@jwz unlike Google we won’t be evil with your data.

@jwz Unlike Google, we won't harvest your data to train LLMs that tell you to smoke while pregnant.

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/google-gemini/google-says-ai-overviews-produced-unhelpful-results-but-doubles-down-on-them-anyway

@jwz Unlike Google, XScreensaver won't delete your files without warning https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-cloud-accidentally-nukes-customer-account-causes-two-weeks-of-downtime/

@jwz unlike Google, we won’t share your data with fashy police state companies https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/partners/google-cloud-and-palantir-announce-annalytics-partnership

@jwz Unlike Google, Xscreensaver won't lock you out of your files https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/

@jwz Unlike Google, we will not use your data to train a generative AI model that's also trained on CSAM.

https://futurism.com/database-google-ai-contain-child-sexual-abuse

@jwz Unlike a google product XScreensaver will not be killed by Google https://killedbygoogle.com/

@jwz Unlike Google, performance depends on the hardware that runs things, rather than on the government that run things. https://www.wired.com/story/tool-shows-google-results-vary-world/

@jwz Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not use its products to collaborate in surveillance of a state's own citizens.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/20/googles-earth-how-the-tech-giant-is-helping-the-state-spy-on-us

@jwz Unlike Google, XScreenSaver does not collaborate in genocide.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/what-is-project-nimbus-and-why-are-google-workers-protesting-israel-deal

@jwz@mastodon.social unlike Google, XScreenSaver won't ever fire anyone for protesting genocide https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-fires-workers-protest-israel-contract-project-nimbus-rcna148333

@jwz as long as there's no fossil fuels.. https://youtube.com/shorts/aAR1XRpyAoon

@jwz unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not prompt you to call your deceased dad on Father's Day.

https://technologizer.com/2011/06/20/googles-unpleasant-heavy-handed-father-day-surprise/index.html

https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/reminder-call-dad-another-notch-in-googles-belt-of-social-fail/

@jwz unlike Google, XScreenSaver won't deny you access to your entire digital life and report you to police for taking and sending a doctor a picture of your child's medical condition https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html

@jwz xscreensaver will not report you to the police for riding your bicycle past a burglarized location.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-tracked-his-bike-ride-past-burglarized-home-made-him-n1151761

@jwz
Unlike Google, xscreensaver will not send you misinformation on terminating a pregnancy https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/paid-medical-disinformation/#crisis-pregnancy-centers (+typoedit)

@jwz@mastodon.social how is xscreensaver on the play store?

@jwz Who is the audience for this joke?

@jwz Switching to gtk+ 3 is a sin in itself.

@jwz
Bit of low hanging fruit but I figured why not lol:
Unlike google, xscreensaver will never tell you to put gasoline on noodles or glue on pizza, because it cannot speak. In the event that XScreenSaver does talk we urge you to ignore it's advice. Much like we do with google.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza

@jwz Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not bribe the government to avoid a trial by jury: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/google-avoids-jury-trial-by-sending-2-3-million-check-to-us-government/

@jwz I made https://deletegoogle.com a while back, there are a few useful links at the bottom.

Was thinking I could probably add a few more, so will steal some of these suggestions, thanks! :)

@jwz Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not fire you for doing your job. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/

@jwz We will not use XScreensaver infrastructure to subsidize misinformation around the globe. https://www.propublica.org/article/google-alphabet-ads-fund-disinformation-covid-elections

@jwz

Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not combine or correlate site topics from your web browsing history to infer sensitive information such as race, sexual orientation, and religion.

https://privacysandbox.com/proposals/topics/

@jwz Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not be made less functional so you can be shown more ads and make you install malware.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/google-chrome-will-limit-ad-blockers-starting-june-2024/

(As a non-native speaker my phrasing can use some work.)

@jwz unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not buy banking data to connect your in-store transactions to your online advertising profile https://gizmodo.com/google-reportedly-secretly-bought-your-banking-data-an-1828341605

@jwz

Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not run Rogue Online Pharma Ads for prescription only addictive chems and later pay a $500 million fine for this criminality!

https://www.wired.com/2011/05/google-rogue-pharmacies/

bonus: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind/

@jwz Unlike Google, we won't kill you in a couple years! :D

https://killedbygoogle.com/

@jwz Just cut and paste Google's and change the name in it, and when they refuse it, you can point out they refused their own privacy policy.

@jwz @mcdutchie Unlike Google we won’t partner with a hate speech organisation to sequence DNA of kids for a eugenic programme.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mssng-project-partnership-autism-speaks-google-autism-research/story?id=27460433

@jwz Keep it simple imo. My favorite license: http://www.wtfpl.net/about/

@jwz Unlike Google, XScrenenSaver will not give users a false sense of security around tracking within a mode designated for more anonymity. https://www.wired.com/story/chrome-incognito-mode-privacy-warning/

XScreensaver will not broadcast your location to your friends, unlike Google Latitude

https://www.wired.com/2009/02/google-latitude/

@jwz

@jwz unlike google, xscreensaver will not hire union busting consultants.
https://www.epi.org/blog/employers-regularly-engage-in-tactics-to-suppress-unions-examples-at-starbucks-amazon-and-google-illustrate-employers-anti-union-playbook/#:~:text=In%20response%20to%20worker%20unrest,%2Dknown%20union%2Davoidance%20firm.