A simple way of removing Google from your life.
nogoogle uses dnsmasq to black-hole all known Google domains.
Don't use this yet.
Install dnsmasq:
brew install dnsmasq
Configure nogoogle:
cp dnsmasq.conf /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf
Start at boot:
sudo cp -fv /usr/local/opt/dnsmasq/*.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons
Start now:
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
Install dnsmasq:
sudo apt-get install dnsmasq
Configure nogoogle:
sudo cp dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf
dnsmasq does work for Android, but I haven't investigated how to get nogoogle running yet. This might work, but I haven't tested it:
sudo cp dnsmasq.conf /data/dnsmasq.conf
dnsmasq -C /data/dnsmasq.conf
dnsmasq doesn't work on Windows. I don't know. Maybe this as an alternative? http://mayakron.altervista.org/wikibase/show.php?id=AcrylicHome
Install dnsmaqs with your package manager of choice, or from source, then add nogoogle's configuration into your dnsmasq.conf. If you're using some crazy operating system, you probably already know how to do this.