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Re:Google plans to partner with banks to offer checking acco... by djsumdog on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:08PM (#21527322)
I am so glad I transitioned from Google services in 2012 (mostly spurred on by the domestic spying stuff). I did a dump of all my Gmail account and could not be happier (Gmail's IMAP implementation is hopelessly broken rubbish).

I used Dropbox and now MEGA to sync photos off my phone, but I copy all that stuff to my NAS and backups. I use Drive for some things, but I wouldn't be screwed if it went away. I disable almost all the major Google apps on my Android phone and hope to switch out to Lineage + miniG soon.

I use a self hosted TTRss currently (Google Reader was garbage and it dying was really good as I realized what good RSS readers were actually like).

I need to set a reminder to do more regular Facebook exports/backups. No one should be in the situation where a single provider killing your access means you loose a huge chunk of your content. Self hosting has its own problems and yes, a lot of people don't have the knowledge/means/time to do it, but man I'm glad I made it a priority.

My phone number is still on Goolge Hangouts. I need to find a better solution for that as well.

Re:Google plans to partner with banks to offer checking acco... by ahsteele on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:35PM (#21527666)
What RSS reader are you using?
Re:Google plans to partner with banks to offer checking acco... by Semaphor on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:09PM (#21528140)
They said TTRSS, that’s this one: https://tt-rss.org/

I use it myself :)

Re:Google plans to partner with banks to offer checking acco... by jeanofthedead on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @03:27PM (#21529126)
Not Google Voice?
Re:Google plans to partner with banks to offer checking acco... by djsumdog on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:27PM (#21530368)
Nope, still Hangouts. I'm so confused on the difference and their offerings now that I will probably avoid changing it until I can port my number off of it entirely.