I get spammed by them all the time but have so far resisted and stayed with my crappy, slow, and expensive ADSL provider out of principle. But the ADSL provider just raised prices on me AGAIN and it’s ridiculous.
What do I do? Is Google Fiber as invasive as other Google stuff? What if I just use it to tunnel a VPN to a non-Google endpoint?
This is sure annoying. It occurs to me that Comcrap might be available here as an alternative, but that must be as evil as Google. At least the ADSL company is reasonable about privacy, as such companies go.
Thanks for any thoughts.
I have it, and I’m otherwise de-googled.
- Use your own router, not theirs
- Set your router’s DNS to something other than google’s, and use DOH whenever possible.
- Force all web sites to use HTTPS whenever possible.
- If you’re extra concerned, use a nailed up VPN, preferably via your router.
New here, I’ve always used Google’s DNS to get away from my ISP’s. Is there a free alternative that I can switch to?
Here are some others: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/dns/?h=dns
AdGuard has a list of trusted DNS providers, which seems like a good source. Many of the ones in that list are free as well.
Honestly Google is probably the least bad option, they’re all gonna do what Google does with your data, and they’re a better cost per speed ratio. And frankly there are few companies worse than Comcast, I hate them so much.
I would get the Google Fiber and use a VPN for nearly everything.
It’s what I do with Comcast.
They’re all sucking up whatever data they can. Stick to Https, don’t use their DNS and use a VPN and you should be fine.
I’ve been paying $70/mo for gigabit fiber for like 6 years now. It’s been the exact same price every month that entire time. I had to reach out to the Google Fiber people maybe once for a technical issue, and it was resolved quickly with a prorated discount for my downtime.
I just can’t stress enough what a breath of fresh air this has been vs Time Warner/Spectrum and then later AT&T I’ve had at this same address. How many times did I have to call to wait on hold to tell them my service was broken, or threaten to cancel my service so they would lower my rate back down to what it was before they tried to jack it up again? How many technicians did I have to have come to my house for stupid bullshit? Also, the other two ran bare cable barely buried from the junction box to my house, where Google installed a fucking conduit in the ground that can easily be reused.
Google is the best ISP by a hundred miles, imo. Just use a VPN.