If your employer forced you to either use Google or Microsoft or some other tech company (Apple, Samsung, etc.) what would be a better choice?

Which company is more compliant in terms of privacy or generally better and why?

I was thinking about Google since there were new regulations enforced by government and at least I don’t have to pay for Google Docs, unlike Microsoft where I pay and I’m still spied on.

  • Platform27@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If I had to pick one, I’d pick whichever is going to conform better with the team. Then only use that ecosystem and hardware, for work.

    Taking that option off the table, and I was considering which one is better… Google is the easy winner. Google has some pretty decent toggles, with (most) settings having documentation. They also support E2EE for business clients. Google also has a pretty good history of data security. In comparison it feels like MicroSoft has a big vulnerability announced at least once a year.

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    1 year ago

    They’re all kinda shit for privacy so I prefer to choose based on who locks me into their ‘ecosystem’ the least, which I’d argue is Google