An alternative to keeping residing country in check is, Degoogling. I mean to say, express and imply to get rid of Google entirely. Replace it with FOSS (Free Open Source Software) this not only free but most respect your privacy as well.
I keep looking for ways to do that but...
I use Google professionally (GCP) and în a personal level I still haven't found a global service for audio books that is a) subscription free and b) has decent device availability with reasonable prices which could replace playbooks for me.
DO wants to be but it will take years for it to catch up. On a personal development level I have used DO but professionally I use GCP mostly because their GKE and Athos services are in a different universe than any competition.
It takes a lot of work to make up for what competitors lack, usually money that my customers won't invest.
On the audio books side, I just care for audio books as long as there is no subscription involved and from what I read, Spotify's service comes with a subscription.
I only use a couple of Google services. However, I still have an android phone and replacing everything is a bit more difficult with all the integrations there. I would like to drop them all if possible!
I've been doing this as well.
Firefox instead of Chrome
OceanHero instead of Google Search
ProtonMail instead of Gmail
Borum Jot instead of Google Keep
An alternative to keeping residing country in check is, Degoogling. I mean to say, express and imply to get rid of Google entirely. Replace it with FOSS (Free Open Source Software) this not only free but most respect your privacy as well.
I keep looking for ways to do that but...
I use Google professionally (GCP) and în a personal level I still haven't found a global service for audio books that is a) subscription free and b) has decent device availability with reasonable prices which could replace playbooks for me.
Isn't DigitalOcean the same niche as GCP?
For audio books, Spotify announced a podcast/audio-streaming platform this week
DO wants to be but it will take years for it to catch up. On a personal development level I have used DO but professionally I use GCP mostly because their GKE and Athos services are in a different universe than any competition.
It takes a lot of work to make up for what competitors lack, usually money that my customers won't invest.
On the audio books side, I just care for audio books as long as there is no subscription involved and from what I read, Spotify's service comes with a subscription.
In any case, I have a rule that for software development/professional work it is fine to use Big Tech products.
I only use a couple of Google services. However, I still have an android phone and replacing everything is a bit more difficult with all the integrations there. I would like to drop them all if possible!
I've been doing this as well.
Firefox instead of Chrome
OceanHero instead of Google Search
ProtonMail instead of Gmail
Borum Jot instead of Google Keep
Rob,
Check this sight out.
octoplusbox.com/en/products/frp-tool/
Before you choose to get it see if your device is compatible!!