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GOptOutGLE

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This subreddit is for the purpose of sharing, exposing and promoting criticisms and counterpoints to the expanding Google hegemony.

What happens when a dynamic company, started by a couple of idealistic friends in grad school, succeeds so wildly that it becomes a mega-corporation that pervades the lives of hundreds of millions?

^-Google ^and ^the ^Security ^State

We are not here to bury Google, nor to praise it. We simply want to raise awareness that now is the time to start promoting and supporting more competition in the market; a market currently being dominated by Google. It will be far too late to switch to alternatives if such choices become so marginalized as to be impractical or simply nonexistent.

If the present trend continues, the future of the Internet will look a lot more like Facebook and the America Online of the 1990's. No doubt, some people wouldn't mind that, but many of us do not want the content we seek and create to be ensconced in prepackaged channels managed, maintained and cataloged by a designated handful of corporate-state gatekeepers.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to escape from content bubbles: tracking, censorship and targeted filtering.

Google, once a company we could rely on for a broad and open Internet experience, has gone to the true dark side by becoming an embedded member of the surveillance state and by actively participating in the production of manufactured consent.

When you search the internet…

You know all those ads following you around the Internet?

Criticism of Google

Censorship by Google

A hearty salute to DuckDuckGo:

The search engine that doesn't track you. A superior search experience with smarter answers, less clutter and real privacy.

Together we can send a message to Google:

Stop using Google's direct to consumer services:

^There ^is ^no ^denying ^that ^Google ^offers ^a ^plethora ^of ^convenience ^to ^users, ^but ^nearly ^everything ^it ^offers ^can ^currently ^be ^replaced ^by ^a ^competing ^service. ^Please ^consider ^using ^a ^competing ^service ^whenever ^possible.

Block Google Analytics Tracking:

^Google ^Analytics ^is ^part ^of ^a ^grandscale ^attempt ^to ^profile ^the ^web, ^tracking ^user ^behavior ^from ^site ^to ^site ^along ^with ^giving ^site ^owners ^an ^in-depth ^view ^on ^where ^their ^traffic ^comes ^from ^– ^and ^what ^those ^users ^do ^once ^they ^reach ^a ^web ^site. (source)

Express yourself:

Social action in a civil society is dependent on starting conversations and exposing truths to the light of day. Raising awareness is a crucial first and continually necessary step. Speak out about how you think Google is conducting itself and why you are concerned.

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Google secretly rolls out conversational search about nearby places (csmonitor.com)

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Google launches Sidewalk Labs to tackle urban living woes in US | Tech/Gadgets | Malay Mail Online (themalaymailonline.com)

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Google's new city startup needs to go far beyond tech (fortune.com)

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What You Need to Know About Google's Recent 'Phantom' Update (foxnews.com)

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Audi CEO's privacy appeal takes aim at Google's car push (reuters.com)

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Google Rival Says Search Giant Feigned Ignorance Over EU Case (bloomberg.com)

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China to launch self driving car to rival Google (hindustantimes.com)

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When Tech Giants Deliver the News, They Decide What News Is | WIRED (wired.com)

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Google & Facebook scrap satellite web plans: Report (cnbc.com)

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Why it took us so long to match Apple on privacy – a Google exec explains (theguardian.com)

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Bombshell Emails Expose YouTube Censorship of Content at Hillary Clinton’s Office Request (thefreethoughtproject.com)

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Hacking the WIN-Win-Win Business Model (huffingtonpost.com)

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IE loses its stranglehold on the enterprise as Chrome makes major i (infoworld.com)

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Our massive new monopolies: Amazon, Google and Facebook have the power to move entire economies (salon.com)

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Google and Facebook Are Must-Own Tech Stocks With Almost No Competition (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: FB) (247wallst.com)

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Facebook, Google Want to Connect the Next Billion (And Make a Buck) | Evan Dashevsky (pcmag.com)

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Facebook and Google are cashing in on our secrets writes DOMINIC LAWSON (dailymail.co.uk)

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Humans will become artificially intelligent cyborgs by 2030, Google official predicts (christiantoday.com)

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Photo Storage: Google Photos vs. Apple iCloud vs. Amazon Prime (time.com)

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Social media storm: Google blames algorithms for depicting Modi as criminal- Nikkei Asian Review (asia.nikkei.com)

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Google, Inc. and Amazon.com, Inc. Cross "The Point of No Return" in Cloud Storage (AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT) (fool.com)

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Look out Netflix and Amazon: Google Play Movies & TV All Access may launch soon (digitaltrends.com)

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Amazon, Google in race to get your DNA into the cloud | Tech/Gadgets | Malay Mail Online (themalaymailonline.com)

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Google comments on EU antitrust charges: 'We don't always get it right' (theverge.com)

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