Basically outside of Youtube I don’t use any Google service. Started by migrating to Kagi search, and while it requires a subscription, its a price I am willing to pay for a search engine that actually work good.
Everything else I use a mix of FOSS and subscription services.
As an alternative you can self host wefwef so that should alleviate some of the concerns
Currently using it on my ipad and it’s actually really good. Don’t care if it’s not a native app, it’s still very performant and usable
Currently writing this from WefWef. Thanks for the suggestion, it’s really a great app
I still have to try that, I use Lemmy (and Reddit before) exclusively od the iPad. But based on what’s on the Girhub page, it looks like it works on a PC