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All this enshittification lately really inspires me to de-google.
You don't have to look at reducing your Google use as a monumental effort. You can slowly transfer, minimise the number of services you use.
Simple - Switch your default search provider to Duck Duck Go.
Easy - Switch to Firefox
Mid - export your documents from Google Drive
Complex - Transfer your primary email to another provider.
I actually think switch email wasn't too bad (just take it slow!). It's Google Drive I actually don't have a good replacement for.
That and Google Photos.
Suggestions welcome.
Pretty much any other cloud, OneDrive can do all that docs stuff if you need it.
Pro solution: buy a NAS, many of them do have online office suites (like, for example, Synology), and stop depending on the cloud in the first place.