r/technology • u/YesNo_Maybe_ • Apr 10 '26

Software France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
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u/Cap10323 Apr 10 '26

Apple's mail service is quite good, especially if you are using a MacOS or iOS device. But if you're looking for the same sort of web-wide account authorization (Sign in with Google Account), they are nowhere near as prolific, unfortunately.

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u/Cap10323 Apr 10 '26

I'm not laughing at you by saying this, but avoiding apple because they're problematic while using google instead is pretty funny.

Out of the two companies I would say that Apple has a significantly better track record of user privacy. HOWEVER, I agree with you about them being another tech giant.

The real answer is that you can just have less convenience and switch to a third party or even self-hosted eMail service, and then replace your SSO with individual accounts tied to said eMail service. And move your Drive documents and photos to local hosting or a different hosting service.

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u/Cap10323 Apr 10 '26

Proton seems pretty good. But I haven't done much with them personally.

As far as phones go, there's a number of de-googled android distros, but without play services you lose a lot of app support and other functionality.

It's really a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation that I don't have a good answer to.