

I think a good addition to these types of videos is putting it all together and have someone actually take a suite of these products for a test drive, kinda like the Intel GPU or Linux challenge. Then they can let us know what worked well and what didn’t.

[@hclyrics]

I second this. I've been somewhat privacy-conscious for a while, but really started dialing it in the last two years. I'm happy with everything I'm using now! Although I must admit, the KZbin comments section is a hard habit to kick.

[@Bush_Goremen]

I third

[@MJHeagy]

There is a whole community dedicated to online privacy. Subreddit: Privacy KZbin: Techlore, Surveillance Report, NBTV, Rob Braxman Tech Podcast: Closed Network Privacy, The lockdown The mentioned have done deeper dives in some of the products that are shown in this video then linus will ever do. Check them out.

[@monkeyprojects129]

I sixths this

[@MJHeagy]

@@hclyrics My origi.nal com.ment got delet.ed. Can you summarize what I said?

[@GaryElCougar]

For anyone on the fence about the switch to firefox, I took the plunge after they mentioned it in a recent video, it's great and only took a few minutes to switch over with no issues

[@lpnp9477]

Oh it has issues The question is whether or not you're willing to put up with them. If you really value privacy, do something like librewolf. If you want less Google and fewer headaches, do something like Brave. It's a sliding scale and Firefox is less googled but not entirely ungoogled. It has more frustrations than a Chromium based browser, but fewer than something like librewolf.

[@czerskip]

Sadly, its default keyboard shortcuts are all messed up…

[@aleksandersats9577]

I personally chose Waterfox which is firefox but more private in a nutshell. And it's the best descision I've ever done. The improvement over chrome was gigantic. And my favorite feature is that if there are too many tabs, you get a scrollbar instead of compressing tabs to oblivion

[@Lauterec]

As someone who’s been off and on Firefox for ten years, it’s much better now!

[@DarthVader-dc5ef]

@@aleksandersats9577 Florp is this as well

[@silikeite]

Obligatory "I use Firefox" declaration here. My coworkers call me a boomer for using it though; even though I'm the youngest person there.

[@BlueGrimgrin]

In the tech space, being called a Boomer is increasingly a badge of honor.

[@SamWulfign]

@@BlueGrimgrin Absolutely, hilariously when the going gets tough I'm the person they turn to for recommending alternatives or solutions to new gen issues. like explaining torrents -_-

[@hasidila188]

I use different browsers in order to isolate data being sent about their usage. I use Chrome to watch KZbin too, because whatever I do in Chrome, Google knows anyway and whatever I watch in KZbin, Google also knows. So I can't hide that part of my life from Google. But I can use Firefox on most of my other content consumption and I sometimes use even more browsers. So, be clever about it, don't just be stuck on one browser. I also use all sorts of other privacy-oriented techniques in combination with all that (especially phone - I have GrapheneOS).

[@cieranholmes]

@@hasidila188but why not just watch KZbin on your other browser then…? What’s the point of watching it on chrome?

[@FaySmash]

I use Waterfox

[@DanChr83]

I just wanted to say, thought it was so awesome you said you wouldn't copyright strike anyone who re-uploaded part 2, that was really thinking about the community and I gave me alot of respect for you that you said that, so thank you and your team for thinking about the community

[@liaml1694]

Something to note about Proton and Tuta for switching emails is that the end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) of the two services only work when one Proton mail is sent to another, or one Tuta mail to another. Sadly it's just not possible to have E2EE work without email providers like Gmail actually co-operating with Proton and Tuta's encryption methods. Therefore, if you send an email to your family members who all use Gmail or Hotmail accounts, you're guaranteed to not have a private, encrypted email sent to them, unless they also use Proton or Tuta. I'm not sure that Proton's encryption is compatible with Tuta's either. This isn't to say you should stick with filthy Google because it's encryption isn't cross-compatible; if we want to see change in the world of privacy (or lack of), we need to show the demand by supporting more privacy respecting services for the future. I'm so glad a big channel like Linus is spreading awareness about Privacy issues in the online world. even if some of the service suggestions in this video aren't the best for privacy, most are certainly a huge step-up from the popular big-tech options like Google & Microsoft.

