Rant for Alternatives That Meet the Needs

1 zynovex 0 7/6/2025, 11:15:40 AM

Totally frustrated with google, meta, youtube and all these giants offering software full of ads, bloated and unnecessary features, visually painful UI.

Tried deactivating Facebook and Instagram. And guess what? It felt like finding a treasure from some unknown island full of wild animals. I literally couldn't find the deactivate button. But irony is, there was a reactivation button.

Youtube plays 2-3 ads on every video. And every other app/software that is widely used is bloated with ads, and unnecessary features. It's so annoying.

I tried other alternatives now and then but none seem to fulfill the needs. Calling out for developers and engineers to build a whole ecosystem of software that is bloat free, ad free, minimal, and gets the thing done in the simplest way possible.

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Rant for Alternatives That Meet the Needs

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