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Why I Quit Using Google

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Re: Why I Quit Using Google

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Post by jolmg »

xenator wrote: post #7

I love that other companies have sustainable alternatives to Google services. But these articles looks more like hype train and doesn’t really add any new value for me. You are not building something new switching from one big corp to another small company that want to become another big company next day. Probably I’m getting old but I remember times when Google doesn’t exists. We had software for files, messages, ca…

> You are not building something new switching from one big corp to another small company that want to become another big company next day.

Switch to another small one when they start to get big. Try to keep them all balanced. If only one person doing that was enough to get a nice competitive market...

Re: Why I Quit Using Google

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Post by aladine »

I also switched to Fastmail too. Its interface is rudimentary similar to Google few years ago. It has full suite of services like calendar, notes, storage...

What I like is its simplicity which Gmail may bloat with too many features. One notable feature of Fastmail is alias: you can create other emails alias to your main account and use that to create different rules. Super handy and convenient. If you worry about encryption, probably ProtonMail is a better choice. For me, Fastmail is good for my usage.

P/s: if you want to sign up for Fastmail, here is my referral link https://ref.fm/u12211285

Re: Why I Quit Using Google

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Post by therealmarv »

tomaszs wrote: post #13

The same goes for Facebook. My company uses a legimate Business Account to handle ads of our clients. Nothing shady there. Regular SMB ads. More or less a month ago i receive an email the whole account has been blocked due to some violations. Whole freaking account. Without any warnings. We had clear history. And this means essencially you can close your company if you run only FB ads because you can not create anoth…

Yes you are so right. Your topic and text (single point of failure) reads for me like a beginning of a whole article. Nowadays there are also new Fintech banks who operate like Google and have only chat and no telephone support. Imagine getting locked out of your bank account (because of a false positive in an Anti Money Laundering AI) and you can reach nobody in time.

Re: Why I Quit Using Google

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Post by nolroz »

ReverseCold wrote: post #55

I remembered seeing this post on Mastodon, and it turns out this website federates. My response from Mastodon is listed as a comment on this website. The wonders of ActivityPub...

I tried getting into Mastadon a while back but didn't manage to find decent instances to subscribe to. There's just so many! Any advice on where to get started?

Re: Why I Quit Using Google

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Post by beowulfey »

Mistri wrote: post #39

Has anyone else had experience with getting their Google account suspended? I literally use it for everything in my life, and without it I would probably lose access to a lot. I would change away from Google in a heartbeat but it just seems like too much effort if I can avoid getting my account suspended in the first place. If anyone has gotten their account suspended, what was it for and how can I avoid it?

Most times people get suspended for doing things that unsurprisingly go against the ToS. If you’re not developing software with googles API or anything a normal, everyday user doesn’t do you are probably fine.

Of course it can still happen by random chance thanks to their algorithm going screwy but it’s not likely and if you’re still concerned Id consider at least starting the process.

Re: Why I Quit Using Google

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Post by yogthos »

I setup a personal NextCloud instance on a $5 Digital Ocean last year, and along with Fastmail, it replaced all the Google services I've been using. It took about an hour to get up and running, it went through version updates without a hiccup, and never gave me any trouble.

I found it to be completely hassle free, and I can highly recommend it to anybody looking to take back control of their privacy.

Re: Why I Quit Using Google

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Post by yogthos »

nolroz wrote: post #56
ReverseCold wrote: post #55

I remembered seeing this post on Mastodon, and it turns out this website federates. My response from Mastodon is listed as a comment on this website. The wonders of ActivityPub...

I tried getting into Mastadon a while back but didn't manage to find decent instances to subscribe to. There's just so many! Any advice on where to get started?

There's a friendly sign up guide available now https://joinmastodon.org/
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