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What's your current situation with Google? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I use GrapheneOS with multiple profiles. My main profile contains only FOSS apps, along with two proprietary apps that have no network access. One secondary profile is for my personal Google account (just Gmail) for work and bills, while another is for a disposable Google account for apps like Google Maps when I need GPS.

On my PC, I maintain a browser profile for work Gmail, which I almost never check, and I don't have anything else connected to Google.

I’m not entirely comfortable knowing that I'm not free from Google and still rely on some of their services. However, I feel much better than I did a few years ago, when Google had complete control over my phone and everything I did on it. Now, I feel free most of the time.

What about you? Do you feel free? Or does it ever seem like Google owns a part of your life? Share your thoughts with me

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I find it really hard to leave. I finally left Gmail, but I have many pictures in Photos (I have been postponing a migration to Immich for years), regularly use Maps and have a few documents left to copy in Paperless from Drive. Oh yeah, and almost every video creator I follow have yet to use Peertube instead of YouTube.

I have yet to switch to GrapheneOS, I think I'll do that when I buy a new phone once mine cease to receive updates in October.

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