Resistance can be as simple as using certain terms: "online video" instead of "YouTube video". "online search" instead of "Google Search" (or "do a search" instead of "google it".) "music playlist" instead of "Spotify playlist". Do not give these company any free advertising by using their […] - ThreadSky

rasterweb.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy • 2 days ago

Resistance can be as simple as using certain terms:

"online video" instead of "YouTube video".

"online search" instead of "Google Search" (or "do a search" instead of "google it".)

"music playlist" instead of "Spotify playlist".

Do not give these company any free advertising by using their […]

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egoldblatt.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@rasterweb When it's a video hosted on YT, it's a YT video. When it's on DailyMotion, I call it that. Same as literally anything else. As far as playlists, anything that isn't an M3U (or M3U8) file I can play in VLC is just a stream. I can stream as easily off Pandora as anything else.

baoigheallain.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@rasterweb https://climatejustice.social/@GeofCox I've been doing this for ages because it is so much easier to say ‘I saw a post on social media’, rather than saying on Mastodon, then having to explain what Mastodon is.

Likewise I've been using other search engines for a long time now.

janbellina.bsky.social•1 day ago

Duck Duck Go! 🦆

markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@rasterweb
I always say "websearch" & never verbified G.

tom-weiss.bsky.social•1 day ago

iPhone vs Smartphone
iPad vs Tablet
Uber vs Taxi

johnglass.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@rasterweb theres a big obsession with Spotify amongst the music media.

ilovemikemike.bsky.social•1 day ago

I use Duckduckgo for info and Mapquest for navigation cuz it still has Gulf of Mexico instead of using ShitGoogle because dat
fuckin' sellout Sundar Pinchai contributed to not-my-president's inaugural. Soon they'll be combing through our online searches and YouTube video views. Frightening

rasterweb.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

Also, fuck Spotify! While I am trying more and more to *not* use Google aas often at least I can say I've sent no money or goodwill to Spotify.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/spotify-military-industrial-complex-daniel-ek-prima-materia-helsing

steltenpower.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@rasterweb there are many people with a brand in their job title, where this brand is not the company paying their salary. Part of vendor lock-in, maybe a little, maybe a whole lot.

slipperlobster.bsky.social•1 day ago

Big ups for this. I think the only thing I've got left is YouTube and Apple Music (although I'm leaning more and more towards my own, local content anyway). Fuck Google. Fuck Meta. Fuck Amazon. These cancers thrive on our data while simultaneously screwing everyone.

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