[@SpiderPig454]

You can send a password protected email to a non proton user that is end to end encrypted. It basically sends an email to the recipient saying they were sent a secure email with a link to it. They click on that, type in their password and they can read and respond to the email that way. Its a work around but yeah other people need to work together to allow encryption. It is still encrypted with normal TLS if sent without a password. For me though its mainly about not letting google snoop thru my emails more then having an encryptred convo with someone else thru email. To be honest email probably isnt the best platform for encypted convorsations anyways. Still should be something that is standard tho

[@IslamicAudiobooksCentral]

Unlike Tuta, Proton uses PGP, an open standard so it is actually compatible with most other standard email providers like Gmail, Microsoft, etc provided the non-Proton user has set up their PGP keys in Thunderbird, K-9 with Open Keychain or other easy to use client. Our team has has tested this and it works. The new Thunderbird actually makes creating and using PGP extremely easy compared to older methods like using GnuPG on the command line. The other option is to use Delta Chat which supports automatic encryption using the Autocrypt standard. This also works with Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo and most other providers as long as both parties use any client with autocrypt support like Delta Chat, K-9, SnappyMail, etc.

[@prezentoappr1171]

GPG encryption? Well privacy based guide are good divestos graphene guides privacy tool io And awesome privacy github

[@speakertwentytwo]

Incorrect, ish. I use Tuta with my family members and when I initiate an email thread with them, it goes through a secure portal they log into with a simple password (aka a decryption key) that they know. It's that simple. Just tell someone "the password is horse" and then your emails will be encrypted from then on.

[@Marc.Google]

Well put and accurate!

[@oni-one574]

FireFox supports Ublock Origins, which basically ensures you never see an ad anywhere. Ever.

[@pedro4205]

Also, dive into the settings and apply extra data sets that they offer and you can search for even more.

[@jackisraelson787]

Yes and I rarely encounter a “disable your adblocker” pop up using uBlock so a win win for both

[@Blasterxp]

Also.... Cookies notices and "share on social media"- popups... No thanks

[@StereoBucket]

Firefox also has first party add-on "Facebook Container" that automatically puts meta products into isolated tabs. In case you wanna isolate a bit from meta as well.

[@HazewinDog]

And Edge also has a built-in adblocker, both contrary to what Brave's website suggests... can't say I like their false advertising.

[@altrogeruvah]

Love these series focused on privacy / open-source software / de-megacorping your daily life, looking forward to the future Linux challenges as well!

[@a.c.4054]

I've been hearing about Linux dominating the landscape of OS for only 30 years now.

[@Neo-kx2qi]

I heard from WAN show that linus won't be doing the linux challenge until SteamOS gets released

[@altrogeruvah]

@@Neo-kx2qi Yeah I know, that's what I was referring to

[@TNH91]

@@a.c.4054 Well, AFAIK Linux has indeed been dominating the OS landscape... in servers.

[@branmo_me]

​@@a.c.4054 Ikr? I wanted to get into Linux for years now and so don't know what Kernel to even start with because I can't be arsed to be reinstalling an OS every week

[@dystopiaahoy]

Louis Rossmann brought me here

[@localareakobold9108]

Same (:

[@azenyr]

We REALLY need a "de-Microsoft your life" version of this asap.

[@OlaviMurto]

Step 1: Use Linux for desktop (or buy a Mac) Step 2 (optional): PS5 or Switch or Steamdeck for gaming Done

[@Mrsquiggley]

Linux/Mac. Libre office. PlayStation/Switch/Steamdeck. I haven’t interfaced with windows in two years.

[@kostthemos]

Linux now supports a lot of PC games because of proton now, so gaming on PC using Linux is not even that much of a concern.

[@libtrs838]

Don't use windows? Windows is the only Microsoft product I use and I wasn't intentionally avoiding Microsoft. It isn't nearly as omnipresent as google is and really not difficult to de-microsoft.

[@durvsh]

Frankly that's much easier for home users. Most of the time it your OS and the office suite. Both of which have a lot of well established options. For office use though Microsoft just has way cheaper contracts and support. The most difficult of these is to de-adobify.

