To those mails I still have to respond in google mail. There are things that are not perfect - like accepting appointments, which I still want to show up in my Google calendar. The data in the other clouds are still there, but I am going to delete it all soon. The next step was copying all my files from Dropbox, GDrive, and so on to. I already updated all my accounts/logins to the new email address. I started with my emails - gmail is still running and forwards all incoming emails, so I wont miss anything. There are enough affordable options and you do not have to migrate everything at once. Then start to use the new email service, while keeping the old one. The migration is something done in two steps: set up your alternative service, but also keep the old one (gmail/gdrive/calendar/.) running. It feels like pure freedom, putting a price tag on my personal data.

I should urgently get a) my mails out of my personal (non paying) Gmail account and b) get my associated photos out of Google Photos, mainly because of baby pictures which I cannot fathom to lose.

My old photos in google