Is there any way I can stop google and youtube from seeing what I am doing or ‘talking’ to each other about what I am doing at least? Its been happening enough that I am just seriously weirded out and not comfortable, I thought I would ask here and hopefully get some help.
It wouldn’t be too hard to cut out Google+Microsoft products if you really wanted to. There are plenty of FOSS that work just as well as their consumer products.
“Not too hard” and “easy” are two different things. There’s a reason these giant megacorps have such a monopoly on the world: ease of access, ease of use, and universal adoption. If they weren’t the easiest solution, they wouldn’t be the thing 90% of the world uses.