My journey away from Google all started because I setup r/pihole on my LAN it’s amazing how much less clutter you feel when every other thing you see on the internet isn’t an ad. That is how I am trying to get away from the Google, I would close my account but I rely on YouTube.
I had it temporarily setup to forward any emails to a hidemy address, not sure if it still does but I haven’t noticed any weird emails from it for a bit. I had already set it up so that gmail would delete things that had not been opened for over a year or two, but I exported everything (you know just in case) and put an automatic reply on saying the email is no longer checked. I exported everything I had on Google drive and merged it with files on my iCloud. My friend procrastination says those memes are to good to let go, that I am beautiful and shouldn’t delete selfies, that history means something to me, or finally the world is beautiful and pictures should be saved always! I merged all of the photos I had on Google photos with those I have on Apple’s iCloud photos, and deleted all the photos from Google. I am a hoarder of photos as well, I try to combat it but than I just stop.
