Silicon Valley has a monopoly on the web. But we can make a difference by choosing privacy-friendly alternatives. Here are some ideas:

✅ Tuta Mail
✅ Tuta Calendar
✅ Firefox browse
✅ DuckDuckGo search
✅ OpenStreetMap
✅ Mastodon
✅ LibreOffice

What are your favorite apps?

Read more on how Google pays to maintain its #monopoly: tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…

Does #Google own the web? 👀

Biggest US antitrust lawsuit ever must break the tech giant’s monopoly.👇👇👇
tuta.com/blog/google-antitrust…

What alternative Google products do you recommend to your loved ones? Let us know in the comments!

#privacymatters #privacy #monopoly

🪦The Dying Web | Matthias Endler

｢ the world's largest websites are owned by the same company, which also owns the world's most popular browser and search engine. Coincidentally, they are also the world's largest advertising company. And people are wondering why they can't block ads on YouTube anymore ｣

endler.dev/2024/the-dying-web/
#google #monopoly #firefox #chromium

The Dying Web | Matthias Endler

I look left and right, and I'm the only one who…

^endler.dev

“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” - says US judge.

#Google paid billions to keep its #monopoly, but must stop now! 💰

Learn more 👉tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…

#Antitrust #searchengine

BBC news: bbc.com/news/articles/c0k44x6m…

"Google’s DMA compliance plan is a sham. […] If Apple’s proposal was a slap in the face, Google’s is a middle finger — both to the European Commission and to you."

proton.me/blog/google-bundling…

#Google #DMA #monopoly #gatekeeper

Google’s DMA compliance plan is a sham

Google is defying the EU Commission and refusing to give people more control over how they use their Android phones.

^{Andy Yen (Proton)}

Apple is showing flagrant disregard for the EU #DigitalMarketsAct. 🇪🇺

Their reluctant allowance of third-party app stores, #sideloading, & alternative payments is nothing more than an act of #malicious compliance by #apple 🍎

👉 tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…
#monopoly #BigTech

#Google pays 1150 times its entire #lobbying budget in the EU & US to fund its search engine #monopoly.😳

And if that wasn't bad enough, now they're accused of slowing down #YouTube on non-Chrome Browsers like #Firefox! 🤬

Does Google know any shame? Apparently not. 🤡 tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…

Google is taking pay-to-play to the next level. Recent court testimony shows that Google paid $21 Billion USD to remain the Internet's dominant search engine. 😱

💪 Fight back against Big Tech's monopoly by switching to a more private search engine today! 👇
tutanota.com/blog/google-searc…

#privacy #encryption #google #monopoly #bigtech

Google Pays $21 Billion for Search Monopoly: How "Free" Tech Markets Repress Free Speech and Hurt All of US

Your data is worth billions, time to take it back and break the Google monopoly on search!

^Tutanota

"A handful of companies own the #patents on virtually every #seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is bringing #biodiversity back to #farming."
worldsensorium.com/open-source…

#agriculture #food #monopoly #ossi (Open Source Seed Initiative)

FYI, I link to two earlier reports on this problem (2017 and 2019) in a tweet from 2020.
twitter.com/petersuber/status/…

“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers

Alexander Klepnev CC BY 4.0 “Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers A handful of companies own the patents on virtually every seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is...

^{World Sensorium / Conservancy}