Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon: Are there alternatives to G.A.F.A?
I give you 5 ideas that maybe change the way you exist on the internet.
"We want Google to be the third part of your brain."
"Our aim is to organize the information of the world"
"Privacy is no longer a social norm."
"Technology is nothing."
In order, these quotes belong to Serguéi Brin (founder of Google), Larry Page (founder of Google), Jeff Bezos (executive director of Amazon) and Steve Jobs, the late CEO of Apple.
These four technological gitantes occupy the top positions in the most valuable companies today, and their main merchandise are our data. Google concentrates 90% of the searches on the web and geolocation services. One in six humans uses an iPad or an iPhone every day, Facebook has 1,860 active users and Amazon leads the global online shopping market.
But are there alternatives to these platforms?.
1. De-Google-Ify Internet
This Farmasoft project offers options similar to Google Docs, Skype, Dropbox, Youtube and even social networks with the difference that they are open source, decentralized, ethical.
2. Amazon Killer
Amazon Killer is a browser extension that allows you to view a book on Amazon and at the same time find a real bookstore close to home.
3. Diaspora
"The social network where you are in charge." This defines this decentralized platform, free and confidential, that communicates with networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
4. Disconnect
Disconnect is a browser extension that allows you to block sites that track our movements over the network. A kind of guide to leave no trace.
5. Given GAFA
A fun interactive experience, and a resource container to know more and better about virtual surveillance.
Image taken from GOOGLE.
Thanks for your attention!.