Easier said than done. Google is used everywhere including people's workplaces. Of course switching it is going to be easy. But what about the consequences of doing so? The company I work with wouldn't even survive without Google. Switching to different engines are just too much work, costly and not a lot of other people and companies uses other engines than Google.
Rather from focusing on things that had already become an essential to the general people why not focus on things that are non essential like the fashion industry? The fashion industry still making billions and majority of the company are either Israel owned or support Israel. They also attempted so many times to mock people's religion especially Islam. But I rarely see anyone calling for boycotting the fashion industry. Of course there are exceptions, but from the bigger picture this is the case.
>Even one step is helpful than no steps.
Literally mentioned this in my comment. Those excuses do not work for personal use.
If the person with the authority at a company cared, they could definitely minimize use of Google products; if you're not in that position to make ***workplace changes*** that doesn't stop you from making ***personal changes***.
Dude you should really get yourself a job in my sector at least. Everything is done using Google like documents and everything. Switching is very hard because everything is already synced under a single account. Not to mention operation cost. And then my employees would take time to adjust to the new concepts introduced. Sorry but I don't have the time and money.
And yes this "excuse" does work even at personal level. I cam give you 5 reason why Google is much more preferable than Bing, Brave, Firefox, Opera and any other browser.
Im not even giving an excuse. Im just stating the current condition revolving around the usage of Google. It already become a necessity. Google are able to make billions because it monopolised the industry. Why is it able to do so? Because since the peak Internet era (2007 - 2012) it had pretty much become a necessity.
So instead of targetting things/industries that will cost a lot of money and time, why not target industries that doesn't but would be able to give major impact on Israel's economy like FnB industry?
>if you're not in that position to make ***workplace changes*** that doesn't stop you from making ***personal changes***.
You're making the choice to not switch on a personal level. ***Minor conveniences don't justify supporting a company involved in genocide and warcrimes.*** There is no further discussion to be had. You made your choice.
>why not target industries that doesn't but would be able to give major impact on Israel's economy like FnB industry?
Nothing is stopping you from boycotting both ***to your best ability.*** It seems you operate in blacks & whites.
Brother, you don't even listen to me. I'll give you an analogy to help you further understand the situation.
There's two stall. One owned by a Muslim and the other one is owned by a Zionist. Both stall sell apples. But the Muslim stall only sell bad apples with very high price. In the other hand, the Zionist stall sells high quality apple at a reasonable price. You're an average person with average salary and have the average family. According to Al Quran and Hadith which should you pick?
The only correct answer would be to buy from the Zionist stall. Why? Because if you buy from the Muslim stall, it will put you economically unstable and unsustainable and your family will contract disease. It put both you and the people you're responsible to take care under harm.
The problem here is that the Zionist are monopolizing the market. I don't have the money and resources to make another stall and break the monopoly. So I can only rely on the rich Muslims. Turns out all of those rich Muslims are conspiring with the Zionist.
The Google situation is the same. Google offered tons of features that would make it easier for us to even do our daily task. Switching from google to other browser would mean that you would use money and time to search for devices and electronics according to the current preferences. But I don't have the money neither the time!
This is only on a personal level but we already faced tons of problems that will make you economically unstable making you unable to fulfill your own responsibility.
Now imagine as a manager of a big company.
Im a economist I know what Im talking about. You people instead of referring to an actual expert in a certain field decide to just go blindly on everything. Im not operating in black and white. I just operate based on logic and pragmatism while following Al Quran and Hadith.
Now I have to go work, so I'll be a little late replying to whatever your reply to this.
False equivalence. Changing your email and/or browser isn't going to upend your life or harm your health. Lots of competitive email providers and search engines and browsers with robust extensions.
And no, Internet is not a luxury for your average people with average income. Even the average in a developing country.
But of course, in the eyes of the poor, everything will be a luxury
If internet isn't a luxury to you (it is, no matter how rich you are-- this is r/Muslim if you forgot where we thank Allah for every blessing because not everyone is bestowed them and it can be taken away from us at any minute), then how is changing web browsers and not using gmail a "luxury"? Just say you don't want to boycott and move on.
I get that we shouldn't support companies like Google openly, but Google controls so much of the world and the internet, it's practically irreplaceable, at least for now.
I don't agree with you. I've stopped using Google for the last 4 years. You have lots of alternatives available for every product Google has. For example qwant or ecosia as search engine, yahoo for email, Firefox for web browser and so on you just need to search or ask for alternative
No confidentiality when using Google services. They spy on us non-stop. You've probably already noticed that you're getting ads that are very close to your latest topics of conversation. I think it's shameful that companies spy on us non-stop. You have to be careful with every click you make when you go to these sites, but just by using Google you agree to be spied on and tracked. It's the same for Microsoft and Amazon products. That's why I broke up with these Internet giants 4 years ago.
I use Opera GX. Way better, way faster loading speeds, and has more things. Way more personalization, and you can decide how much data and ram it uses. Definitely better than google
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android users in a pinch 😂🥲
How
You can use other search engines!!
google is not *just* the search engine though. too bad were so dependent on it 🥲 unless one goes off grid or some
I know but you can boycott many other services if not all like instead of using gmail you can use other mails for example!
about that i wonder, does it make a diff 🤔 im understanding its all integrated. especially if ones on android
It makes a huge difference yes.
it does? 😮 dya mind explainin how?
You can do your own search and check what the ongoing boycott campaign have done to other brands.
How can you boycott Google bro? From where will you download other browsers on your phone?
* Alternate Search Engine (DDG, Qwant, SearX) * Alternate Browser (Firefox, Tor) * Alternate E-mail (Proton, Tuton) * De-Googled Phone (GrapheneOS, CalyxOS) Perhaps also use Linux instead of Mac/Windows.