[@DylanNyah]

Bonus, by not using anything chromium based you're fighting google's monopoly Everything based on chromium uses the same rendering engine (Blink) and because most people use chrome or chromium based browsers, they basically get to decide how websites operate

[@a1white]

Yes, totally this.

[@FSchack]

Great that you're not using Chromium! Now, you are not using Android right? 😂

[@theairacobra]

@@FSchack there are linux phones too

[@oappi4686]

would be nice if only option wasn't mozilla. Personally, i feel like dart would have been better alternative to javascript, but mozilla refused to implement vm to run dart natively.... yea I know it is google's, but anything would be better than javascript.

[@012345678944107]

Im using android with Firefox and ublock origin, no ads. Do you have this on iphone? ​@@FSchack

[@Gr95dc]

After google announced the AI integration into the search engine I switched my safari search engine to ecosia on my phone, and after youtube has been lagging horribly on chrome because I use an ad blocker, I was in the midst of changing my browser. This video is a godsend and now I have a path to follow on my journey to de-google my internet life

[@mikkelbreiler8916]

For me the best solution to lagging KZbin videos is not to allow the ads or keep several other browsers handy to see which one plays the smoothest, but rather to put my high speed internet to good use - download the video in high resolution then watch it anywhere with only the embedded sponsorship spots and if they are under 30 seconds I usually watch them instead of skipping forward.

[@BrandinooWOW]

Oh my god is it the ad-blocker that makes it lag on browser??? I just thought my computer was fucked

[@Gr95dc]

@@BrandinooWOW I thought the same back in January and this pushed me to finally buy a new computer just to find out it wasn't my old computer 🫠

[@piero4706]

@@BrandinooWOW Google is waging war against ad blockers and has been accused of sabotaging other browsers that allow Adblocks, like Firefox.

[@ReachTimeToWin]

While it's adblock that makes the browsing slow, it's SOME of the adblocks that have this behaviour, for instance UBlock origin doesn't have this problem. So, you'd have to check if your adblock it's suitable and doesn't trigger this slowness. Also, some other extensions do trigger this just by being in your computer.

[@TheGoblinoid]

Came here for the streisand effect. I hope google puts the goated part 2 back up. Keep the great content up!

[@InPhillyWeTrust]

Ahhhhh a fellow Louis Rossmann fan I see..... The Streisand affect is in full effect!!!!! Louis Rossmann sent me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheGoblinoid]

@@InPhillyWeTrust Oh yeah mad respect to Louis.

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

This is such an awesome series. While part of this I've already done alternatives for, getting to see a fully comprehensive overview with recommendations on alternatives is a lot more reassuring than trying to sort through clickbait articles to find good alternatives on my own.

[@jacobhuffine4080]

This might be the most excited I've been for a new YT series

[@ToviahBotwinik]

This is one of the most important series that you've ever done! I already began being frustrated with Google services, and I'm trying to slowly replace the services I'm more dependant on! Thank you!!

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

Get rid of that 16 year old Gmail.

[@Naparajith]

Linus, we need a part 2 ASAP. I already took the plunge a month ago and have zero regrets.

[@autarchprinceps]

Definitively need a follow-up to this with De-Microsoft your life, and probably many of the other big names in tech.

[@joaomonteiro7063]

Good luck De-AWSing :/

[@autarchprinceps]

@@joaomonteiro7063 Yeah, they didn't count transitive use of GCP here either. But it would be fun to see what is or isn't easily replaceable either way.

[@vacatiolibertas]

What works for the goose, works for the gander

[@0EEVV0]

De-microsoft and De-linux your life

[@joaomonteiro7063]

@@0EEVV0 go to arm and develop your own kernel 🥳 on assembly

[@noscopesallowed8128]

The timing of this video is impeccable. I'm in the middle of switching to Linux and attempting to get away from every single *insert bad company here* that I possibly can. Can't wait to see what you have to replace KZbin. Hope it's not just FloatPlane lmao

[@kyokazuto]

KZbin is a tough one, i mean there's invidious and newpipe and stuff like that, or entirely other platforms but not having access directly to KZbin's content and being able to interact with it feels like giving something up.

