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I was primarily using Gmail and Youtube Music and the switch was fairly easy. Apple Music was a better replacement than the other competitors, and Proton Mail was super easy. Paying for both makes me “not the product, but an actual customer”. Forwarded Gmail to Proton in about 30 seconds, and replaced Chrome with Firefox. Duck Duck Go isn’t a “perfect” replacement for Google Search, but it’s good enough.

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TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Proton looks pretty good, but all the paid Google services show that paying is not enough to be seen as “not the product, but an actual customer” these days.

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- plz1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Proton itself has no access to the encrypted content of your email. Also, they are not an ad company, so their product isn’t you.
  
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TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s NOT a valid reason not to switch, but god that’s a dumb name for a product. Again, I don’t understand why I hate the name, but I do. Please help me.

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- plz1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Proton or DDG? For Proton, I use a custom domain for my email, so that was moot. DDG could have a better name, for sure.
  
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  - TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yepp, thought about DDG. Proton is a bit weird too, but I have my own domain as well, so that’s not an issue.
    
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    plz1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Good luck on your journey away from Google, it’s worth the effort.
    
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- Swarfega@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  What name are you referring to?
  
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  - Llewellyn@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Susan
    
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