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What's your current situation with Google? (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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[–] tangible@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

My current sitch is that (at least at home, work is an entirely different question) I was able to delete my Google account last year. That said, I'm in the Apple ecosystem, which made things a lot easier. I do check Youtube occasionally, but without an account and with Vivaldi's built-in adblocker working well. I'm aware that Vivaldi is Chromium-based, which is a trade-off I have accepted for myself.