@Google
I see many questions about how to export one's information out of
@Google
-- the Takeout product:
is useful (even if not exactly a drag-and-drop migration solution).
I'm done with
@Google
. I know many good individuals working there, but as a company they've irrevocably lost my trust. I'm "moving out". Here's why:
I've been reading Google's Gemini damage control posts. I think they're simply not telling the truth. For one, their text-only…
It's not an all-or-nothing choice (which sounds hopeless). It's about becoming more discerning about product-level risk/benefit analyses given the loss of trust.
In my case: directions from Maps? OK. Anything allowing for "editorial control"? Nope.
My personal priority list:
a) drop tools whose unbiased functioning is difficult for me to verify (clearly Gemini, but also Search, Assistant, News, etc...)
b) drop products where adversarial action could lock me out of other accounts (the clearest example is "Sign in with…
@mjuric
@Google
I'm fighting Takeout for a few days now. How to export data from GoogleDrive main dir (not subdirs)? On first try I got 60 GB of ZIPped photos... I have no idea where are they from.
@mjuric
I am a fan of a light governmental hand on trade. But when a corporation has revenue exceeding each of 25 US state GDPs, it is no longer merely a private entity but a rival power. Add to that control of communication & education, & consent can be manufactured, democracy gutted.