While compiling the I realized something — I'd listed not a single one from Google. Long Range Shooting Simulation 2. It was something of a shock. Previously I'd had Gmail and Google Maps, Google+ and Hangouts, YouTube and Google Search. I'd even been using apps they'd acquired, like Snapseed.

TAKE ME ON YOUR BUGGY lyrics! They be like you what can you take me on your buggy you know why everybody likes muddy and all.

After setting up my iPhone 6 Plus as new, however, and downloading apps only as I needed them, after close to 3 weeks, I still hadn't needed a single Google app. So what happened? • Gmail: I use iCloud for my personal email but we have Google Accounts for Mobile Nations.

Gmail doesn't handle the calendars I need anyway, so I set it up as Google Sync (aka Exchange ActiveSync). It works far, far better than Google's eccentric IMAP implementation, and while calendars are still needlessly whacky to set up, everything syncs quickly. Plus, I get a universal inbox, which the Gmail app can't provide. • Google Maps: I'd been using Google Maps because they provided better search results. Sometime earlier this year, however, Google stopped announcing the exit numbers, at least in my area. They also started getting the names of the exists wrong. Montreal has goofy street names as it is, and our highway system is one of the oldest on the continent.