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It's the opposite for me. I don't use Facebook or any of their subs (like instagram), but google is very difficult to get rid of: youtube and android have no viable replacements, maps has some unique selling points, and I notice that I even return to the search multiple times a week because I can't find something using ddg, bing, or another search engine. And of course half my email ends up in gmail inboxes because it's either to friends (gmail) or companies (google apps for business, or whatever it's called -- see mx records of half the companies you deal with).

Edit: oh yeah and of course analytics + youtube embedding + ads + like button (when still in use) + google maps embedding makes it very difficult to get around as well, even outside of directly using their products yourself...



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