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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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[–] 2 points 9 months ago

I have an old gmail address that catches things I haven’t migrated away yet. Nothing has chrome installed in my house. The phone still has YouTube but I don’t use it much anymore. There’s more ads than content anymore so there’s no reason to go there. Still on iPhone but willing to switch to a Linux phone when they release something with packet radios and reticulum support. Considered a pixel with graphene last upgrade cycle but Googles actions at the time pointed to the death of third party roms so fuck it.

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