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There is a world of difference between using Google applications running on your phone and using their search engine compared to some of my email ending up in their servers.

Any ad blocker blocks their scripts, that's why its in my list below.

But if you don't see the difference, I can't explain it any better than I just did.

^This.

Is it really worth the effort if you have to conduct your online life like a spy in a foreign land?

Where any mis-config or 'you missed a step' could expose you.

Your logic is basically "unless you can avoid Google seeing any trace of you online, just let them see every single thing you do".

> @gmail.com address

Doesn't need to be, tons of people use G Suite. you'd have to be checking MX records.