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)
Maybe? That’s the whole point of my question (and why I also briefly shared my own usage in a comment): getting an overview of what it would change, if anything.
Indeed, I just listed the most obvious. Maybe it was also a way to trigger reactions?
Email is an interesting one. I haven’t used any major provider, and I always use my own domains.
I used to just host my own.
But hosting your own email is tricky now. Getting the major providers to trust your domain is a pain in the ass.
Yes, I tried self-hosting too. Too much frustration for me. Heck even with my own domain that is hosted by a tiny but legit host, can sometimes have issue with emails not reaching their destination.