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Moving away from Google is no easy task, especially when your whole digital life has been connected to it for years.
I guess there are some people that just read an article or two and make the move from Gmail to another service, for example. Then there are others that will spend weeks or months searching out the best alternatives before making a decision.
Some of the top privacy websites in favor of degoogling say that it's fine to move step by step; there's no rush. It's good advice. I mean, you don't want to end up paying yearly for another service that turns out to be crap just because an "expert" recommended it. I've seen so-called privacy sites recommend Google. When I do see this, I usually exit them. Better to do your research and experiment with other services.
Then there is the case of having moved away from Google altogether, but at a significant cost e.g. extra time moving between new services/apps, limited features on your new services compared to the synchronized set-up of Google. I guess the question comes down to how much you value your privacy and so on.
I would like to hear about your journeys. How did you move away from Gmail, Excel, Photos, Drive, and whatever else the Giant owns. Are you happy with your move? Or, even if you haven't yet made the move, what are your doubts or concerns?
I was an apple fan boy and never really used Google too much. But it was hard too leave iOS and macOS. I sold my M1 Macbook Air and bought a Framework laptop and went all in on Linux. About the same time I ditched my iPhone 12 Pro and went Pixel 7 and put grapheneOS on it. Also switched over to Proton for mail and now for storage and password manager. This was all over the course of about a year. I don't regret it and won't go back to anything else unless I'm just forced to for some reason. Graphene has been a pleasure to use, though I never used Android in its regular form, so I can't really compare it 1:1. But it gets regular updates, as do the apps I use that are open source. I have 2 complaints over all - first is Google's hardware. The Pixel 7 I have has been "fine". Cellular connection isn't always the best, but it gets by. Second is I hate SMS, so I use Signal as much as I can. As far as I know, RCS isn't available on graphene yet (if something's changed, y'all correct me). But I prefer Signal anyway, so no biggie for me. It's just trying to get other people to use it 🙄.Â
All in all it took a little getting used to, but it's easier to do than people think. I would recommend it. I just wish other phone manufacturers would unlock their bootloaders so that graphene could get their work on more devices. But if the Pixel 9 is as good as people are saying, I'm probably gonna upgrade to it and maybe only have the SMS issue to complain about 😂
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