Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by LightG 1746 days ago
Reason 421 to ditch Google. They have a couple of things I find handy, but wouldn't trust them with my data if they paid for it (and they don't).

It's not that I inherently don't trust them with privacy (though why should I?), it's the constant bullsh!t and bait and switch.

And even that, I tried to pay them for something the other day (I felt I had to while I considered other options), for the pleasure of paying them, they wanted my passport, utility bill and other details. Erm, nope.

They've collectively taken a dive off the deep end.

I never felt I'd get to a place where I feel I trust Windows on a laptop more than I trust Google.

/endrant

1 comments

Funnily enough I trust them to keep my data safe more than pretty much any provider.

Safe from everyone except themselves (google) of course, but then I litterally cant think of any provider/person I trust to not read stuff I put on their computer.

I don't. Just a few hours ago I noticed I started getting a bunch of guitar-related ads (like courses) after searching last night for a list of all the existing Guitar Hero guitars.