Want to cut down info Google has on you? Ditch Chrome, Search on mobiles

Putting a price on the Google apps, against a promise of no data collection, would quickly show which of them are viable

On Tuesday, Google proposed a remedy to comply with a July European Commission ruling that came with a $5 billion fine. The proposal confirms the validity of the European antitrust regulators' complaint: The search giant really wants consumers to use only two of its mobile apps -- Google Search and Google Chrome. That's a good reason not to use them.  

"The pre-installation of Google Search and Chrome together with our other apps helped us fund the development and free distribution of Android," Google said, adding that phone manufacturers will have to pay for preinstalling the other Google apps without these