google is complicit in genocide. i recently switched away from google services, and i no longer use any of their products. here's how you can boycott google, too!
this is not an exhaustive list. please feel free to repost without credit/add your own alternatives :3
Cohostians kindly directed me to FreeTube (Win/Mac/Linux) and NewPipe (Android) after I posted my work-arounds for watching YouTube videos via MPC-HC and YT-DLP several months back. (Loading up a video into MPC-HC with YT-DLP is still a great way to save a copy locally without having to go through some seedy website, but, different discussion.)
Honestly, I can't recommend FreeTube enough. It loads lightning quick, has a huge number of distraction-free customization options ranging from disabling comments to turning off specific bits of information and recommendations, and you can import your existing YouTube subscriptions as well as switch between subscriptions for specific channels. Also, no ads. Plus you can run things through Invidious instances.
(Sidenote, I've also been using DuckDuckGo for years and it's great.)
also worth noting: unlike Google Docs/Drive, which prohibit porn in their ToS, Cryptpad very emphatically supports people using their platform to create and share adult content. I've been using Cryptpad for all my collaborative docs for years, I highly recommend it!
Mojeek is a pretty decent search engine too! Duckduckgo is slowly enshittifying too, so when it comes to search engines the strat is just keep tabs on new ones.
