upvoted, yes why in the world should a blockchain that is supposed to be decentralized and autonomous run off off google and amazon services?
this is nuts. like a giant content trap.
google dropped its 'dont be evil' motto because it became to difficult to say without laughing, and it makes people ask the question.
i have installed noscript which lets me turn on and turn off the extra search functions when i want to. of late i've just been using duckduckgo for all the searches i need even on steemit.
we need not just to be thinking of how to stop using these tools, but how to end them.