Here’s a scary thought: Google probably knows me better than my own mother. Between my emails in Gmail, images in Photos, all my online searches, personal Gemini conversations, files stored in my Drive account, and all the data the company collects from other Google apps I use, it can create a surprisingly accurate profile of me. The more it gets to know me, the better it gets at showing me ads that may grab my attention, which in turn will boost their profits. I get the business behind it, I just don’t like it.
I want privacy. Period. Google won’t give it to me, so I started looking elsewhere. I already ditched Google Drive and Photos for Proton Drive, and while I was initially skeptical of moving away from Gmail since I just cleaned it up, Proton Mail quickly managed to convince me to jump ship, for several reasons.
