>>Switch to DuckDuckgo.com.
I did so almost 18 months ago. All browsers on all devices do not use Google as a default search engine. The James Damore incident is what made me do this.
DeGoogle discussion at Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/
Good discussion on how to further remove Google from your life.
Thanks for posting the Reddit link. Now I have to find a replacement for GBoard on my Droid phone! Arrggghhh!! I got away from Apple iPhone years ago because I disliked that behemoth, now I'm using another one and it's so damn'ed interwoven into my life that even a simple Droid keyboard add-on has to go.
Re-training my old, arthritic fingers to use a different keyboard on my smartphone is going to be a b*tch.
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