Google Cloud was also one of the first providers to offer confidential computing. Google also contributes a lot to open source and so Android has a lot of options and different ROMs to use. Compare that to the proprietary OSs like Microsoft and Apple. With Microsoft, no matter what I do they keep uploading my activity history of every App that I open just because I signed into the Microsoft Store to play Minecraft.
LOL!
So with this setting off, Google forgets the IP you use to sign in to your Google Drive and GMail account and doesn't use it to identify and track you across the estimated 80% of web sites that have embedded Google trackers? And you've verified this how? Did they show you their tracking source code?
It may be the case that they are not "spying" on you, but just because there is no proof of something happening, doesn't mean that it isn't happening. So this type of thinking is flawed.
> I can turn off all the history settings
Can you elaborate? Which settings specifically are you talking about? Are you seriously suggesting that google isn't keeping track of what you are watching or searching and tailoring your ads based on your activity?
> Google Drive offers some of the best storage
It's very convenient to use, yes!
> and you can encrypt your files
There goes your convenience. If you are encrypting your files, you might as well use any other major file storage service.
The little gnomes are watching me through the cracks in my ceiling. My psychologist told me my thinking is flawed, but I told them @ksd482 thinks their thinking is flawed cause they don't have proof otherwise.
> Are you seriously suggesting that google isn't keeping track of what you are watching or searching and tailoring your ads based on your activity?
I can't say for sure, but again that is what youtube-dl, Minitube, etc are for and VPNs. If you're liking, commenting, etc on videos of course they are probably going to be tailoring content based on what you're engaged in. They do have the option to remove all that though and to delete your feedback history.
> There goes your convenience. If you are encrypting your files, you might as well use any other major file storage service.
Google Drive really is the most convenient even with encryption, especially for something like rclone if you look at what is supported.
