Are you "google free" ?
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i have a Google account because i own an Android phone, but i have all of the privacy options possible enabled, i use DuckDuckGo for my search engine, i never log in to the google account on my computers, i do not use gmail. Except for the bare minimum required to keep my phone operational i avoid google as much as is possible. (And for those now thinking about it, i have reasons for not doing business with Apple, too, so please don't suggest i get an iPhone.)
@moriel @futurebird This is me exactly - thanks for saving me so much typing!
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird I've gone the other way. I have chosen to allow exactly one evil corporation to spy on me, so I'm letting Google have it all and I'm avoiding Facebook/Meta, Twitter/X, Apple, Amazon/everything else.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird I don't aspire to be Google-free, but I am absolutely working on migrating the vast majority of my photos off. also contacts.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird youtube is a hell of a drug
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
I clicked 2 and 3.
I have a gmail account but it's only connected to my phone for playstore, which I avoid as much as possible,
On my PC I use YouTube and Streetview occasionally, but in their own container tabs separate from everything else. I never log in.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird
I feel like you might appreciate the French word dégafamisation (and the reflexive verb se dégafamiser) where "gafam" means "Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft" -
Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird I use my Google account exclusively to log into YouTube via browser to be able to change from auto translated videos to original language and just focus on channels I am following. I switched my mail account a couple of years ago and gave up on Android phones after a Samsung galaxy 2. For car navigation I use Google Maps on an iPhone without login or Apple Maps. I mostly ride by bike or train and for last mile navigation I use @organicmaps.
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@futurebird It's not been too difficult for me in general, because I've *never* used the big services much, if at all. LinkedIn was the only "social" media site I was ever on. I ditched GitHub in favour of Codeberg in the autumn. I have my own domain name, and have been running a website and my own email on it for nearly 25 years.
At this point, for me, it's more about avoiding clicking on YouTube links than wresting control back from the dominant services.
@darkling @futurebird running your own mail for 25 years is impressive.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
i have a gmail account, and i use youtube a lot. the gmail account is being slowly put out to pasture so that nothing important ever lands in it. the amount of spam it gets is absurd.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird I don't fit in your survey. I use and depend on Google for search, translation, maps ((including google earth app) and Youtube. I limit everything else. I have Google Chrome and only time I use it is to report problems in maps because you I can't report when using Firefox.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird I have no PERSONAL google account. I need to have one for work tho, because auth0 and stuff.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
@futurebird I responded "don't aspire" however, it's nuanced. I don't use search, but do use mail, docs, drive and YouTube. As a kpop fan, would be particularly hard to sever from YT, not to mention tons of other great content.
I am mentally prepared for the exigency of having to exit Google, as I did recently with Spotify.
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Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
I had an account to download some wedding pictures back in 2010. I no longer remember the password and the couple are now divorced.
