| ▲ | JXL34 3 days ago | |
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en-US The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason . At any time, your account can be terminated without explanation and without warning by the service. The Agreement explains they will disclose personal data about you if it is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law and government requests. The service can read your private emails . The Service is able to access, scan, review or read all user communications, including private messages, which may contain personal or sensitive data. Per the service's terms, users may not express negative opinions about them . Criticising, questioning, making objections or complaints about the Service, its staff or anything related to it is prohibited and constitutes a breach of the Terms. Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world . Your data is stored all over the world, including in countries where data protection rules may differ from the ones of the service's jurisdiction or those of your country jurisdiction. You are tracked via device fingerprinting . Tracking technologies (such as web beacons, tracking pixels...) are employed on users and/or the service assigns a unique ID to a browser or device to track its behaviour. Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you . The Agreements can be updated at any time, including in a way that negatively affects user rights, without notifying before or after the changes. Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage. . The Service infers your acceptance from your continued usage, instead of prompting you to read the new Terms and asking for direct consent. This doesn’t apply to services that have no way to seek consent from users through their contact details or an account. Per the service's terms, users may not express negative opinions about them . Criticising, questioning, making objections or complaints about the Service, its staff or anything related to it is prohibited and constitutes a breach of the Terms. | ||
| ▲ | johnisgood 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
Thank you for summing it up. Now, why do people still buy and/or use Google products? Lack of care? Lack of availability (Android vs iOS)? Not that Apple is that much better. Seems like we are f*cked from all fronts. Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. We really need better alternatives with similar prices (and we need people to somehow care and care enough to switch, but we would need a network effect). For example, for a phone, I would buy Librem, but their hardware sucks and it is too pricey. https://github.com/geraldohomero/best-foss-alternatives https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/w6w7x7/awesomepri... https://codeberg.org/hydis/awesome-alternatives https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy There was a better site but I cannot find it right now. Can anyone remember? It has "privacy" (or something like that) in the URL (or domain, even). Additionally, with Chat Control coming to effect soon enough in EU, among other laws passed in various countries like UK and Australia, we really are losing our freedom and privacy. Sad times ahead (with an already sad present). | ||