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      1 year ago

      Why not? There are a lot of things that can help people to give less data to Google: ad blocker, Firefox, Firefox with Google container, avoid using Gmail, avoid using YouTube…

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        You can plug all those holes, but your data is still leaking. And wait until Googles new Web Integrity API is implemented. They have a thousand tentacles that are grabbing data. You can cut off a hundred of them, but it really doesn’t make a difference.

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          Apart from the Firefox Google container (that’s available only on PC), all the rest can be achieve everywhere.

          Edit: I use Android, I just suppose that an AdBlocker can be used on iOS.

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            Google still has access to info on iOS. You pretty much have to use a TOR browser if you want to avoid Google even in iOS, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve found a way in through that.

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      GrapheneOS is the open source android OS on pixel hardware without any google binary blobs.

      The advantage of using it is Google develops and optimizes the OS so it works on their hardware. The GrapheneOS project compiles the source code, hardens some parts, and boom