Facebook for vital student groups during my time in university I.e. your colleagues compelled you to use Facebook. (it's also in many developing countries the

Facebook for vital student groups during my time in university I.e. your colleagues compelled you to use Facebook. (it's also in many developing countries the only digital place to run a business), I doubt very much there is any such country, but even if so, it's not a compulsion. and Google for similar reasons, including a work account Your workplace compelled you to use Google. There's DDG now for search I suppose Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu . . . but Google used to be the only player in town. There was never any such time. Technically if I had to avoid Google I couldn't use Uber because it depends on Google maps It is still your choice to use Uber or not. You could use Lyft, hail a cab, drive yourself, walk, ride a bike . . . Google Cloud I don't see this as you using Google, but rather you using someone who uses Google. This just isn't something you have any reasonable expectation of control over. There is nothing wrong with Google providing a service that some businesses choose to use, who you happen to also do business with.