> On the other hand, I strongly distrust Google to maintain my data securely. As far as I can tell, aside from backwards compatibility/legacy reasons, the major reason people use Office 365, for better or worse, are issues like compliance and security.
Out of interest, why do you distrust google to maintain your data securely? Having done no actual research, my impression is that google has a pretty good record when it comes to security (though obviously not perfect).
* Android loses security updates after a short amount of time, with no notification to the user. Lots of people run insecure devices and have been susceptible to ransomware attacks.
* Chromebooks expire likewise. It does better on notifying users, but many Chromebook users can't afford to upgrade. Google has planned obsolesce to increase sales, but in a particularly security-unfriendly way.
* Google has a long history of withholding security features based on tiered enterprise pricing, especially with regards to Google Workspace / Google Docs. I understand tiered pricing, but having users intentionally be unable to trace back attacks is bad for the internet at large. I know cases where bad actors weren't traced down due to Google charging for basic security features.
... and so on.
I could step through minor issues, and I could give large numbers of them, but that'd be a blog post. That sort of general apathy for user security is omnipresent in Google's culture. Google has an excellent track record in its own corporate security, and is paranoid about IP and internal data. That doesn't translate to my IP and data.
A lot of this comes from looking at customers at statistics. My value to Google are my eyeballs. If my computer is compromised, and I switch vendors, Google's cost is one user's worth of ad revenue, which is a manageable risk. Google doesn't at all care about the security of its customers. Unfortunately, that attitude carries over to the B2B space, not to mention increasing risks to normal Google users.
Out of interest, why do you distrust google to maintain your data securely? Having done no actual research, my impression is that google has a pretty good record when it comes to security (though obviously not perfect).