I’m living without the big G swearword pretty much since I bought my first Fairphone (1U) and am trying to encourage and help anyone who goes the same way (#livingwogoogle).
By doing that I often mention The-Company-that-shall-not-be-named and if I think about it I tend to censor it’s name (e.g. G%§$e).
But that really slows down my writing flow and I often forget.
So here is my question:
Does anyone know an App or (Firefox)-extension that can automatically replace predefined words that you write?
What I found are addons that can replace words on a website like:
You could even go one step further and block google.com on your firewall or set up a raspberry pi as a private DNS-server and redirect the URL to something else.
FYI: There’s also a firefox version of the Drumpfinator.
At least in #kitkat you can go to the user dictionary, add a new word (for example “Gxxgle”) and then give it a shortcut (for example “Gx”). “Gxxgle” will pop up whenever you type “Gx” (you will have to select it from the suggestions).
For Firefox maybe there is something similar (search for “auto completion”). Edit: May by this?
That’s a good idea, I haven’t tried that yet. But to be honest I don’t want to reenable autocompletion and/or word-suggestions again just for this.
PS: I think I’ll stick with FoxReplace. After writing a text mentioning G%§$e or Drumpf I can simply replace all those words with 2 clicks. (I only have to be aware when mentioning #livingwogoogle as #livingwoG%§$e::tag doesn’t render as anything useful.)
May I ask why you do this? I get it you don’t like Google and the way they behave, but what does that have to do with writing down their name? It’s not like they “win” if you forget to “censor” their name, isn’t it?
I know you don’t like them, and you have very good reasons for it. But acknowledging their existence is the first step in “knowing your enemy”!
No, but I think that’s not the only flaw in the comparison:
Most wizards are/were not using the name Voldemort. Most muggles do use the name G%§$e.
Wizards were afraid of the name. Muggles have no problem using it even as a verb.
After the deatheaters took over the wizarding ministry using the name “Voldemort” meant you were found by snatchers. Since G%§$e took over the internet mentioning their name just means your post is found when searching their name - like with any other word.
I have this on one of my computers (and googleapis, maps, etc.). However, that means I cannot login to many websites. ReCaptcha runs on G servers… So I’ll switch to another computer for that. At least it makes me conscious of this omnipresence…
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