It is very easy to get rid of Google, at least for the kind of person on HN.
Search -> DuckDuckGo
Drive -> Own networked file server
Phone -> Flash Graphene on your Pixel
Browser -> Firefox
Email -> Host your own (this is the hardest)
Youtube -> uBlock Origin (for Firefox), logged out
The last one isn't really a replacement, but Google certainly isn't making any money. Now do the same with Apple and Microsoft by running Linux on your machines and you are close to 100% free of big tech.
Search -> DuckDuckGo
Drive -> Own networked file server
Phone -> Flash Graphene on your Pixel
Browser -> Firefox
Email -> Host your own (this is the hardest)
Youtube -> uBlock Origin (for Firefox), logged out
The last one isn't really a replacement, but Google certainly isn't making any money. Now do the same with Apple and Microsoft by running Linux on your machines and you are close to 100% free of big tech.