[@Stinggyray]

Running a video hosting company is so ruinously expensive that it's near impossible to compete. Google can only afford it because they are an advertising company first and foremost. So I am also curious what they will put forth as an alternative.

[@TruthDoesNotExist]

peer tube and odysee are solid platforms

[@yag-yet_another_gamer]

​@@Stinggyraynot if the video files are decentralised.

[@maxcurrent485]

LBRY has a linux client, but Odysee can be used without it, and Bitchute isn't decentralized but it allows direct tipping so that's kinda better than the whole "become a patreon supporter" stuff.

[@CarlosKTCosta]

Thank you so much for this series. I'm taking this opportunity to de-google and, to an extent, de Apple my life.

[@ChipEstrada]

I've been watching you since you were a little kid, well to me at least. You are still by far my favorite channel. Honest and informative and entertaining. Thank you!

[@Rick-vm8bl]

Love that you're doing a series on this, please keep this sort of thing up!

[@jameswholloway]

Worth noting that if you change your OS DNS to an internet provider, you're not going to be able to connect to devices on your LAN by hostname. This is another benefit to changing your DNS forwarder on your router's DNS server instead of skipping your internal DNS server to go straight to the internet.

[@Daniel15au]

Connecting to local devices by host name is usually handled by mDNS, not by regular DNS. Any domain with .local at rhe end is mDNS. mDNS uses broadcasts rather than regular DNS lookups, so it doesn't need a server.

[@FaySmash]

I useva MacroDroid Task to toggle DoH depending on the connect WLAN SSID

[@ChrisWijtmans]

Whats the point of mdns. Routers should just implement ARP that doesnt suck.

[@aheadachewithpictures]

this is genuinely really helpful, I'm tech literate but not about things like this, I was worried about having to do it so this helps a lot

[@ProdiJoee]

And now this video will blow up even more! Good Job KZbin

[@ArmagedonaBG]

Love that you're doing this series! I hope you'll cover smartphones as well, since it is usually a bit easier to avoid getting tracked on a PC, but pretty darn hard when you're using your phone.

[@BlackSun404]

Custom ROMS like e/OS/ Android! Some repairable devices (Fairphone) even ship with it. Or ShiftOS by, well, ShiftPhone, another repairable Android.

[@garrettrinquest1605]

Yeah, /e/ OS is great!

[@ItsJuuustJen]

Whoever allowed him to do that sponsor read with his hair like that deserves a raise

[@J-Peterson777]

Made me laugh too mate...

[@bruce-le-smith]

finally back to classic ltt

[@MootPotato]

lol i noticed that right away and then realized in the next clip his shirt and hair changed

[@pauljoseph3081]

Google: I track my users Windows: That's *cute*

[@vinx5518]

bro😂 that's a anime waifu wanted to be called ' cute '

[@pyyrr]

Microsoft: stop stealing our tricks

[@VivekYadav-ds8oz]

This is kind of a truth that has been stretched so far it's a myth now. Windows really doesn't do behavioural analysis, though it does track your usage (when you are using your system). A guy on KZbin Man-In-The-Middle'd his own Windows PC (by installing a custom root cert) and found out all the traffic that leaves his PC. It actually WASN'T as egregious as people shame Windows for. And yes, I'm not accounting for that new controversial Copilot+ feature right now, since there's still not as much concrete information about how it will be introduced. EDIT: And before anyone claims I'm a Microsoft shill, sorry to burst your hopes but I'm an avid Linux enjoyer. All my software (except maybe 1) is open-source.

[@jothain]

Apple: You boys don't even know what data we have kept from your personal storage to ourselves.

[@theliberator0390]

Google is the king of tracking and arguably the father of it, Microsoft is being the most notable company lately but they are still behind Google, they only started to ramp up their tracking around the win10 release

[@B.L.S.]

I don't exactly like you, but you did something that took integrity here. Here from Louis Rossmann's channel to show you my support.

[@zerlock_221b]

Aaahhhh I was going through it all since quite a while. Haven't been able to take out time fully get through it though. Kickass to see you do this. The video just came at the perfect time.

[@Valefolken]

This is your best and most informative video since way back in the day when you explained Hyperthreading to us in front of a plain background.

