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)

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    22 days ago

    How would I use internet?

    Pretty much the way I use it now?

    For maps I use OSM, with eventual searchs in HEREwego in case I don’t find something.

    I use proton and tuta as mail services.

    I don’t have any social media account (that is xitter, fb and the likes).

    I don’t use youtube at all (I prefer reading to watching a video):

    For gaming I mostly play indies and they are rarely from the US, I could live without the US ones. Worst case, I love retrogaming, I can go for years with my chinese retro-handheld and the amount of roms and romhacks that exist right now

    As for streaming? I’m all in stremio, and I despise usonian content (even more lately) so all I watch is European shows, korean shows and anime.

    As I was writing this, I came to realize that I really don’t depend at all of usonian shit. They could go to hell and banish from this world for what I care.