I kind of found a sweet spot where I'm using a European-based email service. I created my Google account with it, but I'm not really using it constantly (just t

I kind of found a sweet spot where I'm using a European-based email service. I created my Google account with it, but I'm not really using it constantly (just to comment on YouTube videos now and then and use Google+ like once a week). I'm also using Google's Docs occasionally, but just to share the .pdf docs with people I interviewed to show them a preview of the article that is going to be public in a couple of days anyway. I'm using Facebook like once per week (I don't have it installed on my phone), I don't own any Apple products, I'm using OpenStreetMap instead of Google's Maps, I'm using DuckDuckGo instead of Google's search (and I love it). On my laptop, I'm using a Linux-based operating system. I'm perfectly happy. It's a perfect privacy/usability combination for me. I changed a lot of my habits since Snowden came out and I am perfectly happy with it.