Ask HN: How to move away from Google

Re:Ask HN: How to move away from Google by 4kelly on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @05:10PM (#30860818)

These are all great tools. But I wanted to gingerly hop on this thread to say that de google doesn’t have to mean self hosted.

I found it very rewarding to put my money towards companies that are aligned with my priorities (be it privacy or other) even if there were free alternatives.

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Re:Ask HN: How to move away from Google by kingcharles on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @06:57PM (#30861888)

Agreed. Fastmail is a great example. They are cheap, but their product is excellent and so is their support. I never have to worry about losing my account unless I stop paying. I got burned on that when I went to jail, but they offer a pre-pay option so you can now pay a decade worth of fees in advance :)

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Re:Ask HN: How to move away from Google by throwaway67743 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @04:56AM (#30865177)

Yeah, I do use the odd service, email is just because I've always done that and I still like the flexibility

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