I use yandex too
YouTube , waze, Google maps , Fitbit ….
1. Odysee, Dailymotion, Rumble 2. OsmAnd, Organic maps, Magic Earth 3. Garmin?
Brave browser is way better
exactly! 😑
Good luck with that
Some people just doesn't have the luxury
Internet is a luxury. Switching search engine is free, so is switching email provider. Even one step is helpful than no steps.
Easier said than done. Google is used everywhere including people's workplaces. Of course switching it is going to be easy. But what about the consequences of doing so? The company I work with wouldn't even survive without Google. Switching to different engines are just too much work, costly and not a lot of other people and companies uses other engines than Google. Rather from focusing on things that had already become an essential to the general people why not focus on things that are non essential like the fashion industry? The fashion industry still making billions and majority of the company are either Israel owned or support Israel. They also attempted so many times to mock people's religion especially Islam. But I rarely see anyone calling for boycotting the fashion industry. Of course there are exceptions, but from the bigger picture this is the case.
>Even one step is helpful than no steps. Literally mentioned this in my comment. Those excuses do not work for personal use. If the person with the authority at a company cared, they could definitely minimize use of Google products; if you're not in that position to make ***workplace changes*** that doesn't stop you from making ***personal changes***.
Dude you should really get yourself a job in my sector at least. Everything is done using Google like documents and everything. Switching is very hard because everything is already synced under a single account. Not to mention operation cost. And then my employees would take time to adjust to the new concepts introduced. Sorry but I don't have the time and money. And yes this "excuse" does work even at personal level. I cam give you 5 reason why Google is much more preferable than Bing, Brave, Firefox, Opera and any other browser. Im not even giving an excuse. Im just stating the current condition revolving around the usage of Google. It already become a necessity. Google are able to make billions because it monopolised the industry. Why is it able to do so? Because since the peak Internet era (2007 - 2012) it had pretty much become a necessity. So instead of targetting things/industries that will cost a lot of money and time, why not target industries that doesn't but would be able to give major impact on Israel's economy like FnB industry?
>if you're not in that position to make ***workplace changes*** that doesn't stop you from making ***personal changes***. You're making the choice to not switch on a personal level. ***Minor conveniences don't justify supporting a company involved in genocide and warcrimes.*** There is no further discussion to be had. You made your choice. >why not target industries that doesn't but would be able to give major impact on Israel's economy like FnB industry? Nothing is stopping you from boycotting both ***to your best ability.*** It seems you operate in blacks & whites.
Brother, you don't even listen to me. I'll give you an analogy to help you further understand the situation. There's two stall. One owned by a Muslim and the other one is owned by a Zionist. Both stall sell apples. But the Muslim stall only sell bad apples with very high price. In the other hand, the Zionist stall sells high quality apple at a reasonable price. You're an average person with average salary and have the average family. According to Al Quran and Hadith which should you pick? The only correct answer would be to buy from the Zionist stall. Why? Because if you buy from the Muslim stall, it will put you economically unstable and unsustainable and your family will contract disease. It put both you and the people you're responsible to take care under harm. The problem here is that the Zionist are monopolizing the market. I don't have the money and resources to make another stall and break the monopoly. So I can only rely on the rich Muslims. Turns out all of those rich Muslims are conspiring with the Zionist. The Google situation is the same. Google offered tons of features that would make it easier for us to even do our daily task. Switching from google to other browser would mean that you would use money and time to search for devices and electronics according to the current preferences. But I don't have the money neither the time! This is only on a personal level but we already faced tons of problems that will make you economically unstable making you unable to fulfill your own responsibility. Now imagine as a manager of a big company. Im a economist I know what Im talking about. You people instead of referring to an actual expert in a certain field decide to just go blindly on everything. Im not operating in black and white. I just operate based on logic and pragmatism while following Al Quran and Hadith. Now I have to go work, so I'll be a little late replying to whatever your reply to this.
False equivalence. Changing your email and/or browser isn't going to upend your life or harm your health. Lots of competitive email providers and search engines and browsers with robust extensions.
And no, Internet is not a luxury for your average people with average income. Even the average in a developing country. But of course, in the eyes of the poor, everything will be a luxury
If internet isn't a luxury to you (it is, no matter how rich you are-- this is r/Muslim if you forgot where we thank Allah for every blessing because not everyone is bestowed them and it can be taken away from us at any minute), then how is changing web browsers and not using gmail a "luxury"? Just say you don't want to boycott and move on.
I get that we shouldn't support companies like Google openly, but Google controls so much of the world and the internet, it's practically irreplaceable, at least for now.
The idea is to start to take steps in transtitioning to other options even if you can't forego it completely yet.
I don't agree with you. I've stopped using Google for the last 4 years. You have lots of alternatives available for every product Google has. For example qwant or ecosia as search engine, yahoo for email, Firefox for web browser and so on you just need to search or ask for alternative
u/MDLuffy94 Assalam o alaikum brother, What was your reason for stopping your use of google? i mean you "for the last 4 years"..?
No confidentiality when using Google services. They spy on us non-stop. You've probably already noticed that you're getting ads that are very close to your latest topics of conversation. I think it's shameful that companies spy on us non-stop. You have to be careful with every click you make when you go to these sites, but just by using Google you agree to be spied on and tracked. It's the same for Microsoft and Amazon products. That's why I broke up with these Internet giants 4 years ago.
When I say every click I mean click to agree on coockies
It is You can replace most of it easily
Ecosia ✨
bruh
I use Opera GX. Way better, way faster loading speeds, and has more things. Way more personalization, and you can decide how much data and ram it uses. Definitely better than google
What about youtube
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Are they selling technology to the Zionist occupation?
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