At this point, I’m surprised anybody (including myself) still buys/uses Google services, given how risky it is that you’ll become dependent on them and then they kill off the product(s). I really need to get off my ass and switch mail providers.
VPN by Google One shuts down
Submitted 4 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://9to5google.com/2024/06/21/vpn-by-google-one-shutdown
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dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 months ago
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Google mail is extremely unlikely to get shut down.
But anyway, Proton Mail allows importing e-mails from Google.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
grumbles about inbox by gmail
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Most people will use whatever the default on their device is. Most phones that aren’t iPhones come with Google apps and services set as default.
The only Google services I still use are YouTube and in rare cases Google Maps. But if YouTube continues to enshittify I’ll stop using that. I’ve been using Google Maps mainly to get information about places to eat/sleep in cities, not really for navigation.
zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 4 months ago
If there wernt better YouTube frontends id probably stop using it altogether too. The base site is horrible and idk how anyone could possibly enjoy using it.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve found Grayjay helps me hate YouTube less
eighty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There was a time when the Google apps just worked, the applications were optimised for UX. Maybe I’ve just only noticed it now but the directions (and assistant in general) aren’t as useful, reliable, and filled with sponsored stuff.
what do you use for navigation and how does it compare?
orwellianlocksmith@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What do you use for navigation?
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I can recommend Proton.
Babalugats@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m surprised anyone uses Google services considering how they infiltrate your privacy.
A Google VPN is as private to me as giving a six year old a cardboard box and asking them but to look inside.
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Google has really masterfully re-defined privacy to mean letting them look after all your private stuff.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Do you honestly believe that there is a mail service out there that does not record data on you?
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 4 months ago
ProtonMail is pretty awesome and makes it very easy to switch.
___@l.djw.li 4 months ago
I’m just now unravelling the last of the truly important bits of my life that are in their clutches, for that and other reasons.
Two phone numbers, a handful of documents I’ve shared over the years that probably don’t matter anyway, and a couple email addresses that I’ve been actively monitoring for months for anything important, and searches my password mgr for….
I should be free by 1 July at the outside, possibly a few days early if I don’t delay the actual deletion process. Feels fuckin great.
subtext@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I would recommend Fastmail. They have a fantastic app that I prefer over the iOS mail app.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The only reason I have a google account in the first place is android. You cannot use the fucking play store without one.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Google: people weren’t using it.
The People: you cancel literally everything you create, so why should we bother?
Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Remember when people were using allo and Google play music? Google doesn’t.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I loved Allo. I was really depressed to have to use Whatsapp after Google cancelled it. And one of my favorite things to do was use my Google rewards points to buy music.
And they wonder why no one invests time and interest in any of their new “experimental” products.
Zanz@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Allo didn’t ever make sense. What about Hangouts. Hangouts worked with imessage. And also works better than allo did And also works better than aloe did at any pointat any point.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Google’s business model also doesn’t really fit to what VPN customers are looking for. They hardly would implement a zero log policy, for example.
Psythik@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Google is what the Fox network was in the 90s and 2000s.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Google One was a pretty sweet deal on paper.
But unfortunately, Google’s superpower of making really cool things and then killing it off continues to exist.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
half-arsing a product, people are hesitant to try it, due to other killed off products, google kills product. repeat
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
And the more they kill the more the reputation grows
Like when stadia launched my friends and I took bets on how long it would last or if any stadia exclusive games would ever get to launch
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Product launches are the vehicle for attaining promotions at Google, allegedly. Maintenance does not get similarly rewarded, nor does launching projects and having them live on to actually be successful.
When the launcher got promoted and moved on, they have to figure out whether to keep the thing around, and the answer is generally going to be no since few things can really compete with the infinite money glitch that is search ads.
Alborlin@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And guess what , when I asked what is replacing VPN as part of services, they say they don’t know and tried to move me over to 20 eur a month plan. So reducing the service and staying same prices …
normalexit@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I get on my VPN to provide less data to Google. Routing my traffic through an advertising company always felt like a bad idea to me.
buttfarts@lemy.lol 4 months ago
I’ve had like three primary email accounts since the dawn of the popular internet in the 90’s
The first was Hotmail because that was a big deal at the time.
The second was google because the interface was slick and it came with (what was at the time) a lot of free storage.
The third is protonmail specifically because after decade+ on Google I realized they pretty much have the keys to the kingdom on my life’s data. All my personal relationships and business being filtered through their inbox for a long-ass time. Just because they “know me” inside out for a significant part of my life doesn’t mean I gotta just keep feeding them data indefinitely.
el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
How you finding protonmail compared to Gmail? The thing I like about Gmail is I can find shit in my endless history…I also love the calendar integration.
sunzu@kbin.run 4 months ago
Who would use that shite?
Or are you hiring VPN and MITM combo here?
markstos@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Google: trust us, we can’t see your VPN traffic. Most users: No.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
But how am I going to prevent someone from hacking my Google Glass if I click the wrong link in a Google Group now?!
charade_you_are@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
So no one spoke up or no one listened to guy who said “this is a bad idea, no one really trusts us”
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 months ago
May as well call it “Google Drive Storage Plans” again then? Aside from some dysfunctional AI features that’s pretty much the only thing you get, no?
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The photo ml stuff is nice but you basically have it correct.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 months ago
RIP to the only VPN that reliably let you watch streaming services overseas.
Here’s to enabling the OpenVPN / Wireguard feature on your router.
TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In Soviet Russia, GoogleOne shut down you!
Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
If you don’t care about “moving your virtual location” using vpns, check your router settings, you might just find an option to enable a VPN server. It’ll be fast, and guess what… It’s free
Also did I mention that you control the data flowing trough it
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
calyx vpn is free, proton vpn is free with a subscription.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Nordvpn is free with a yearly fee.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Didn’t they just come out with that recently?
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They here for a good time, nadda long time
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s like the first sentence, dude.
The VPN was unveiled in October of 2020
legion02@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I don’t even think that’s right. It was a service you got for free for buying a pixel before they moved it to Google one.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Surprised?
tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Add it to the pile.
9point6@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Tbh at least this one makes sense, who is going to use a VPN (an internet privacy tool) from Google?
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
My purpose for a VPN is more about connecting to WiFi APs I don’t control. Google VPN worked just fine for that.
SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Exactly. That would be like using a web browser made by Google so they have direct access to your internet browsing history. Ridiculous!
nutsack@lemmy.world 4 months ago
when traveling Communist countries in Asia with google fi it was really nice to have
Chozo@fedia.io 4 months ago
I did. Because it was free with another service I'm already paying for.
AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 4 months ago
My sister. No fucking idea why
JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Do you mean a media piracy tool?
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Yeah right? I have a VPN to prevent Google (amongst many others) from having too much of my data.
iopq@lemmy.world 4 months ago
People who live in countries with internet censorship?
NESSI3@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
I just found out the other day that they killed Google domains and have transferred my domain to squarespace.
qwioeue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I had to help out a client this week because this migration broke their website. Turns out that Squarespace’s omain forwarding feature drops query params. This brokes thousands of links. Fun times.
TheTeej107@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Yeah I’m in the same boat. I haven’t used squarespace and I have no idea if I should stay with them.
Archer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Whenever Google launches a product or service wait at least 5 years before even trying it to see if they’re serious, got it
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy at that point. Like Netflix with new shows.
Netflix: here’s this new show
People: yeah you guys always cancel stuff after the first season or two, I’m not gonna get invested in something that will just get canceled
Netflix: man, these viewership numbers are low. CANCELED!