sadly no :(
Since you've ran your own server before, you know more than I do. Are there no good open source alternatives?

Absolutely. I think I'm off of everything Google where I have control.

You know what is possible? Not using their services. I stopped and its not impossible to to do.

We all do. And we all need to encrypt. And we need to fight for legislation protecting everyones internet traffic so that the little guy doesn't get abused.

a pretty clear indicator of which side of history google is on is the fact that I asked gemini "Who won the 2020 presidential election?" and it would refuse to answer. I have screen grabs of this happening, as well as microsofts CoPilot doing the exact same thing.

Its not a search engine, its an advertisement engine.
Its not free products, its surveillance capitalism selling YOU, and everyone you love, like a piece of meat.

Yes. I have done it. Google is trying to shut down the ability to run apps outside of the playstore for android. (they pushed for that last year, but then reversed it) Now is the time to de-google your life.

This is still happening because everyone with power still thinks that blackmail is a virtue.