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| degoogling [2025/10/10 20:08] – update year to 2025 qlyoung | degoogling [2026/05/19 03:49] (current) – [Google Drive] qlyoung | ||
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| Sometime around 2021 I began to feel that use of Google services constituted a grave threat to my digital sovereignty, | Sometime around 2021 I began to feel that use of Google services constituted a grave threat to my digital sovereignty, | ||
| - | Here in 2025 I still have a Google account and probably will for the foreseeable future, because Google Fi and Google Fiber remain the best cell service and internet service providers, and you need a Google account to pay for them. | + | Here in 2026 I still have a Google account and probably will for the foreseeable future, because Google Fi and Google Fiber remain the best cell service and internet service providers, and you need a Google account to pay for them. |
| Today I use my Google account for five things: | Today I use my Google account for five things: | ||
| * As an OAuth identity for services that require one - literally just Tailscale, I have replaced everything else with email-based accounts | * As an OAuth identity for services that require one - literally just Tailscale, I have replaced everything else with email-based accounts | ||
| - | * Filling out Google Forms - please stop using these folks, they often require a Google account | + | * Filling out Google Forms |
| + | * If you use these, | ||
| * Access to shared Google Photos albums | * Access to shared Google Photos albums | ||
| * Google Fi (cell service) | * Google Fi (cell service) | ||
| * Google Fiber (internet) | * Google Fiber (internet) | ||
| - | Despite these limited use cases, which are all provided for free with a personal-tier Google account, I still have to pay for Google Suite ($8/month). Why? Because years ago when I wanted to use a custom domain on my Gmail account, I started paying for Google Suite to enable this functionality. When you do this, your Google account is converted from a " | + | Despite these limited use cases, which are all provided for free with a personal-tier Google account, I still have to pay for Google Suite ($8/month). Why? Because years ago when I wanted to use a custom domain on my Gmail account, I started paying for Google Suite to enable this functionality. When you do this, your Google account is converted from a " |
| Below I share what I have replaced various Google services with. | Below I share what I have replaced various Google services with. | ||
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| + | ===== Replacements ===== | ||
| ==== Gmail ==== | ==== Gmail ==== | ||
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| ==== Search ==== | ==== Search ==== | ||
| - | I now pay for [[https:// | + | I pay for [[https:// |
| ==== Google Drive ==== | ==== Google Drive ==== | ||
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| Tried and rejected: | Tried and rejected: | ||
| - | * Filestash - kept running out of space on cloud VMs, software buggy | + | * [[https:// |
| - | * Nextcloud - too heavy to host a public instance just for filesharing | + | * [[https:// |
| * [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
| - | * [[https:// | + | * [[https:// |
| I now pay for Dropbox. Upload to folder, share link. Sometimes you just gotta pay and move on. | I now pay for Dropbox. Upload to folder, share link. Sometimes you just gotta pay and move on. | ||
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