[@Jasta315]

The second chrome stops supporting ad blockers im gone 😂😂

[@idzan-private]

Firefox is waiting for you 😉

[@HercadosP]

There will always be workarounds. It's an arms race and no one is winning indefinitely

[@tiagobelo4965]

Librewolf works pretty well

[@lpnp9477]

Why wait?

[@TheBrokenEclipse]

Why wait?

[@PsyberSenpai]

Here from Louis Rossmann's video, truly amazing, checking out the re-upload from different users for Part 2 as well. Please also upload to video sharing platforms other than Float Plane regularly as well. Unless you big users do not adopt those platform, KZbin will remain to be the only big player.

[@niharbraroo]

I skip your advertisement but today I didn’t considering it is a very useful video and this initiative needs to be supported

[@Ryzza5]

KZbin, Music, and Maps are kinda the only Google services left that I haven't pulled away from, so looking forward to Pt2.

[@pitruscitrus_104]

OpenStreetMap (OsmAnd on android) is great where I live. Still turn to Google Maps every once in a while to find businesses and opening hours, but it probably covers about 90% of my needs. KZbin and KZbin Music are gonna be hard to ditch for me though...

[@linnoff]

For music, on my android phone I use Phonograph to listen to music stored on my phone. Started using it when Play Music ended. It seems to have some issues with alphabetizing properly, but it works well for all my MP3s and supports other formats as well.

[@TheW83]

OpenStreetMaps would be your google maps replacement.

[@CharizardSnyper]

plexamp (plex) can replace spotify/youtube music but it requires ripping your own music or sailing the seas.

[@Fallokoch]

Plex is a good alternative to KZbin music. Only caveat is that you have to maintain the server and purchase everything you wanna listen to.

[@maartenkeus8627]

Bro I was literally planning to start doing this next summer using LTT videos, actually perfect timing man

[@cringe1462]

Here from Louis Rossmann's channel to show you my support.

[@fiedukow]

Hey! As long time watcher of LTT and one of the people behind Arc browser and Arc sync specifically, I thank you for that coverage 🙏 I also couldn't help but notice that you mentioned Arc sync being end to end encrypted (which is the case), but then in a summary table we've got a big red X in that category - possibly an oversight? If it's something else I would love to know why that is so we can improve it!

[@enigma776]

It's ok I think that table is wrong anyway, he went on to say Arc will take some some time to get use to but then has a 5 star rating on ease of use.

[@BeardedTaz-Official]

@@enigma776 I am thinking more like flow / usage as an individual who use default browsers like Chrome / Edge / Firefox. I just downloaded Arc, still getting used to opening tabs outside of the main window but it's all good otherwise. It's more the momentary "oh crap, where / how does this work" thing. haha

[@The_Cyber_System]

What ​@BeardedTaz-Official said. I got in just a month ago and its certainly a jarring adjustment for me. It was a bit overwhelming day 1 but I'm going to give it another crack today.

[@theownmages]

First thing that helped me "de-google" myself was to use a third party password manager. No apple, no google, no Microsoft. The keys to my castle is stored on something I can easily use on any platform

[@hpenvy1106]

Bitwarden? Bitwarden!

[@ethantalbot1811]

Keepass is my go-to

[@theownmages]

@@hpenvy1106 first rule of a password manager. Don't tell people what password manager you are using 🙄

[@Nutrafin-3D]

Been using proton pass myself. So far so good

[@HazewinDog]

Sure. I tried that, but if something happens to the third party password manager you're screwed. Now I specifically avoid doing that and just keep things locally.

[@99mage99]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been wanting to do this for ages now. I've googled around for this exact thing before, but as you can imagine the results are varied. I've heard of a good handful of these competitors, but seeing several on here i had never heard of was a great rabbit hole to open up and explore.

[@septenaryshrub2587]

Lol you’ve googled around how to degoogle

[@AceGarlicLoaf28]

I’ve been using Arc on Mac for several months now, and I absolutely love it!

[@shock9616]

Glad to see Arc getting mentioned! Been using it for about 1.5 years and LOVING it!

