Recent content by barlev

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    Avoiding Google

    I'll be you are under 35. Those of us who have been around for a while know how badly the world has gone down hill. Computers and the internet have increased the complexity of everything to an absurd level because businesses can braking everything into small pieces and charge for each one. It...
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    Avoiding Google

    I see this "logic" a lot and it is ludicrously stupid. It's like saying you can always be in a car crash so there's no point to wearing a seatbelt or driving within the speed limit. You may not stop tracking altogether but you can limit it as much as possible. What ever benefits you get from...
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    android vs iphone

    I've always used apple and am having my first exposure to android - it's a nightmare. The differences are that if you use an iphone you don't get spied upon by google and with android you have absolutely no privacy or security. Never forget: "With Apple, you are the customer With Google, you...
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    Avoiding Google

    Not true. You don't need to have google account. I don't and can still use the phone.
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    Avoiding Google

    I have to use an android phone. I know little about android, except that I want to keep as far away from google as possible. I only need a few apps, like Skype and a non-chrome browser. I was going to download them from Amazon, but now I learn that you have to log in to Amazon just to use their...