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[-] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

Anyone still using Google products is a fuckin idiot, IMO

[-] kadu@lemmy.world 159 points 1 year ago

There are hardly any alternatives for people who don't have the time to self-host and setup everything.

"Oh but Firefox!" the tools that Mozilla provides are indeed good - but there's no Mozilla Photos, Mozilla Notes, Mozilla Assistant, and so on.

"Oh but Microsoft!" and why would that be better than Google?

"Oh but mix Firefox with Proton and this specific GitHub project for photo management and this FOSS notes apps with a Docker backend for sync and thi-" I wish I had the time to do that, truly, I actually prefer many of the FOSS alternatives I've seen lately. I do not have the time nor hardware to do this correctly.

[-] seasonone@opidea.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

I kinda agree with you. Before my exams I had lot of time. I used to self host nextcloud, email and invidious etc. But during exam had no time to manage instances or update my packages, one after than another they kept showing error and they went offline.

I stopped my VPS and started using Google Drive(it was already available on my android) to share my notes temporarily with friends, soon I kept using it. I hope protonmail becomes better so I can start using them instead of other products

[-] zatanas@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

This is how they do it. They wedge themselves in via convenience with the hopes that we'll stay on their ecosystem eventually.

I hope you'll soon find the time to regain your independence from them. Best of luck.

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