

I’m working on getting rid of Google, but it is linked into so many things it’s going to take a lot of time to do it completely.
I’ve moved away from Chrome as a browser and Google as a search engine. I’m starting to disconnect other accounts I’ve logged into using Google as well.
I’m setting up new email accounts - I’m using my own domain name so I can move in future instead of feeling so tied to one provider.
At some point I need to look at Google drive/photos - I think there are a couple of things that synchronize through there still. The find my phone service is tied into Google. All my apps are downloaded from the Play store, and there are a few things tied into Google Wallet.
I can get rid of the main bits, but I think it’s going to take years to get rid of it all.
I did that when I moved to Lemmy last year. The more recent account I just deleted was mostly comments “inciting violence” and encouraging people to move to Lemmy, so they are welcome to keep those.