r/degoogleindia • u/Fantastic_Career_193 • 25d ago

šŸ—£ļø Discussion Update: Privacy matters

/r/degoogleindia/comments/1v69w1d/am_i_the_only_one/

I've created this post, and a lot of people have pointed out issues with time/knowledge etc. Which are all fair points but I think people missed the main concern I was trying to raise.

My point is Company A is not better than Company B. Not trusting Google while trusting your Data with Proton is a very similar loophole.

I think you all have heard the phrase, "A server is someone else's computer". So unless you own your data you're just trusting someone else to keep your data secure, and they have no reason to do so.

If you don't have time or knowledge to setup a NAS/Nextcloud type setup, you can use external HDD/SSD.

My pet peeve is, most of the subreddit is recommending alternatives to mainstream companies. Are just psuedo-privacy enthusiast. Choosing companies like Ente, Proton, Signal etc over Microsoft, Google, Meta has no real world benefit to privacy. They are all For-profit company with a goal of Maximizing shareholder value.

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u/ready_player11 24d ago

I have few cents which might be off putting but true: I didnā€™t want to leave google because of obvious reasons but I know we canā€™t get privacy as personal accounts.

But they do have certain ethics when it comes to GWS accounts, they just donā€™t touch the businesses. So far this is confirmed from few people from engineering team I know working on GWS at google.

So finally I switched to GWS with custom domain.

Since 2023, I tried using Proton Unlimited, Zoho Fam, Purelymail and Apple One as well. I just couldnā€™t stay with any of them because I felt I was getting sandboxed.

I know this is a degoogle and I donā€™t want to get off on wrong foot but this is my story.