I’m curious because I see a ton of Google hate on here daily. It’s certainly not all unwarranted, and I do agree with some of the privacy concerns.
That being said I do very much enjoy their products. Gmail, Photos, Chrome, Gemini, Home, Assistant, YouTube, Pixel phones, etc… I’ve tried out many of the alternatives but always come back to their ecosystem.
Curious as to how many of you here on the fedi use Google products without the common associated angst from the FOSS community.
Google spies on me, but actually provides useful services (other than search) for free (ish) in return.
Microsoft want money for everything.
The rest of big tech wants all your data for basically no gain.
I don’t trust Google, but for now the trade seems worth it.
Imo the trade off used to be fair.
The search results have gotten worse and you basically need to search for them among targeted ads.
They dropped the promised unlimited SD photos storage offer and took the space for it off the email storage
I just don’t trust them any more not only with their services but also with their targeted advertising and constant tracking.
I am using Kari, my own domain mail at a we hotel and enter photos.
I still need to use google on my android though but its limited use compared to before