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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which things integrate with Chrome? Name them.

Do you actually know what you're talking about?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Y'all are picking at every word. It's also gmail links.

The wallet. The lens The hotspot The nearby share Asking me to save every password/login/id to the accounts on the phone. Messing up which account on the phone does what.

And yes, as you all have so brilliantly pointed out I can use another OS, and another browser, and another share app/drive.

It almost sounds like I should just ditch the phone with that brand if I'm going to go through all this trouble avoiding it natively

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What are you going to replace it with then? Avoiding vendor lock-in on an iPhone isn't nearly as easy, and every Android smartphone is the same regarding the behavior of Google services.

At least you have the option of avoiding Google.