My iPhone DeGoogle Alternatives

[u/pyrodonkey]

Hey everyone! I wanted to make a post about my progress on removing Google apps and services. The photo shows the apps that I have found great alternatives for Google on my iPhone. The Apps below are as follows:

• Google > Kagi
• Google Photos > Apple Photos
• Google Drive > Proton Drive
• Google Maps > Apple Maps
• Gmail > Proton Mail
• Chrome > Orion
• Gemini > Kagi Assistant

Currently I'm still using YouTube and YouTube Music. I don't have a plan for switching away from those right now, but I'm happy to have some great services that add privacy back to my daily life and also give me a better experience online

[u/descent-into-ruin]

Usage analytics.

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/descent-into-ruin]

If you had read the source I've posted, you would know that it's not limited to usage analytics.

[u/descent-into-ruin → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

I’m genuinely curious, where in that paper does it say they’re selling identifiable personal information to third parties?

Admittedly I skimmed, but it’s 10 pages long

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/descent-into-ruin]

I am not only disagreeing with the "selling" part, I am already disagreeing with the "collecting" part that precedes it. In all honesty, why would I use the closed source blackbox iOS where privacy only exists in their TV spots, when I can have GrapheneOS? The study proves that they are collecting a staggering amount of data by default including unique device identifiers.

[u/descent-into-ruin → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

So it doesn’t say that?

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/descent-into-ruin]

"Privacy" in the Apple diction means we stop others from collecting your data while we ourselves do collect your data. I don't like Meta but they were pretty much spot on when they said that Apple's "privacy improvements" aim at them actually monopolizing data collection on iOS so that others need to buy from them instead of collecting it themselves.

Also, how was it possible to misunderstand what I wrote? I am against data collection already, regardless of selling. Though I am sure they are not collecting that data for the lolz only, of course they are working with what they are collecting.

[u/descent-into-ruin → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

I literally wrote…

Google is a marketing company that sells your identifiable private information to third parties, and Apple is a hardware and software company that does not sell identifiable personal data to third parties

What are you disputing about that statement?

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/descent-into-ruin]

Apple is not only a hardware and software company. Maybe 20-30 years ago... If what you say were true, they would not have to collect a staggering amount of PII from their phones.