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Does it sound odd that I've always been Google-free anyway? By virtue of being a Mac user. Search? Switched to DDG or Bing. I gave up Google Maps ages ago, usin
by jrnichols 8y ago
Does it sound odd that I've always been Google-free anyway? By virtue of being a Mac user. Search? Switched to DDG or Bing. I gave up Google Maps ages ago, using Bing/MS's map offering, and when Apple Maps came out I went to that. Email, has always been IMAP on servers I host myself.
I never even went down the Google rabbit hole like many of my friends did. It's curious how they claim Apple is so proprietary when they're using Android, Google Photos, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Chat (or whatever it's called this week,) Google Music, Google Play, and maybe youTube, I mean Google TV.
The Apple ecosystem has been pretty good for me.
- bobdole1234 8y agoYou understand that Apple uses Googles infrastructure to provide services, right?
- jrnichols 8y agoAre we really going to stretch it out that far? That just because Apple is using a small section of some Google infrastructure it means all of the end users aren't "Google free?" That's ridiculous. I, as an end user, am not signed into any Google account at any time. Just because some encrypted bits are on a server Google owns doesn't make one a user.
- bobdole1234 8y agoBut you are materially supporting their bottom line.
- jacksmith21006 8y agoApple is just using Google. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/apple-confirms-it-uses-google-cloud-for-icloud.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/apple-confirms-it-uses-googl... Apple confirms it uses Google cloud for iCloud - CNBC.com
- jrnichols 8y agoAnd to the end users, that's absolutely meaningless.
- harrygeez 8y agoDon't think Apple maps is as good outside of US