ask HN:Are we locking ourselves in the Google ecosystem?

6 points•KinetiNode•6 days ago•9 comments•

#google #ecosystem #locking #google ecosystem

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toomuchtodo6 days ago

Only if you choose to. There are alternatives for everything Google offers.

https://tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list

Europe specific: https://european-alternatives.eu/

Canada specific: https://engageq.notion.site/unplug-full

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KinetiNode6 days ago

The problem is. There is always something that breaks no matter what we do.. banking apps straight up refuse to work sometimes. And many services don't work even with MicroG

toomuchtodo6 days ago

I don't use any Google products, although I am invested in the Mac and iOS ecosystem until something better comes along. Firefox, FastMail, Apple Photos combined with https://immich.app/ , etc. Youtube videos are ripped into my own storage system for viewing and storage using yt-dlp.

What Google service do you feel like you cannot replace with a private or open alternative?

easyissimple6 days ago

We already did ,but i think with time it is getting diluted,with eu ruling,other ai becoming better, where it main products like chrome slowly getting ( ads) less revenue.but some area still strong if you use playstore that is google ecosystem,its cloud is also strong but there are alternative for almost all ,it is just habit we are not trying different.

winter26 days ago

i think SSO logins aur google workspace is feeding the "lock in" part. shifting from that feels like a hassle

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