ask HN:Are we locking ourselves in the Google ecosystem?

Only if you choose to. There are alternatives for everything Google offers.

https://tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list

Europe specific: https://european-alternatives.eu/

Canada specific: https://engageq.notion.site/unplug-full

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We already did ,but i think with time it is getting diluted,with eu ruling,other ai becoming better, where it main products like chrome slowly getting ( ads) less revenue.but some area still strong if you use playstore that is google ecosystem,its cloud is also strong but there are alternative for almost all ,it is just habit we are not trying different.

i think SSO logins aur google workspace is feeding the "lock in" part. shifting from that feels like a hassle