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What's your current situation with Google? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by pcyoypxv@lemmy.ml 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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[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm as distanced as I can be for now but have one more big cord to cut - Google Fi. It's just by far the most affordable carrier for our use here, and frankly every alternative sucks ass just as much anyway, but I'd still like to move to something else sooner rather than later.

Otherwise, my gmail accounts are still active but rarely used, both forwarding to Tuta. Been using GrapheneOS for over a year now, Aurora and the Play Store are last resorts for app installs. I only use youtube through a self-hosted Invidious instance. Photos has been long replaced with Immich, Drive long emptied and replaced with OpenCloud. For navigation, Magic Earth's been the most reliable, not FOSS but so be it, CoMaps is good for browsing/exploring but kind of terrible for driving.

[–] will@piefed.zip 3 points 1 week ago

I switched from Fi to US Mobile. They just had a deal running for $150 dollars for your first year of unlimited (it's since expired but they have deals going all the time). You can swap between Verizon, a&t, or T-Mobile, and they offer everything Fi does I believe