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It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Would you be able to let us know the services you used, the replacements, and how did the migration process work?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Here are the things I replaced my Google/Microsoft/Meta services with:

  • Tuta(nota): Email
  • Nextcloud: Cloud
  • Typst: LaTeX/Docs alternative
  • LineageOS: Degoogled Android rom
  • Aurora Store: Google Play Store alternative
  • NewPipe, Odysee, Peertube: YouTube alternatives
  • Firefox: Chrome/Chromium alternative
  • SearXNG: Meta search engine
  • Linux/BSD: Windows alternatives
  • Bitwarden: Password manager & 2FA client
  • OpenStreetMaps (OsmAnd): Google maps replacement
  • LibreTranslate, Deepl: Google translate alternative
  • Signal, SimpleX, Briar, Matrix: chat and group organization

DO NOT FORGET TO MIGRATE ACCOUNTS BEFORE DELETING

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

StreetComplete is a great app to help contribute to OpenStreetMaps

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Proton for email and cloud storage. Graphenos on a pixel 7a for phone. Phone spps from aurora and fdroid. Kagi.com paid search engine too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Seconded.

Without a single word on replacements for email, calendar, phone, etc... this post is pretty much useless to everyone else than the OP.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I replaced most of that with proton mail and grapheme is which ironically requires a pixel

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No sandboxed Google Play services yet? Can be challenging without.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

not sure if this helps, but i believe using a separate android profile/user is the same as sandboxing, although less convenient

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

See above. Plus I use Thunderbird for calendar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Great, thanks!

How does Thunderbird work for you wrt to sharing calendars with others (eg. family) and syncing with eg. an Outlook calendar?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I only use Thunderbird calendar for myself so I don't know. Proton includes a calendar offering in their package but I have not tried it yet.