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I deleted my google accounts today (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by mertn@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.

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[–] mortalic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some are easier than others. Especially if you don't mind paying. Protonmail, calendar, drive solve some big ones right away. Maps is tough though, I've tried to find a better solution and haven't been able to so far.

[–] version_unsorted@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I've been mapping my city with streetcomplete and using osmand live to download my edits, organic maps has a better address search though, so I use that too. I don't use the live traffic stuff, but osmand is capable of it.