The article is talking about Canada…

“Buy new Chromecasts.”

No. I’m a client-facing small business owner and entrepreneur. I’m an art gallery owner. And a former restaurateur.

I absolutely rely on the tools and sites such as Google and Facebook and Instagram to operate.

There are no other viable alternatives to reach potential visitors.

And don’t take kindly being called a fucking idiot “entrepreneur” by a nobody who cannot understand the reality us entrepreneurs face right now.

The problem here lies with the average consumer. The ones they barely know how to update their own phone, or get confused and panic whenever they see a popup they are not familiar with. The oblivious ones who are completely clueless about our vulnerability and dependance on those tools we now take for granted. The 60+ years old who rely on Facebook to connect with others, and who don’t even know alternatives exist.

You spent 2k on phones you degoogled yourself.

Congrats, this makes you part of the 0.01% of the population who doesn’t use anything Google.

What I’m saying is, 99% of my potential customers—actually, I’m pretty certain it’s 100%— use Google to find my business and my products.

If I try to cater only to the degoogled 0.01%, well, this becomes the equivalent of fishing in an empty pond. Very good for business.

So, please tell me, who’s the “fuckong” idiot here?

As an entrepreneur, please enlighten me: what is the alternative?

Almost nobody uses Organic Maps.

Barely 5% use Bing, less than 0.1% DDG.

Google is the default for both Apple and Android devices.

So, please, someone tell me: as an idiot, what else can I use?

Exactly. The style of accusations, and the aggressive tone the perpetrators use… This really looks and feels like a smear campaign against Brother.

And those ten who believe it will be the most virulent and arduous propagators of that lie.