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gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Disagree strongly. Once you decide to degoogle, you’ll start seeing how easy it is to get rid of 80% of their things. Some are instant swapovers (search, browser, password storage, etc). Some take a small effort (email, calendar, online storage, etc). Some are difficult (YouTube, photo backup, google maps traffic info, Android). You don’t have to change everything on one go. Start small, go slow and you’ll be amazed how far you get in 6 months.

  Anyone staying with Google can’t be surprised by disappointment.

  Anyone trusting Google enough to use more of their services or pick up their new offerings, is a masochist and deserves the disappointment.

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  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fair enough. Thank you for sharing a different experience.

    You mentioned part of the issue; there are so many different services you don’t think of obviously. Of course, there’s mail, but there’s also storage and phone backups, maps, social media logins, shared documents and folders, photos, etc.

    Absolutely the best way to do it is a little bit at a time. It’s definitely not a weekend project. But it is very rewarding and very much worth it.

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    • ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And also “Login with Google” which for many is a huge undertaking to migrate

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• Buage_@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I deleted my google account something like 3 months ago and I think that was one of the best things I did in my life, honestly

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  • Amdouni@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Agree, one of the down sides is that I can’t leave comments on YouTube

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