I try my best to avoid google, "at all cost." I unfortunately, "have to use maps," on my iphone, and sometimes if I want a, "second opinion," I search with google after first trying bing. Other than that, my browser is Opera.
I think google is a very evil company. It is very unnerving to me, when I surf the web, and I see sweetwater ads, or cakewalk ads, and its like google adverts know, "everything about my search habits." What I look, and what I want to buy, and they specifically advertise it to me.
I think its scary.