<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I use Google for the calendar, but make only occasional use of GMail.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">I have this little game of seeing how much I can avoid handing over to Google.<div class="">So on my old phone, I only synchronized my calendar items with Google.</div><div class="">I avoided synching everything else, there was no need.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That was in the not-evil days: now it seems to be sync all or nothing.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Q: If I’m using a different mail client for non-Google email, will a sync with Google slurp up all my contacts anyway?</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m not about to replace my OS, but just curious:</div><div class=""> Are there versions of Android that don’t feed the Beast?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Victor</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>