CJ The X

Google Alternatives & Bible Translations

Added 2025-08-27 22:40:20 +0000 UTC

Quite shockingly to me over the past couple days, despite my constant managing settings to disallow Google's Gemini AI to scan my data and force itself upon me, Google has twice in 4 days straight up filled my whole fucking screen with this prompt apropos of nothing! Autogenerating authorless AI Overviews on every other google search seemed not enough I suppose.

I've moved from Google Chome to Firefox years ago, and now I'm pivoting to using DuckDuckGo instead of google search cause this was the last straw in a long string of forced AI features I simply never asked for. The last commitments I have here are Google Drive and Gmail, so I am interested if anyone has any suggestions on any preferred email & cloud storage providers that focus on ethics, privacy, consent and functionality more than shaping how I think.

For anyone unable to disentangle from Google, there are articles to help you turn Gemini off, generated en masse on the regular because they keep injecting it deeper across email, searches, photos, docs, meets etc.

https://www.androidauthority.com/turn-off-gemini-ai-gmail-3528662/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-turn-off-gemini-in-your-gmail-docs-photos-and-more-its-easy-to-opt-out/

https://techwiser.com/how-to-disable-gemini-on-every-google-app-for-peace/

ENTIRELY SEPARATELY:

I'm in the market for a new Bible and find myself bouncing around reading and researching all the different translations as often happens. (People ask me about which translation to read all the time and I never have the greatest answer) Anyone got favourites or least favourites, insights to the strengths and weaknesses etc? I tend to gravitatae towards the New King James Version and I kinda know why but having a web of personal preferences to wade through always helps orient oneself.

thx

(& a mark of Cain on Google as it leaves my life: fare thee well + consequences & boundaries)