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Life Without Google
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I wrote a story a while ago about my journey to rid myself of Google.
No more Big Tech for me.
In this story I’ll explain each element and what alternative I chose instead of the standard Google service.
Moving email was probably the biggest part of this.
It’s worth remembering that your email address is the key to almost your entire online life.
You need an email address to create online accounts.
Gmail is probably the most prolific of email providers, and if you use a Gmail address, then you need to find a way to move.
I already owned a domain, that I’ve had for years, so I decided to put it to good use.
Since I own the domain, it now doesn’t matter where I host it, and for starters, I’ve created my own iCloud account (which is something quite new).
I updated the DNS settings for the domain, and now all my emails come to my own email account.
I set…