[@StHabibiJohnsonAhmedFranklin]

Great on Mac, total naff on Windows 😢

[@krish4825]

Same! It's lovely

[@SwirlingDragonMist]

I love ruminating in the awareness, that all of big tech is optional. We don’t have to visit these websites at all. Such an empowering thought to think that we could just not. A great alternative reality to feeling perpetual wounded by their terms of service. I especially enjoy how it flips the narrative from a collective trend down a dark timeline, towards just being an anomalous moment of mismanagement. My lack of patronage being merely a reflection of their miss managed and soon to be defunct business models. My friends are always shocked that I don’t use Amazon. It’s literally never been a problem, not even an inconvenience. I just don’t, and my life is exactly the same.

[@dracula7779]

Gigabased

[@prismaturtle8457]

I feel you man, I don't use Instagram or Facebook, nor do I see the reason to, making my life a lot less depressing

[@sparkyenergia]

I have only ever purchased two item off of Amazon and that is because I could not find them elsewhere. Removing these scumbag companies from our lives needs to be a higher priority for all of us.

[@4RILDIGITAL]

It's true that Google seems to have taken over every aspect of our digital lives. Diversifying our usage to other services might be the best option.

[@tombrauey]

But only if you let them. I honestly only use one Google product and that‘s KZbin (and I am not logged in to KZbin on my main browser profile but have a separate one just for KZbin).

[@igorlerinc3510]

it's true that this is written by AI bot

[@StephenOwen]

That was actually my motivation to finally get off of using an android phone. I realize that the android phone was like the entry point to my life that just naturally pushed me into using Gmail and KZbin and Google music and Google search and chrome. I gave chrome a perfect window into my life and could’ve known anything about me. A few years later now, I am using an iphone as my primary phone. I use Bing for search and diversified in other ways too.

[@The_Divergent]

I dont wanna Its Because i cant uninstall chrome, it taking 300mb (New not used) Honestly, I envy those in EU with their New law

[@vocassen]

@@The_Divergent Wait wtf you can't uninstall chrome? On a chromebook by any chance? Other than that I never heard of that

[@xliedxfunx]

Here to support you since I couldn't find part 2 on your channel and thought wtf happened is google for real? Great vid and we need more of this. Thank you, sincerly.

[@brianboudrot7055]

I've been using Brave for my browser but also startpage for search for years. I still learned things from this video though

[@jonas-by5uc]

thanks for the video, i was already using firefox but now I also have brave as my default search engine and i've started migrating to proton for my emails, can't wait for part 2

[@AnthonyHarrisTechrat]

"Arc is just launching on windows 11" *launches arc website, downloads app.* "Unfortunately it does require a login." *Deletes app, closes tab, continues on happily in firefox.*

[@bassenji5565]

yeah screw those services that require an account. It's already hard enough to dodge Microsoft account's creation upon installation of Windows 11...

[@vasil-yt]

Don't worry, the windows version still sucks anyway. The macos version is definitely worth checking out though.

[@SushiCombo]

just use a fake name with a burner email jeez.

[@Tall_Order]

Plus its not open source

[@Taylor_King]

@@vasil-ytyeah win version is awful. Hopefully catches up to Mac

[@TheJGX20]

Still waiting ep. 2...

[@faroukbehiani2300]

I can imagine why, maybe, there will be no ep.2,,,,

[@dtonpc470]

Posted this on a google site that provides a lot of their income, they might’ve decided to abandon this idea..

[@andyhorne9747]

I think he's covered most of the things anyway - browser, mail, search, photos. The only other thing might be google drive and docs, but alternatives to these are easy to find.

[@TheJGX20]

@@andyhorne9747 nah, just the fact that we have phones so attached to google is a main concern, I was hoping for a video about that

[@Sam-oh8zm]

​@@TheJGX20 Will there part 2 or not?

[@thamires.magalhaes]

Been using Ecosia for search for over 12 years, never failed me, even the results are better than google, mainly for image results as it doesn't flood you with random products. Will never go back, best for me, best for the planet

[@entropy9735]

yeah Vivaldi's customization is very good, i've been using it for a few years now

[@Artista_Frustrado]

same, Vivaldi's customization is why Firefox is not even an option to me anymore

[@virackchhom3485]

Proton Mail has been great for me. Have also been using Vivaldi but only for a few months so far. Love it for the vertical tabs and on the right side too!

