That’s why I have decided for myself that 2015 is going to be the year I’m claiming my digital independence. And I start with moving away from as many Google products as I can.

Here’s a list of my personal golden cage I have created with Google products:

GMail. I started using it when I was 14. Since then I piled up 9.55GB of Mails through multiple accounts.

Android. Already owning my third Android phone. Downgraded from a Galaxy S4 to a Motorola Moto E. Auto-syncing photos to Picasa.

Chrome. Heavily using Chrome on mobile as well as on my Linux. Chrome is my go-to tool for working as a web developer and finding stupid GIFs on the web. I love how my bookmarks are synced between devices.

Drive. Since first discovering Google Docs I’ve never looked back to MS Word (well, LibreOffice actually).

Google search. When googling for Capybara I’m mostly stuck with a red test suite, and not zoological problems. Okay, sometimes I look at capybaras for real. And rich snippets are pretty kick-ass too.