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It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Good job. Do Microsoft and Amazon next.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You can actually use windows without an account. When installing windows, they will force you to log in. But If you simply use an account that has been blocked it will create a local user instead of an online user. People use [email protected] and it works well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the tip!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Or, when it looks like you no longer have a choice, click Back and you will then be given that choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Or just don't connect the PC to the internet during the installation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I feel like Amazon would be easier than MS and Google, wouldn't it?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Yep, after you realize the majority of the stuff you can buy of Amazon is mass produced trash with zero quality. It was easy to remove.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah. Deleting accounts, easy enough. Boycotting, much less-so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Microsoft is already done same with google I have like one niche product that I have not found a place outside of lime a singular stellar on Amazon to buy from

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

but i don't want to lose my ability to play minecraft

(yes i know about minetest)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It was a hard decision for me to not migrate my mojang account, but it felt better after the deadline officially passed.

Just pirate it and play or host pirated servers. (You already paid for it anyway)