No More Google
Web and SaaS
product directory
SHOW HN2018
96points
33comments
#451of 2,155 in 2018
Top 21%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Privacy: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Listed products are not privacy-friendly; some track users or are closed source
From 4 comments
I support the motive, but it appears to have been hijacked to include companies that don't protect privacy. Happy to amend this response if creator finds a way to moderate it,…
marichards on HNIf this list were named "alternatives to Google products" then I'd say it is a good list. But privacy friendly? How so exactly? There are several closed-source proprietary…
dvko on HNThese don't seem privacy-friendly at all. Many are closed source, many track users to the same or a larger extent than Google.
ariwilson on HNI haven't done due diligence and checked each one, so maybe I'm been overly pessimistic, but some choice entries that I very seriously doubt don't track you: Dailymotion,…
lucideer on HN
Entries like MixPanel were removed after criticism
From 1 comment
Thanks, removed MixPanel. Any others you see that don't respect privacy?
pieterhg on HN
Requests
Suggest open-source alternatives to closed-source entries
From 2 comments
If this list were named "alternatives to Google products" then I'd say it is a good list. But privacy friendly? How so exactly? There are several closed-source proprietary…
dvko on HNWhy 1Password? Why not KeepassXC for example? (or even Keepass or KepassX) https://keepassxc.org/project/
bdz on HN
Alternatives to Google Docs and YouTube
From 2 comments
Is there any alternative for Google docs?
quellobiondo on HNReally nice list, I recently switched all my email to Fastmail because I don't want to lose everything if Google decides to. Is there any alternative to Youtube though? I guess…
wimgz on HN
Questions
Why is 1Password listed instead of KeePassXC
From 1 comment
Why 1Password? Why not KeepassXC for example? (or even Keepass or KepassX) https://keepassxc.org/project/
bdz on HN
Alternatives named
Framasoft degooglisons-internet.org
From 1 comment
The French organization Framasoft has been maintaining a database of Google alternatives for several years at https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/list/
dublinben on HN
prism-break.org
From 1 comment
I support the motive, but it appears to have been hijacked to include companies that don't protect privacy. Happy to amend this response if creator finds a way to moderate it,…
marichards on HN
Matomo, Fathom Analytics
From 2 comments
If this list were named "alternatives to Google products" then I'd say it is a good list. But privacy friendly? How so exactly? There are several closed-source proprietary…
dvko on HNCheck out Fathom Analytics. It's open-source, modern, only tracks aggregates and can handle up to 20.000 pageviews per second on a cheap $3/month VPS.…
dvko on HN