I got my gmail account in the year 2001. If they ever ask me for any kind of age verification, that will be the day I delete it all. What they’re doing isn’t about protecting kids or age verification at all. Its about surveiling every nuance of every person’s life in order to extract the most possible profit from it.
I’ve migrated over to Proton, but haven’t quite finished migrating accounts I never log into yet to my current email. About 90% of the email they goes to my gmail account now is for other people that share my name and inadvertently made accounts with my email address. I know of at least four distinct individuals that have used my gmail address for personal and professional accounts and group emails.
The most interesting one was a prototype formula for a new toothpaste that was being discussed.
What is “outdated” in phones these days?
I’ve been rocking a used Pixel 8 Pro that I picked up for $200. I put Graphene on it right away. I don’t feel like I’m missing anything. Graphene is so stripped down and minimalistic that I don’t feel like a newer phone would in any way enhance my experience. I don’t install anything that touches google, microsoft, or a techbro ai company, so a special ai processor doesn’t mean anything to me.
Performance is good. Battery life is great.