Nick Stevens

April 6, 2021

👿 Evil Companies and Products

A list of companies and products that I find to be evil and which alternative(s) I use.

Blacklist (zero use/support/payment)
  • Amazon
    • Stuff = anywhere but Amazon.
    • Ebooks = Kobo, or direct from the author's website
    • Goodreads = StoryGraph

  • Google 
    • Search = Duck Duck Go or Brave
    • Browser = Brave / Safari
    • Maps = Apple Maps / Open Street Maps
    • Gmail = Hey.com
    • Calendar = Hey.com
    • Translate = DeepL & Claude
    • Docs = Workflowy, Miro, IA writer
    • Drive = Dropbox

  • Zoom
    • = Whereby

  • Spotify
    • = Bandcamp
    • = Qobus
    • =Tidal

  • Whatsapp
    • = Signal


  • Instagram
    • = Retro.app


Greylist (Passive use until replacement, no payment)

  • Instagram (pictures of my cat and searching for events)



I update this list every now and again - so please don't consider it fully up to date.
last updated: 19 Feb 2026

About Nick Stevens

Writing about making business better - to help people to build and grow profitable business that makes the world a better place.