Using Orbit to manage the Google accounts I didn't want

TL;DR: Orbit runs each of your Google accounts in its own isolated WebKit session inside one native Mac window, for $89 one time instead of the $50 to $200 a year the alternatives want. It exists because you can de-Google yourself but you can't de-Google your father. The catch is that it only works as long as Google keeps letting Mac apps sign in, and passkey-only and Advanced Protection accounts already can't. The Google Accounts I Didn't Ask For My opinion of big tech companies has hardened over the years. Their business models turned into anti-privacy juggernauts, so I started pulling away from them. In January 2025, after using Gmail for twenty years, I downloaded my entire archive, deleted every message off their servers and moved to Fastmail. Drive went to Koofr. Search went to Kagi. Gemini got replaced by ChatGPT. I left the empty account open since it linked me to a lot of legacy logins and contacts. Then, nine months later, I became responsible for managing the affairs of my…