Yeah I don’t directly use any Google service that I’m not paying for. They either shut it down monetize the hell out of it or change how it works so that I have to change how I do things.
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Tygr@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Years ago, Google shut down services I used and since then, I don’t get involved in anything they put out there on the market. This will include their AI service.
Only thing they are allowed to provide me is email. I’m even using YT and search drastically less.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 6 months ago
Same, but I still use Google docs to store copies of all my published work.
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why even use their email? It’s not encrypted so you’re the only one who can read it. They can read it too, and they do. They scan your email and use it to target ads at you. Bought something? They collect that data and look at the receipt, exactly how much you spent on each item. That’s creepy and weird.
Recommend switching to an encrypted email provider like Skiff, Proton, or Tuta. I’ve used all, but really digging Skiff at the moment.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Good UI and I don’t care that they’re scraping my email for anything, I don’t even see the ads they want to serve me thanks to my ad lockers
Extra work to move to a new email for literally no gains for me
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ignorance is bliss
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Lol, this is why people don’t like the FOSS evangelists, you act like pricks that are better/smarter than other people
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They aren’t using my emails for anything interesting as far as I can tell. Google ad sense either recommends I buy something that I bought months ago and don’t need another one or recommends me content that I have zero interest in. I get so many ads for Epoch Times and Hillsdale.