3 ms·

Google in general has become far more loose on spam, from spam emails now showing on my Google calendar, to being added to projects where I cannot remove myself

Google in general has become far more loose on spam, from spam emails now showing on my Google calendar, to being added to projects where I cannot remove myself. They open up quite a lot of security holes and seem not be taking it seriously at all. I feel like this year for me has been some of the worst in a while. The amount of stuff I report everyday is considerable. I've been added to other drives in the past just you and I'm trying to find out how to move away from Google because of this issue. They are too big to care, but I've seen other platforms open up unfortunately it's hard to get away from the convenience of Google. Personally I think if you can move your stuff and create a backup account somewhere else it's probably a good idea too.

eks391 4y ago
For personal stuff, it is daunting but degoogling is definitely sustainable. I have been unsuccessful getting every person to contact me on my new email no matter how many times I remind them though. There are great ecosystems out there for contacts, maps, storage, whatever, that don't rely on google, and if the spam bothers you, I recommend giving it a go for awhile to see. Change the email last though in case you decide not to make the change so you don't have to tell people twice to change their contact for you. For the people who don't change their contact for you, you can make a quick filter in gmail to forward mail from them to your new email, respond from that, and maybe they'll change your contact someday. Also if you don't want to completely degoogle but just want to rid yourself of some of the spam, you can use services from other ecosystems, as part of a suite, and connect the email from that suite to a google account, so you can still use googles' services and the other suites' services. Then when randos add you to things like spam in your calendar, you won't actually see it because you are using a calendar from a different suite.

eks391 4y ago

For personal stuff, it is daunting but degoogling is definitely sustainable. I have been unsuccessful getting every person to contact me on my new email no matter how many times I remind them though. There are great ecosystems out there for contacts, maps, storage, whatever, that don't rely on google, and if the spam bothers you, I recommend giving it a go for awhile to see. Change the email last though in case you decide not to make the change so you don't have to tell people twice to change their contact for you. For the people who don't change their contact for you, you can make a quick filter in gmail to forward mail from them to your new email, respond from that, and maybe they'll change your contact someday. Also if you don't want to completely degoogle but just want to rid yourself of some of the spam, you can use services from other ecosystems, as part of a suite, and connect the email from that suite to a google account, so you can still use googles' services and the other suites' services. Then when randos add you to things like spam in your calendar, you won't actually see it because you are using a calendar from a different suite.