Archived Google pieces of shit are hiding independent sources (Conspiracy)
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Archived Google pieces of shit are hiding independent sources (Conspiracy)
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[–] kitnaht ago (edited ago)
The problem isn't so much shills are much as it is fanboys. Everyone on voat is so quick to shout "shill!", but I don't think it's as complicated as that. We have a lot of people here who love their services, who love their convenience, and it makes it hard to genuinely swap away from things.
Take the Google Chrome alternative, Iridium. They've pulled out most of the Google code (Good), but haven't offered an alternative to the features which they ripped out. There's no bookmark sync, they do weird shit like disable cookies, and their default search is "Qwant"; which is fucking garbage for results. These are conveniences that people want to have, and make the web-quality of life better.
I use a Chromium-based browser, because certain addons which make it easier for me to avoid OTHER Google services, such as youtube. An extension called "switcheroo", automatically replaces youtube with hooktube (even in scripts!) on everything I visit so that I don't give YouTube anything, and I still use their bandwidth.