I’m working on degoogling and moving away from major tech companies. I’m really curious what others here are using instead — especially for everyday tools and services.

What do you use for things like:

1.Email

2.Cloud storage / file sync

3.Maps & navigation

4.Search engine

5.Web browser

6.Calendar

7.Contacts management

8.Notes / to-do lists

9.Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.)

10.Messaging / chat

11.Video calling

12.Social media / microblogging RSS reader / news

13.Music streaming / podcast app

14.Video streaming / YouTube alternative

15.Password manager

16.VPN / DNS / Firewall

17.Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs)

18.App store / APKs

19.Photo backup / gallery

20.Weather

21.Smart assistant (if any)

22.Anything else you’ve replaced?

Would love to hear about your setup — both what works well and any trade-offs you’ve had to make. Always looking for better FOSS or privacy-friendly alternatives

  • JAdsel@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    1 day ago

    This is using a combo of a phone running GrapheneOS, and Linux on desktop. It’s an ongoing process.

    1. Infomaniak KMail for anything that matters. I do still have a couple of Gmail accounts, and have continued to use one of them to give out publicly and catch spam. FairEmail as a mobile client for them all. Infomaniak’s webmail is decent, and I just use it on desktop.
    2. Infomaniak KDrive / just physical backups. Considering self-hosting Nextcloud for some of it. KDE Connect helps with syncing across devices.
    3. OsmAnd~ / OpenStreetMap where practical. I do occasionally resort to Google Maps on an old Android phone for navigation.
    4. Mostly been using my distros instance of SearX on desktop, DuckDuckGo elsewhere.
    5. Firefox still on mobile / preferably FireDragon on desktop / Vanadium is also good on mobile, but I missed the easy cross-device syncing.
    6. Strictly local data Fossify Calendar on mobile, importing and sending .ics events as need be.
    7. Don’t really have a need for contacts management outside of phone contacts and e-mail.
    8. My own ad hoc ADHD Brain workaround setup that probably wouldn’t transfer well. Quillpad looks good on mobile though, with Nextcloud sync to take it across platforms.
    9. LibreOffice whenever I do need anything like that these days, with KDrive sharing as required.
    10. Matrix. Using a public homeserver that runs a bridge to Google Chat (among other services), with my partner still using GChat exclusively.
    11. Rarely comes up, but probably also Matrix with the bridges.
    12. Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit, besides obviously Lemmy. I don’t really do social media these days.
    13. Spotify. Prefer downloading/ripping and keeping MP3s locally.
    14. Mainly still YouTube, but through Revanced where possible. One of the biggest gaps in other viable services right now.
    15. AuthPass cross platform. Using the same format as KeePass, but I prefer their client.
    16. Mullvad /AdGuard DNS on my phone, Cloudflare on desktop / Whatever my partner currently has set up on the network now plus my own firewalld configuration at home
    17. Mostly stock GrapheneOS
    18. F-Droid / Aurora / (Sandboxed) Play Store only where the others won’t do it.
    19. Still need to get the archive away from Google. Considering just organizing locally with Immich, just doing local backups for a couple years now.
    20. DMI / Vädret apps (more useful locally), KDE’s built-in weather widget on desktop.
    21. We avoid “smart” anything in this house. The closest is Xiaomi’s (Graphene sandboxes) app handling the robovac.
    22. It’s not Google specific, but I have personally been leaning toward FOSS software storing data locally wherever I reasonably can.