[@orlagh277]

Gmail is the main one i'm interested in switching from too. But it's more of a pain than just copying your emails over. You also have to change all your accounts to the new email and thats gonna be a pain

[@rockedsocks4613]

Vivaldis pretty cool, but I'd rather go to Opera/GX because it has more plugin support if I want something like that. Personally I use Brave though

[@mattw.856]

LTT has really been a lot better recently. linus is back to actually being a great tech reviewer, i feel like trying to run LMG dustracted him a lot and quality suffered. Also the pledge to take more time on videos is def paying off in terms of quality. Keep it up LTT, id almost given up on you.

[@Quixidion]

Really love that you are making such videos. This also helps the smaller and less used technologies and apps finally be used.

[@Fightthenight]

What happen to part two??? I wonder

[@bernardoborges8598]

Any reupload?

[@piguy4137]

@@bernardoborges8598 just search it up

[@mikejmcfarlane]

I tried to leave the Apple ecosystem a couple years ago. It’s really hard, and complicated because you are tied in so many ways often really subtly but difficult to escape. Eventually gave up and stuck with Apple, but with all the current news around AI, privacy, companies stopping services randomly, subscription increases I’m thinking it’s maybe time to take back control of my data and my “cultural memories” like music and films. Thanks for this video.

[@thrantax]

Ironically (haven’t watched the video yet) Google gave me this notification immediately

[@Dynamicdrifting]

I also got a Google pixel 8 advert before this video 🤣

[@josephn8036]

Lol! I'm sad to say I haven't got a notification from Linus Tech Tips in months of their latest video. Although this one came in immediately.

[@dtemp132]

Firefox is awesome and has been waiting for you to ask it to dance for ages.

[@MTGeomancer]

I switched to Firefox the second Google announced Manifest V3. I honestly don't know why people still use Chrome, it's not like Firefox is really all that different in UI/usability. Every website looks and behaves exactly the same. You can use the same extensions. When people started reporting problems with KZbin and ad blockers a couple months ago, I honestly had no idea that was a thing, because I've never had any issues over here in Firefox land.

[@nqvvinh7738]

Yeah, mozilla'll release native vertical tabs, tab grouping, profile switcher next year

[@nullonull9834]

The 2nd video of this series has been removed. Please share when it will be uploaded again.

[@fabiokinolli]

I 1000000% recommend proton as a replacement, I switched 3 months ago because I was tired of google. I am now basically fully in the proton ecosystem and slowly working over emails to proton

[@genano504]

Do you need to switch every email you set to gmail to proton manually?

[@LDNSO25]

@@genano504 if you want to completely degoogle, yeah. but you can manage your gmail account from the proton app

[@SivaKanthSharma]

​@@genano504 I guess he means changing his email with all the services he is signed up for

[@thomasschoonwater3390]

​@@genano504 I switched to tuta about a year ago. I just kept Gmail, and every time I needed to log in using my Gmail account on a website I went into settings changed the email, after 1.5 months I had almost everything switched without putting in much effort

[@BleepBlop-rh9lm]

@@genano504 you can just forward gmail to proton, until you're done switching everything. Also, they seem to have some service which makes the transition easier.

[@blmlozz1]

love this idea of giving solid advice of how to really 'disconnect' from the absolute machine of data collection the internet has become thanks so much!

[@TheHippyhopp]

Kagi is seriously underrated. Takes a bit of effort to set up on your phone, but its gold

[@xtaltheo170]

how much is that thing? 🫦

[@justus4justice]

@@xtaltheo170 I've been on the $10/mo plan for over half a year now. Once I had it set up (upranking/downranking/blocking sites), it's seriously better than any other search I've ever used. Once you start setting up your own Lenses for frequently used search domain, there'll be no going back. Kagi really drove home the "you get what you pay for" mantra for me when it comes to search.

[@DanielW-m9d]

One of the best titles I've ever read. Important video. Don't allow big tech to use you

[@NaomiBrockwellTV]

So happy you're doing this series, Linus! Let me know if you ever want to collab on the topic, we have a whole series of de-googling videos! Love your stuff!

