histrionic

True... yet nearly everybody else, maybe beside few like 404 media, seems to be either boot licking or access "journalism" so I get the "spicy" take.

As another commenter put it, the approaches are not mutually exclusive. I've ditched most of Googles services over the past 5 years:

• Pixel --> Pixel w/ Graphene (If Graphene ever makes their own hardware, I will drop my Pixel in an instant)
• Gmail --> ProtonMail
• Google Calendar --> Proton Calendar
• Google.com --> Duckduckgo.com
• Google PlayStore --> FDroid
• Google Docs/Sheets --> Libre Office
• Google Keep --> Obsidian w/ sync
• Google Maps --> Organic Maps
• Google Home (never had this shit to begin with) --> Self-hosted Home Assistant

And I plan to continue that trend. I've personally gotten many of my friends and family to make these switches as well.

I don't need (or want) your weird, hypothetical, backhanded apology. However, I think you inadvertently carry water for Google when you muster up this false sense of superiority and blame everyone else for the problems that greedy tech bros create. But hey, if you simply can't stop yourself, then maybe adopt a more positive approach to getting people to switch, rather than assuming that everyone is dumber than you. Good luck!

But assuming people are dumber than me always yoelds such positive results, dont get butthurt man.

I'm not butthurt. Just trying to help you.

Idk man, really seems like you have a hurt butt, try icing it maybe.

Lots of projecting on your part I think. I hope you find the validation you're looking for. I'm gonna mute this now.

Sounds like you want to nationalise the internet and all its services.

If only we could pay for a worthwhile internet via taxes.

I recommend Kagi. It is a search engine with absolutely no tracking or ads, AI slop filter, an in-house index and a cute doggo. It's a paid search engine (which means you pay with money not with data), but you can give it a try with 300 free searches with no strings attached.

I could spend a lot of time sifting through ads, nag screens and bullshit to find the actual detail I want on a webpage.

From the consumers of necessary services that they have wholly captured...?

Good bot

peak internet; https://jpbtlorgy.ytmnd.com/

I dont believe they are necessary or failing that are not available elsewhere, and i would call captured, handed to.

All it would take would be a platform that handles the payment and supplies a tracking pixel. Websites could join and become part of it. At the moment, every single publisher has their own payment solution. If I want to read one local article from Houston today and one from Tokyo tomorrow, I won't join two payment plans. I want them to be paid automatically, like when I play a song on Spotify or watch a video on YouTube. Just a decent amount of money instead of paying mostly middlemen.