It’s Doony<p>I stopped using Google services a while ago.<br><br>I’ve written in the past about my <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/goodbyegoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodbyeGoogle</span></a> story. All part of me trying to leaving Big Tech behind.<br><br>I’m getting there.<br><br>I have a domain through which I run my own instance of Nextcloud, to replace Google Drive.<br><br>The other domain I set up to use for email and other services (albeit it’s via Apple).<br><br>In fact, apart from YouTube, my Google account is unused for anything else.<br><br>So, why have I received an email from Google advising me to verify my own domain as my recovery email?<br>How is Google even aware of this?<br><br>Rhetorical question, I suppose!<br><br>Here is my current tech stack:<br><br>* Storage - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a><br>* Photos - Apple Photos<br>* Email - My own domain (currently via Apple Mail)<br>* Maps - Apple Maps<br>* Browser - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> (MacBook) <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/quichebrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quichebrowser</span></a> (iPhone and iPad)<br>* Search - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a><br>* Social Media - <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/gotosocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoToSocial</span></a><br><br><a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://gts.doony.me/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a></p>