Ich feiere diesen Humor: Alternativen gegen #Google und #microsoft anbieten aber bitte mit Upload auf YouTube – wo sonst?“

Wie wäre es zusätzlich auf #peertube ?

#Nexcloud

Generally yes, although @kagihq certainly seems to be an exception, getting better over time.

#Kagi #Search #Google #Bing

Annother reason to always use F-Droid when possible.

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality | @itsfoss

news.itsfoss.com/google-gateke…

#Google #Nextcloud #FDroid

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality

Nextcloud is not happy with what Google is doing.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Yet another instance of Google's apathy towards smaller organizations.

news.itsfoss.com/google-gateke…

#opensource #google #nextcloud

Google is Gatekeeping Nextcloud by Limiting Core Functionality

Nextcloud is not happy with what Google is doing.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

⬆️ As part of the UN Open Source Principles initiative, the UN has invited other organizations to support and officially endorse these principles. To collect responses, they are using CryptPad instead of Google Forms.

#OpenSource #Alternative #Google #GoogleDocs #GoogleForms #Forms

Nextcloud finally ending their exclusivity arrangement with Youtube.

That's coming in 2025... right?

#Peertube #Decentralization #Privacy #FOSS #YouTube #Google #Alphabet #GAFAM

Exclusively on Youtube by Google! What open source inspiration! What a monument to privacy and decentralization!
@Karlitschek

#Nextcloud #Privacy #OpenSource #YouTube #Google #Decentralization

Abbandonare i servizi #Google per proteggere la #privacy e favorire gli sviluppatori indipendenti è possibile e auspicabile

Personalmente sono "Google free" da tempo, zero problemi e zero rimpianti

@itsfoss ha pubblicato una guida che si trova qui: itsfoss.com/leaving-google-eco…

Ma a casa nostra abbiamo @lealternative (lealternative.net/), i @devol (devol.it/), @ufficiozero (ufficiozero.org/) che offorno o consigliano servizi alternativi, liberi ed etici

Let's switch over.

How I am Moving Away From Google's Ecosystem

One service a time

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

Breaking free from Google's grip, one app at a time.

itsfoss.com/leaving-google-eco…

#privacy #google

How I am Moving Away From Google's Ecosystem

One service a time

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers' gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/goog…

#Chromium #Chrome #Google #TheLinuxFoundation #OpenSource

Google and The Linux Foundation team up for 'Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers'

Google together with The Linux Foundation have announced Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers, a new initiative to fund future development of the entire Chromium ecosystem.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

You do see the irony of posting a video about the importance of digital sovereignty...

...only to YouTube.

You see that, right?

#Nextcloud #Privacy #Peertube #YouTube #Google #Alphabet #GAFAM #FAANG

¿Nos apoyarían respondiendo y/o compartiendo la encuesta?

Si eres activista y utilizas Gmail con regularidad, ayúdanos a obtener más información sobre el uso que hacen personas y grupos trabajando por la justicia social sobre éste y otros servicios de Google relacionados.

una investigación lanzada por May First con el objetivo de mejorar la comprensión de las necesidades de las personas que utilizan servicios de Google

#infrared #mayfirst #google

En español: share.mayfirst.org/apps/forms/…

Si eres activista y utilizas Gmail con regularidad, ayúdanos a obtener más información sobre el uso que hacen personas y grupos trabajando por la justicia social sobre éste y otros servicios de Google relacionados. La encuesta tomará 10 minutos y ayudará a que podamos reducir nuestra dependencia del Internet corporativo.

Responde la encuesta: share.mayfirst.org/apps/forms/… #infrared #mayfirst #google

Love how you're making the videos available on a decentralized, community-run platform like Peertube, in alignment with your stated values!

Even better is how you've continued to engage with the community on this issue rather than just ignoring it and funneling users onto centralized surveillance platforms like YouTube! Way to go!

...Right?

#Nextcloud #Hub9 #Peertube #Youtube #FOSS #Google #Privacy #Decentralization

Google and Microsoft recently admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out data centers to power the AI boom.

But new analysis from The Guardian suggests the data center emissions of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are 662% higher than the companies reporting.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #google #apple #meta #climate

Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figures

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

Decentralization is somewhere over there... way over there... in the distance... far from any of our videos.

#Peertube #YouTube #Privacy #Decentralization #Centralization #SurveillanceCapitalism #YouTube #Google #GAFAM

Google's lawsuit loss could affect Firefox.

news.itsfoss.com/google-mozill…

#google #mozilla

Google's Monopoly Lawsuit Could Threaten Mozilla Firefox's Existence: Here's Why

Firefox needs to locate an alternative revenue source, and faster.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

So will they be made available to watch on Peertube, or at least streamed on Owncast, or will you be pushing people to a centralized, proprietary, privacy invasive, advertising platform as usual?

