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Comment by rvz | Hacker News Reader

As long as Google is still leading in the browser market share, they do not care or give a shit and will never change.

So many people are harsh Google critics, yet still never use duckduckgo, don't try to migrate from gmail, or stick to firefox.

Complaining is easy, but apparently even small compromises like these are hard.

I use Firefox on desktop and mobile, I use DDG, stopped using Google Analytics but I sadly still use Gmail and Android. I degoogled the east things (e.g. GA and Chrome) but getting totally rid off Google is hard.

> getting totally rid off Google is hard

Sometimes impossible in my case. Google Drive is always used in any collaborative project; so is Google Colab and Google Meet. And I still have the instinctual drive to reach for Google Translate/Maps, because it's so easy to access (physically and mentally).

Google google google google google...

Google Meet is easy to replace. Look at jitsi or MiroTalk. Google Maps, not so much...

The very last Google service I still use is YouTube, and I'm looking to leave that very soon.

Firefox, kagi, and protonmail here.

F google.

Google are a monopoly, near-monopoly, or duopoly on the browser, search, maps, advertising, mobile, and mail.

The only regulatory action we've seen - supported on HN - is to go after their competitors.

There's very little barrier to changing to Firefox etc.

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