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I deleted my Google account… (self.degoogle)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Betawhat to c/[email protected]

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... And damm it feels good! Before starting this step, I had to migrate to a better browser that respects privacy (Brave, because🖕Firefox, I mean Mozilla at this point doesn’t even want you to be safe on the web anymore!) And a better “Google-style” ecosystem (Proton is the best they have an email service, a calendar, a password manager and the holy drive).

The last step was YouTube. How to do without a Google account? Well, thanks to Piped + Yattee, the best combo I had a hard time finding. For those who do not know, Yattee is a great app that is an interface for Piped on Apple devices, besides, do you consider Apple to be respectful of privacy?

In short, today I am the happiest of men.

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[–] mypasswordis1234 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

do you consider Apple to be respectful of privacy?

Please read about the iOS 17.5 bug. It's very interesting and should clear up any doubts you have in terms of "Apple privacy".

If you don't want to bother looking, you can click here

In short - the iOS 17.5 update has started restoring people's old photos that they permanently "deleted" from their device and iCloud. Some even had photos of previous device owners restored. A Redditor's record shows photos restored from 10 years ago.