#Nextcloud #Peertube #Owncast #Youtube #Google #GAFAM

+1 reason why you must stop using Chrome and, if possible, Chromium browsers

(Upd: link to a post in Fediverse with tech details fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/…)

(Upd 2: MS Edge seems to have this issue; #Vivaldi also has it but it can be disabled; Ungoogled Chromium doesn't have it at all)

#Privacy #Tech #Technology #Browser #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox #Google #BigTech

Simon Willison

2024-07-09 17:54:05

It turns out Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on `*.google.com` access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage

You can test it out by pasting the following into your Chrome DevTools console on any Google page:

chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
"nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome",
{ method: "cpu.getInfo" },
(response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2));
},
);

More notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/h…

hangout_services/thunk.js

It turns out Google Chrome (via Chromium) includes a default extension which makes extra services available to code running on the `*.google.com` domains - tweeted about today [by Luca Casonato](https://twitter.

^{simonwillison.net}

Who would've expected this? 😯

news.itsfoss.com/linux-on-goog…

#linux #google #cloud

Linux Distro Can Run on Google Drive: This Developer Made it Happen

While Google and Linux do not rhyme well, this developer has managed something interesting.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

"Ethics" is not the only problem with generative A.I. -- *epistemology* is broken too.

My latest for Public Books: in the face of #google telling us to eat rocks, we bought an encyclopedia.

publicbooks.org/the-encycloped…

Companion blog post here:

optoutproject.net/what-is-true…

#AI #ethics #EthicsInAI #knowledgeinfrastructures #libraries

Why I bought an Encyclopedia

NOTE: This is a companion post to my piece in Public Books, 'The Encylopedia Project: Or, how to know in…

^{Janet Vertesi}

Hi friends and followers, the terrific @jhpot wrote a piece for @lifehacker sharing my tips for getting off #google

Please check it out and share with your friends, family, and colleagues on and off the #fedi !

lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-qui…

How to Quit Google, According to a Privacy Expert

Extracting the ubiquitous tech giant from your life is a process, but it may be worth it.

^{Justin Pot (Lifehacker)}

@invidious

For reference - below are Invidious main links and the different usages that I give to people as 'better links' thank the advert-using youtube.com youtu.be etc - people get a message from me with some of these links to start better advert-free practices with same exact video but no adverts:

redirect.invidious.io

= Advert-free Servers / Choose Geographic Regions (some show most popular videos on landing page and search box):

or redirect example for video:

redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=…

or individual instance example for video:

yt.cdaut.de/watch?v=MFu97l2uvH…

or channel example :

yt.cdaut.de/channel/UCnrIeerJC…

Enjoy ! #NoAds #Adverts #Google #YouTube #Video

Roger Hallam

Hi. I'm Roger. I'm a farmer turned revolutionary. I co-founded Extinction Rebellion, Burning Pink, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil in an effort to save our society from collapse.

^Invidious

When will Nextcloud's release announcements #RegainControl of where their videos are hosted?

So far you've chosen to keep them silo'd off on a #proprietary, #centralized, non #privacy friendly #surveillance platform, ie #Google's #YouTube.

Is this what #Nextcloud / #NextcloudHub stands for?

So far, the repeated silence on this subject has spoken louder than any release announcement.

@jakob 🇦🇹 ✅

Eben. Chrom(ium) ist die Pest in Sachen #Datenschutz. Voll die Datenschleuder - wie alles von #Google 🤦

@alfredb

#Google is trying again to convince you, YES YOU, to contribute for free to Google Maps.
Please don't.
It is 100% #proprietary, Google has full control over the data you added and people can only access Google Maps over proprietary channels where Google dictates the rules. This gives them too much power.

Contribute to #OpenStreetMap instead, it's a project by the community, for the community.

openstreetmap.org

#OSM #GoogleMaps #PSA #scam #capitalism #OpenData

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

^{OpenStreetMap}

So Nextcloud believes:
"#Privacy is a fundamental human right" Only posts videos to #Google's #YouTube.

"building #decentralized alternatives" Only posts videos to a centralized platform.

"We believe in open source" only post Videos to a proprietary platform.

"We value sustainability". Only posts videos to the platform using the most energy.

"users time is important", Only posts to a platform with forced ads.

"fostering diversity/community." Avoids community video networks eg #Peertube.

🤔

This is real. I just took this screenshot.

#Google #AI #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #LLMs #LLM

Las empresas fiscales han estado compartiendo información confidencial de millones de contribuyentes con #Meta y #Google, a través de píxeles de seguimiento que se utilizan con fines publicitarios.

El Congreso de EE UU presentó la investigación 👇
technologyreview.es/s/15553/co…

#Tecnoafecciones En cada lugar donde se establece un proyecto extractivo, los procesos de resistencia se levantan con fuerza.

‼️En 2019, vecinos y vecinas se organizaron para luchar contra la construcción de un centro de datos de #Google en Cerrillos, Santiago de Chile.

Esta lucha implicó desafiar el apoyo que las autoridades locales y nacionales brindaron a la transnacional tecnológica

➡️ latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/no…

Sure, but face it: the scientific literature is not featured by the news media, and not often presented in forms that are likely to gain public appreciation.

Proposing: 1) Do what the devious disinformation specialists do: focus on youtube content - with plain language.

2) Regulate #Google to have it label youtube bullshit that is bullshit as bullshit -- or to put nicely: There is no credible evidence to make the claims within this video.