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Does anyone here NOT hate Google?

I’m curious because I see a ton of Google hate on here daily. It’s certainly not all unwarranted, and I do agree with some of the privacy concerns.

That being said I do very much enjoy their products. Gmail, Photos, Chrome, Gemini, Home, Assistant, YouTube, Pixel phones, etc… I’ve tried out many of the alternatives but always come back to their ecosystem.

Curious as to how many of you here on the fedi use Google products without the common associated angst from the FOSS community.

haui_lemmy ,

Yeah, google is great if you dont care about your privacy and dont care how much money you spend.

There is absolutely no reason to use google though. For a great experience you have to pay anyway and that you can as well do with someone with someone who hosts nextcloud for you. Added benefit: your data is not harvested and you can expect the terms to stay the same forever.

kautau ,

and you can expect the terms to stay the same forever

Bit of a reach, but I agree with your other points

haui_lemmy ,

Thanks. But if you work with a small hoster, they wont change the terms on you usually. Most of us understand that this is only „legal“, not morally sound.

kautau ,

True, I guess my experience was moreso “we can legally sell out whenever.”

For a long time I used mediatemple for their affordability, flexibility, and scalability

Then they were acquired by godaddy

…mediatemple.net/…/a-new-chapter-for-media-temple…

Then I used webfaction, for the same reasons. They too were acquired by godaddy

groups.google.com/g/cloudy-dev/c/LF1eDRHt1W0

Many of the devs from web faction built opalstack, which I love

opalstack.com

But I definitely won’t expect their terms to remain the same forever

Reverendender ,

Nice try, paid Google shill.

Taleya ,

For work, sheets is a godsend.

Everything else, i have better software.

Feathercrown ,

Me. Drive is useful, youtube is addicting, gmail is… fine, once you figure out a few things.

foreverunsure ,

My stance is neutral, leaning towards negative. I think Google is still full of talented engineers who passionately want to build the best tech, but the higher ups are screwing up as seen everywhere else too. Their basis for all this data collection seems acceptable (personalization) but they’re blind to the fact that this information can quickly fall into the wrong hands, like a hacker or bad government.

I still use a Google Pixel with the stock software because of the little things other ROMs don’t provide, as well as Maps, Drive, Wallet, YT and Home. For everything else I use alternatives, albeit it’s not because of a super strong dislike towards Google itself but because I want to support the competition.

intensely_human ,

I don’t hate Google

atro_city ,

If Nazis made a great product, would you start supporting Nazis?

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