• BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I removed all google photos last year, signed up to Proton for mail, drive, calendar l, password manager and vpn.

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        1 year ago

        Now finalize it by:

        1. Requesting data exports of all they have on you
        2. Deleting all data you can on your account
        3. Deleting your actual Google account

        Did that a few years ago, no regrets :)

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          i have done 1 and 2. 3 they make more difficult since you meed a google account for the playstore, unless you run the aurora store on some alternate OS. Fdroid is my spot for many apps, but sometimes for work I need access to Playstore apps

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          Yes, it meant exporting out of google and uploading to folders. They have slowly been releasing new apps as the years go on so I’m hoping for a full sync app for galleries to their drive. in the meantime a selfhoated immich server is the answer to the Gphotos functions.