[andrewjf]

being "hard-over on privacy" and regularly using google services is an astounding level of cognitive dissonance.

[eimrine]

Is Apple or Microsoft any better? Not using google services is more than "hard-over on privacy", it is almost being off-grid.

[mark_l_watson]

Except, I only use services I pay for and set tight privacy settings.

EDIT: sorry for the initial short reply, your comment deserved a more reasoned response: I build my digital life on two primary service providers:

Proton: mail, cloud storage, and Luma private LLM chat (integrated web search tool with a strong Mistral model: my default tool that replaces plain web searches, 90% of my routine ‘LLM chat’ use)

Google: Gemini APIs, occasional use of Gemini for deep research, very occasional use of AntiGravity for coding using Claude and Gemini models, YouTube Plus for entertainment (philosophy talks, nature videos, Qi Gong exercise, etc. etc.)

Also some use of:

DuckDuckGo: when I still do web search, DDG is my default.

[AlexeyBelov]

No, it's not. At least argue your point in more detail, don't stop at "just saying stuff".