• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Yes. I wholeheartedly agree with the author here. I fucking hate Google so much now mainly for that reason alone.

    I can’t trust Google to keep a product over any length of time. I don’t know why I should bother staying with their services at all in that case.

    I’m seriously considering switching everything over to Proton. Mail, cloud storage, etc. I’ve already gotten rid of Chrome for Firefox. It’s a shame because I still love Android photos. But who knows how long even that will last.

    • MiltownClowns@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’ve gone duckduckgo, GrapheneOS, proton, nextcloud, encrypted rclone backblaze backup. I no longer feel like I’m constantly being watched. Its nice. Highly recommend.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve slowly been ditching google products these past years, and it feels good. Finally made the move to proton just before christmas.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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      1 year ago

      Google represents a valuable lesson about not depending wholly on one entity to meet your needs.

      I’m thankful the lesson is not born of malice but rather ineptitude. We might not always be so fortunate.