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I use Dropbox instead of Drive and Photos. Gmail is hard to replace because it's well integrated with other Google services, in particular Google Apps with its
by greenspot 10y ago
I use Dropbox instead of Drive and Photos.
Gmail is hard to replace because it's well integrated with other Google services, in particular Google Apps with its own ecosystem.
Google Search is hard to replace because of the quality. Bing is ok but not close in quality.
- jstayton 10y ago> I use Dropbox instead of Drive and Photos. For the privacy-conscious, Dropbox is saddled with the same pitfalls as Google and Facebook, unfortunately. > Google Search is hard to replace because of the quality. Bing is ok but not close in quality. https://disconnect.me/search https://disconnect.me/search used to show Google search results, but it looks like Google has blocked it for the time being. I personally use https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/. The quality of results is definitely below Google, but I believe that'll only improve as more people switch to them.
- Socketubs 10y agoI agree that Dropbox is nearly same than Google for privacy but it can be a first step to split your data between multiple companies instead of giving all your data to Google. I know it's totally not perfect, but is it logical?
- jstayton 10y agoYeah, I think that's a fair point, and can certainly be a logical step toward increased privacy.
- cryanweb 10y agoIt's really hard to beat Google Photos and their built in search capabilities. I have Flickr and Amazon Prime, and constantly use Google Photos to find things. I can type 'Fall Photos' and instantly see all my fall photos taken in the past 5 years.