Removing myself from Google!

Last year, I set about the task to stop using as many Google services as possible. This includes

• Gmail
• Google Drive
• Chrome and Chromium based browsers
• Google Photos
• Google Docs
• Google Search

What Did I replace these with?

• Gmail was replaced by Proton Mail
• Google Drive was replaced by a NAS at home
• Chrome was replaced by Zen Browser
• Google Photos was replaced by Immich
• Google Docs was not replaced, just no need for it any more!
• Google Search was replaced with DuckDuckGo

Do I miss any of the Google products?

Not at all. Google search is too sponsored now with it difficult to get true results. Google photos is just too much risk they will use my photos to train AI without my authorisation and if hacked they could end up in anybody’s hands.

And with all the chatter of Google Mail going AI - I will stick with either Proton mail - or my hosting providers basic services for my other emails.