I mean you can escape it by just not using google's shit.
I know it's not an option for everyone, but you can use email that's not gmail, and online office suites and file sharing that's not google docs and drive.
(I went with mxroute for email, and a nextcloud with embedded only office for the docs/drive replacement.)
Holy fuck.
This is bad. I have so much shit on GDrive. A lot of personal data. No no no no no.
With any old x86 refurbished desktop, a couple NAT rules on your router and a domain name www.gandi.net you can replace google.
Oh of course. I use to self host back in the early 2000's until Google created this service bank in the "Do no evil" days.
Now I don't have the room for an extra PC at home.
I'm simply going to switch to Proton. I've already created my account. I just have to transfer my stuff.
I did escape it. I moved my email to Proton, my search to Kagi, and never looked back. I will never touch a Google product or service again.
Does that mean that users' gmail data is now accessible by hacking the ai? In the same way other LLMs were exploited to reveal training data?
Yes I can. Deleted my last Google account yesterday. Got what I needed, and honestly once I liberated a couple phone numbers (too damn memorable to ever just give up), there wasn’t much left.
Been slowly migrating for awhile piece by piece, the timing just happened to work out well for the last piece, and the metaphoric peering in cabinets to make sure nothing got overlooked in the process.
I still have to deal with Win 11 for work, and having AI forced down my throat, but Google-free feels GOOD!
I can just not use it and block it with adblock
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