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Zach Epstein
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If you're a longtime reader of this site, you probably know how much I love Google's various apps and services because I talk about it all the time. If it were up to me, pretty much every app on my iPhone would be a Google app. I use Gmail for all of my work and personal email, Google Photos to back up all of my images and free up storage on my handset, Google Maps and Waze to navigate, Google Drive to access files in the cloud, Google Voice for all of my work calls, Google Calendar, and plenty more. In fact, I don't even open Safari on my iPhone anymore because I just use the main Google search app instead. Is Google "evil"? Sure, if you want to call it that. Google is an advertising company and it makes money by using your personal data to serve targetted ads. That's how you pay for all of Google's free services. If you're overly concerned about privacy and you think Google cares enough about you personally to use this data in some nefarious way, the solution is simple: don't use Google services. Personally, I'm happy to hand over my data, which is also used to personalize my app and service experiences in so many great ways. Thanks for being so evil, Google!
Earlier this week, a rumor popped up suggesting that Apple is considering allowing iPhone users to set third-party apps as their default apps in iOS. My heart might've skipped a beat. My dream is for Google to completely take over my iPhone, and that would be a big step toward making that dream a reality. Why not switch to Android, you ask? I'd love to, but Apple's hardware and software integrations across devices are just too good to be without. Thankfully, all of Google's best apps and services are available on iOS, and that includes one app in particular that wows me each and every time I use it.
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