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It’s Doony<p>I stopped using Google services a while ago.<br><br>I’ve written in the past about my <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/goodbyegoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodbyeGoogle</span></a> story. All part of me trying to leaving Big Tech behind.<br><br>I’m getting there.<br><br>I have a domain through which I run my own instance of Nextcloud, to replace Google Drive.<br><br>The other domain I set up to use for email and other services (albeit it’s via Apple).<br><br>In fact, apart from YouTube, my Google account is unused for anything else.<br><br>So, why have I received an email from Google advising me to verify my own domain as my recovery email?<br>How is Google even aware of this?<br><br>Rhetorical question, I suppose!<br><br>Here is my current tech stack:<br><br>* Storage - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a><br>* Photos - Apple Photos<br>* Email - My own domain (currently via Apple Mail)<br>* Maps - Apple Maps<br>* Browser - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> (MacBook) <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/quichebrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quichebrowser</span></a> (iPhone and iPad)<br>* Search - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a><br>* Social Media - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/gotosocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoToSocial</span></a><br><br><a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> is off to a great start with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protondocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protondocs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> is my go to for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cloudstorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloudstorage</span></a> and now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/docs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>docs</span></a> </p><p>Can't wait to see what else is coming!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thanksproton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thanksproton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goodbyegoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodbyegoogle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collaboration</span></a></p>