[@PrivacyNProgramming]

Didnt expect you to be here Naomi :D

[@Marshmellowz777]

Louis Rossman gang, engagement for algorithms

[@C_36D]

How can I delete KZbin

[@flon1424]

Use a deblooter tool Like Universal deblooter

[@TRAVRoX]

Floatplane

[@LodanZark]

NewPipe :D

[@revotron69]

Search that on google you'll find somthing there....oh shi-

[@bassenji5565]

@@LodanZark I can advocate for NewPipe too, it's amazing on android and with windows 11 you can also run it on the desktop as a mobile app :D

[@r3dphlud]

Props to you Linus for advocating consumer-friendly alternatives to the largest monopoly the world has ever known

[@pro-storm4951]

I enjoy the video and had no intention of De-Googling my life UNTIL they took the part 2 video down PROVING they have too much of an Iron Fist monopoly

[@lejon64]

Love the more technical stuff you're making guys, keep up the great work! :D

[@mhb1]

You should make a sequel to this, i think it would go viral

[@CrushedAsian255]

I feel like Google might not like it, it might get struck down .

[@martinlefebvre792]

My response to youtube's deleting part 2 is that I subscribed to your channel and now rolling all your videos from start to finish, clicking like on every single one of them! 😂😂😂

[@gazorbo.]

11:10 - there was an article as to why someone who ran they own email server for more than 20 years had to stop. All the big email providers end up blocking something they don't trust ... like the other big email providers.

[@danyuzunov]

Immediately after watching the video: "My pixel started overheating more than usual, weird..." The next day: Reporter: "the cause of the fire hasn't been pin pointed yet, but the proper agencies are still working on it"

[@MightMouseMods]

I watched this whole video in support of LTT for showing us the competition.

[@blaze8897]

THANK YOU. I've been wanting to do this for a very long while, this video has great information for making that first step. Good job LTT.

[@MrEthanhines]

Thanks just heard the overlords took down your 2nd video for mentioning GreyJay and since I use adblockers you didn’t get any revenue from me so this should make up for that F Google!🏴‍☠🏳‍🌈

[@drabberfrog]

Sir they've hit the second video

[@dil6969]

Welp, looks like KZbin is pushing me to cancel my membership for the second time. I really can't wait to hear the gory details about YT striking part 2 tomorrow on WAN show. Respect to you guys for actually taking the risk and making an anti-shill video against Google, hosted on a site owned by Google.

[@DragonAntares]

Looks like Google removed Part 2. It's still available on Floatplane!

[@williambrisa]

I love this long "tech quickie" format :)

[@splooshnoonley5620]

This is the best series you've ever done, cant wait for more

[@CrstnJdiKnight]

Need to put this this on other platforms. Everyone needs to know this.

[@WeekdayWeekend]

TrueNAS/FreeNAS is really easy to setup and for the most basic of use-cases you can use an old laptop from like 8 years ago and be fine. My TrueNAS uses my 2013 Toshiba Satellite, replaced the old and dying HDD for an SSD, and that laptop still had a removable battery so I took that out and I'm just running it straight off the wall, so I don't ruin said battery.

[@Eli-zb2yj]

Linus teaches how to de-google while he gets a successful KZbin channel Google: So you have chosen death

[@dvngnt]

bro getting shadowbanned lmao.

[@marekvojta9648]

Thats why I'll download this video tomorrow, I know google too well

[@Matthew.Ball.]

This is just what I have wanted, a detailed guide on alternatives to big tech! This is absolutely amazing. I would love to see y'all tackle the "clean slate" protocol, how to remove your digital footprint

[@electrosyzygy]

Thank you LTT Team for this. Y'all are fookin' legends. Brought here by Rossman's rants!

[@augusto3113]

Luis Rossman sent me here: I had blocked Linus after the mediocre infomercials that they would pass for tech reviews, but let's give him a second chance....

[@UserAccount-ThisOne]

linus may have turned his channel into a tech advertisement campaign, but if hes willing to fight against a greater evil than what he promoted i am all for supporting him.