Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one
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With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

  • JC1@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    For Gmail, I switched to fastmail. For google photos, I switched for immich.

    The services that I still use from them are google maps, YouTube and SSO. They are all services that I wouldn’t mind them shutting down. It’s just that I find them much better than any alternatives.

      • JC1@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I installed this week, so I’m not a long time user. But it’s by far the best self hosted photo app that I’ve used. Before that I used nextcloud, but the user experience isn’t as good Imo.

        The only things that I miss are automatic albums based on face recognition and pet recognition. I still use google photo to share with family though.

    • pureness@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      For SSO, are you talking about Google Authenticator? I was able to switch to Aegis, which is just an open source alternative, but does the same thing, except you are not forced to back up to Google.

      • JC1@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        This is TOTP. I use my password manager for that. I used to use Bitwarden, but I recently switched to 1password.

        SSO means single sign on. If I sign on to Google, it automatically sign me on other apps. I use a forward auth on my self hosted services. I used to use authentik but I switched to google since it just works much better. If Google makes a shitty move in that department, I can always fall back to authentik.

        I don’t mind using proprietary softwares if they’re good, I just prefer to think about an alternative in case I need to switch.