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It's easy to be Google free though with the following alternatives: 1. Gmail: Vivadi Mail (free), Fastmail, Protonmail, Tutanota etc. (Best look for an IMAP pr
by webmobdev 5y ago
It's easy to be Google free though with the following alternatives:
1. Gmail: Vivadi Mail (free), Fastmail, Protonmail, Tutanota etc. (Best look for an IMAP provider to make migration easy).
2. Google Docs: LibreOffice (if you don't care about collaboration) or MS Office or Pages.
3. Google Search: Create custom search engines on your browser for IMDB, Wikipedia, StackOverfow, Reddit etc etc. And use Yandex for the rest as it conveniently offers a link to resume search with Bing, Yahoo or Google if you are not satisfied with their search result. (Note though that Yandex is just as intrusive as Google, but its biggest plus is that it is a non-US company. A major annoyance with it though is that it often prioritizes Russian language sites).
4. Android: Saifish OS is currently the best, though apps are lacking for it. Otherwise, "Google Free" Android forks are the next best option.
5. Chrome: Firefox (even though it is becoming just as shitty) or its forks. Vivaldi browser is a distant second.
- mrkramer 5y agoI think alternatives are not relevant since single apps do not matter but ecosystem is what matters. For example this is how Google's ecosystem works(my personal experience): Google Search > Gmail > YouTube. I first started using Google Search then I started using Gmail and finally in order to create YouTube account I needed a Gmail account.
- jsnell 5y agoAs far as I know, you've never needed to create a Gmail account for YouTube. You need a Google account, but those aren't necessarily Gmail ones. To create a non-Gmail Google account, just click on "use my current email address instead" in the account creation screen.
- mrkramer 5y agoI didn't know that since I use Gmail since always but you get my point. More apps in family of apps more synergies. Here is what Google says about Google Account: "Sign in to your Google Account, and get the most out of all the Google services that you use. Your account helps you do more by personalising your Google experience and offering easy access to your most important information from anywhere." Getting back to YouTube yea tbh it would be kind of anticompetitive if Google required exclusively Gmail to use YouTube. My bad.
- webmobdev 5y agoThis is purely from a pro-privacy perspective - it is better to not have all your personal data with one company. If I am using YouTube, it doesn't mean I also have to use Gmail or Google Doc.