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You asked a question, I'm in the obligation of answering it.
I am aware that what I am about to write is going to make ne sound, to say the least, a bit paranoid but it is how I opted to navigate in the current computer crazed world, where personal convenience is a default argument.
I distrust anything I can't have a certain degree of control over. I don't use cloud services (it's someone else's computer, not mine), I don't use Google Maps, Android Auto, Speech Recognition, backup services, etc. I also kneecap as far as I am capable to the convenience services in my phone and when I manage to get a phone I can load with a non-Google OS, I will. I do without and I am happy as it is.
Regarding passwords, I do not use password managers. At best, I'll use my browser to store a few and even then only if its low risk accesses. The rest I commit to memory and paper. It doesn't slow or hinder my daily life, I'm a functional member of society and deal daily with people that would consider me unbalanced if I told them the extensions I go to in order to preserve a small amount of my privacy.
I don't evangelize. If it works for others, good for them. I does not for me.
You're not alone on this boat, mate.