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I'm curious because I see a ton of Google hate on here daily. It's certainly not all unwarranted, and I do agree with some of the privacy concerns.

That being said I do very much enjoy their products. Gmail, Photos, Chrome, Gemini, Home, Assistant, YouTube, Pixel phones, etc... I've tried out many of the alternatives but always come back to their ecosystem.

Curious as to how many of you here on the fedi use Google products without the common associated angst from the FOSS community.

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[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

it's the user experience that makes me hate Google more than anything. "oh hey, come use our unified ecosystem, it's so much better because it's all Google" but as soon as you have a problem with Google Voice on your Google Pixel using your Google operating system, every fucking department tells you that it's another department's problem.

they gutted multitasking after Android 10 because they were afraid it might cut into their YouTube music profits. they're just turning off their shortened URLs next year. they refuse to update Google Voice in any way. every time I've trusted them with something, they've broken that trust

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