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I have also de-Google-ified and it wasn't a very focused effort or a life goal. Google's productivity apps win via their integration, but when judged individua
by bad_user 8y ago
I have also de-Google-ified and it wasn't a very focused effort or a life goal.
Google's productivity apps win via their integration, but when judged individually the alternatives are better, at least for me.
E.g. if you use Google Drive it's hard to not use Gmail because the price of a G Suite Business subscription is really good, but then Google Drive's desktop client is a piece of shit that doesn't work. If you use Gmail it's hard to not use Chrome, because Gmail doesn't play very well with classic IMAP desktop clients and for the web UI the "offine email" feature is Chrome-only, plus Gmail's web interface is now really bloated and slow and by using it in Chrome it sucks the least, because Google doesn't give a crap about other browsers. If you're on G Suite, it's hard to not use Google Docs, it's great for collaborative editing, but compared with Microsoft Office it has performance issues and has missing features that makes it painful to use for serious stuff.
There are 3 products that are hard to replace:
1. Google Search can give better results, but usually DuckDuckGo does the job well; I switched to DDG after noticing ads following me on the web based on searches I did
2. Google Maps (and Waze) because they have really good real-time traffic information, otherwise the POIs are better in OpenStreetMaps in my country
3. YouTube which currently has no replacement if you're a consumer
I'm not a fanatic btw, if Youtube Premium would be available in my country, I would pay for it.