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In a place without access to US apps and online services, how would you use the Internet? (piefed.social)

submitted 1 week ago by Libb@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Imagine there is no YT, no Twitter/X, no Facebook, no Netflix, no Amazon, no Apple, no Google to to search the Web, no chatGPT. Imagine there is no TikTok either (even though it’s not US). Just imagine there is no ‘giant’ tech from anywhere owning any app or service that millions if not billions of people are willing to use.

A world without any of those giant (US) tech companies and services that many of us take for granted.

In that world, what would you use the Internet for? How would you use it? And how much time do you think you would spend online, compared to now?

(my own answer in the comments)

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[–] einkorn@feddit.org 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In that world, what would you use the Internet for?

Pretty much the same as before?

The only giant tech firm from your list I am actively engaged with is ~~Google~~ Alphabet because of Android and YouTube. Apart from that, there is PayPal because of online payments and WhatsApp because of other people. But for both, I have 1:1 replacements already in place to be used wherever available.

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

AOSP is opensource, MicroG, a Play Services alternative is developed by European guys. Huawei also has a similar alternative framework, as they are already banned from using Play. Obviously you would loose access to your paid apps, and some spy apps would stop working, but Android can totally work without the goog. I've been using it this way for ages !microg@discuss.tchncs.de

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Google is in fact Android. The AOSP is just a fig leaf.

Written from my phone running GrapheneOS and MicroG.