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Doony & Me<p>I stopped using Google services a while ago.<br><br>I’ve written in the past about my <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/goodbyegoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodbyeGoogle</span></a> story. All part of me trying to leaving Big Tech behind.<br><br>I’m getting there.<br><br>I have a domain through which I run my own instance of Nextcloud, to replace Google Drive.<br><br>The other domain I set up to use for email and other services (albeit it’s via Apple).<br><br>In fact, apart from YouTube, my Google account is unused for anything else.<br><br>So, why have I received an email from Google advising me to verify my own domain as my recovery email?<br>How is Google even aware of this?<br><br>Rhetorical question, I suppose!<br><br>Here is my current tech stack:<br><br>* Storage - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a><br>* Photos - Apple Photos<br>* Email - My own domain (currently via Apple Mail)<br>* Maps - Apple Maps<br>* Browser - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> (MacBook) <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/quichebrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quichebrowser</span></a> (iPhone and iPad)<br>* Search - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a><br>* Social Media - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/gotosocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoToSocial</span></a><br><br><a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> is off to a great start with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protondocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protondocs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> is my go to for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cloudstorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloudstorage</span></a> and now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/docs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>docs</span></a> </p><p>Can't wait to see what else is coming!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thanksproton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thanksproton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goodbyegoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodbyegoogle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collaboration</span></a></p>
Jenmonkey🪴🧹🪞🕯️🔮🌿<p>Well in light of Google's increasingly awful conduct and since my YouTube Music subscription is about to increase in price (again) with no additional functionality or benefits (again), I've decided to start divesting from the ecosystem. I've switched from Chrome to Firefox on my devices and have spent the weekend transferring my song library to Spotify and Amazon Music as a backup. Any suggestions for a maps/navigation replacement? <a href="https://norcal.social/tags/GoodbyeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodbyeGoogle</span></a></p>
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