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Does anyone here NOT hate Google? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by elleybirdy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm curious because I see a ton of Google hate on here daily. It's certainly not all unwarranted, and I do agree with some of the privacy concerns.

That being said I do very much enjoy their products. Gmail, Photos, Chrome, Gemini, Home, Assistant, YouTube, Pixel phones, etc... I've tried out many of the alternatives but always come back to their ecosystem.

Curious as to how many of you here on the fedi use Google products without the common associated angst from the FOSS community.

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[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, google is great if you dont care about your privacy and dont care how much money you spend.

There is absolutely no reason to use google though. For a great experience you have to pay anyway and that you can as well do with someone with someone who hosts nextcloud for you. Added benefit: your data is not harvested and you can expect the terms to stay the same forever.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

and you can expect the terms to stay the same forever

Bit of a reach, but I agree with your other points

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. But if you work with a small hoster, they wont change the terms on you usually. Most of us understand that this is only „legal“, not morally sound.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

True, I guess my experience was moreso “we can legally sell out whenever.”

For a long time I used mediatemple for their affordability, flexibility, and scalability

Then they were acquired by godaddy

https://origin-blog.mediatemple.net/news/a-new-chapter-for-media-temple/

Then I used webfaction, for the same reasons. They too were acquired by godaddy

https://groups.google.com/g/cloudy-dev/c/LF1eDRHt1W0

Many of the devs from web faction built opalstack, which I love

https://opalstack.com/

But I definitely won’t expect their terms to remain the same forever