We released a new version of Privacy Badger that updates how we fight “link tracking” across a number of Google products. With this update Privacy Badger removes tracking from links in Google Docs, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Images results. Privacy Badger now also removes tracking from links added after scrolling through Google Search results.
    • folkrav@lemmy.world
      192·
      1 year ago

      YouTube is basically the only video platform where the vast majority video creators are gathered on. PeerTube and the likes are nice, but for the most part, don't even play in the same league, IMHO. YMMV depending on the content you like to consume, of course.

      I mostly use a combination of DDG/Brave, but I have to fall back on Google Search way more often than I'd like to find some things. Especially for local (geographically speaking) stuff or non-English content…

      It sucks that they dominate so much, but it's not particularly difficult to guess why your average person still use them, no?

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      Agree with sibling: Youtube and Search. All the other supposedly essential Google services are not really essential, especially Gmail.

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Some of us have to work with people who are still neck deep in the google swamp, and who use their online office suite for sharing documents.

      Other than that, do you know if there's a better search engine that can search by image?

  • BrianTheFirst@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    I used Privacy Badger for years, but recently removed it because it was breaking so many sites. ublock + adguard is good enough for me.

    • solitude@lemmy.one
      101·
      1 year ago

      I've used uBlock Origin & Privacy Badger for years, over a wide variety of different types of websites, and haven't had any problems.

    • naut@infosec.pubOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I use ublock, but I think it is more aggressive than badger, can't remember it broke some, but will keep an eye

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    Or… Avoid Google products unless absolutely necessary,

    I can honestly say I don't hit any front-end Google server for a few days to a week at a time. Occasionally I look some obscure technical issue that only Google search finds and that's usually when I break my streak. Otherwise, there are plenty of alternatives to get you 80% of the way there functionally without touching Google with a 10-ft pole.

    Of course, and despite my best efforts, my browser probably hits a lot of back-end Google servers - you know, the gstatic.com, google.com and such that other websites inflict on you and you can't avoid half of the times without breaking the site.