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Google may let you choose which of its services are linked, thanks to EU
(www.androidauthority.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
you can definitely back up apps and most files using adb and a computer, and probably even your phone itself by doing adb over the network back to your phone
also, i think there's a way of setting up a different location provider in the developper setings on android!