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Several excellent applications currently offer comprehensive alternatives to Google services. What are your preferred applications at this time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by LEONARDE11@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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I'm slowly ditching Google lately. Always on the lookout for better options, so lemme know what you're using! 👌

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 106 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The graphic format doesn't do much for those looking to learn, if I don't already know the non-google icon or app this doesn't help. I understand the point of the post is to drive discussion but if the whole broader goal is to help people switch listing it out in text or labeling the icons at least would make it as useful as the other breakdowns we often see here that have lists by app/category are more useful.

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can anyone here legit write a list for that for me please (◕‿◕)?

[–] LEONARDE11@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

My bad.

Gmail -> Proton Mail
Chrome -> Fennec (Firefox fork)
Google Photos -> Immich (Self Hosted)
Google Calendar -> TickTick
Google Drive -> Filen
YouTube -> YouTube Revanced
WhatsApp -> Nekogram (Telegram fork)

[–] srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why recommend Telegram when, arguably, it's no better than WhatsApp?

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

WhatsApp is owned by Facebook which is reason enough to make a move.

[–] Delamcode@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Even if it’s not the best, it’s still better than Meta. Signal is better for privacy but is missing some features (not as powerful group chats, folders only on Android and only client side, no pinned messages, no polls - though if one answer is enough you can use reactions). Matrix is pretty good for that kind of thing.

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

US company but it's not Meta, which is already something. I would not recommend it though, when Matrix exists

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I suggest Ente Photos instead of Immich, if self-hosting is not something for you. It's also more feature complete, as Immich is still actively being built and bugs are expected.

[–] rpl6475@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately Ente is American so still has similar issues

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Issues like what? It's an open source project that you self-host, with end to end encryption. I don't see how it compares to sending your photos in plain view to Google.

[–] rpl6475@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Under US jurisdiction which at the moment is uncertain grounds. It's better than Google by far, but not a solution to be settled on in the long term.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago

Your own server where you self-host it isn't under US jurisdiction. It is quite expreme to be wary of open source projects just because the current main developers are based in the US. Sure, there is no guarantee Ente will remain good in the long term, but then there is neither for Immich.

[–] Delamcode@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve heard that Ente has fewer features (haven’t personally tried it though) and self hosting isn’t that bad… Immich can have bugs sometimes but never has broken anything majorly (once timelines broke, was fixed in the next version, nothing ever was deleted because of a bug) since I’ve been using it.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah self-hosting is not hard if you are technical, but the average person won't even entertain the idea.

I haven't tried Immich, I'm currently happy with Ente, and I'm planning to move to Immich (and see how it compares) once it's declared stable by the developers.

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[–] ItJustDonn@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I find that lists like this are often on GitHub, so it's worth adding that site to your search

Here's an example by Tycrek

Edit: found another by Pluja

You'll see overlap on the lists for good reason

[–] LEONARDE11@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Legendary 🙌👏

[–] trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Awesome Privacy looks goog. Need to explore.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Highly recommend Tuta instead of proton.

Proton has removed themselves from Mastodon after one of their heads sucked off trump and the Republican Party.

[–] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah, fuck whoever affiliates/promotes his agenda. Long live Tuta.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

That shitshow is EXACTLY why I went with Tuta instead of Proton

[–] TheTonDog@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, really!? And I've only just made the switch from Gmail 😓

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[–] tiny_hedgehog@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

What is the YouTube alternative? That’s what I’m struggling to find. I found PeerTube but couldn’t find much I’d like to watch.

ETA: I like videos like Veritasium and VSauce, Tom Scott, those kinds of things.

[–] jachymx@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Odysee and peertube, best instance on peertube is framatube :))

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 9 points 2 weeks ago

Not really. Framatube.org doesn’t allow registration. You should check out the pinned post at !peertube@lemmy.wtf about PeerTube platforms (instances).

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Check out the list of channels here: !peertube@lemmy.wtf

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for the share, didn't know about this. :-)

Subscribed!

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You have nebula, but that is paid.

Besides that, not much. Youtube has a way to powerful marketposition.

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[–] ThisGuyThat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nextcloud. Replaced drive, contacts, calendar, and their office. Basically all their groupware stuff with addituonal functionality. Davx5 on android to sync to nextcloud.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is the Way.

[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If only my uni email was not using gmail..

[–] shoki@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

well, you can still use k9mail or thunderbird with a gmail account so at least the client is foss

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You're lucky with Gmail. Both my work and school uses Outlook and they ban IMAP, POP3, third-party apps (even those with OAuth2) and also forwarding to another address. So I have to keep another browser or an anonymous window open for one of them, as it takes WAY too long to switch accounts and I'm NOT downloading the official Outlook app.

[–] letme@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 weeks ago

I once had a Roundcube setup just to access gmail IMAP. It worked great and I did not have to get google tracking cookie.

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m loving mailbox.org as an alternative to Gmail and Magic Earth as a replacement for Google Maps. Also I’ve been using Ecosia - both the browser and the search engine. Sadly the search engine is just a reskinned bing, but they are involved in the project of making the first real EU based search engine. And once that’s out I’m looking forward to using that.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

+1 for the mailbox.org, moving to it as Proton's CEO Andy outed himself as a Trump supporter. It's been working fine so far with my anonaddy (moved from simplelogin to...)

I'm using Thunderbird on my phone to see my mailbox.org emails

[–] SexDwarf@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My replacements

Gmail -> Proton Mail
Chrome -> Firefox
Google Photos -> Ente Photos
Google Drive -> Proton Drive, Filen
YouTube -> YouTube Revanced
WhatsApp -> Signal
Google Keep -> Joplin
Google Docs -> LibreOffice
Translate -> DeepL

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gmail -> Posteo
Chrome -> LibreWolf
Photos -> rsync (I don’t trust Discord-only communites)
Drive -> rsync / VCSs
WhatsApp -> XMPP
Keep -> What?
Docs -> Text editor / LibreOffice
Google Translate -> Yandex Translate (FOSS options do not generally support Eastern languages)

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Keep is for notes, optionally with cross-device sync.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

CalDAV supports notes/todos. I never used it tho. I usually just Note to Self on XMPP.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Gmail and maps are my last hold outs.

[–] SirQuack@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I really like Here maps. Hosted in Eindhoven, NL (apparently) and has cool stuff like panning when using spoken navigation, so "turn left" comes from the left speaker, which is something I would otherwise struggle with.

[–] rfr_Foglia@feddit.it 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm using Organic Maps and I like it a lot, but nothing is as feature complete as Google Maps sadly. You always have to make a compromise.

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Magic Earth is a decent alt for navigation.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been using Magic Earth for navigation, it's not FOSS but still has a lot of strong vouches in these sorts of communities, I believe their privacy policy has been thoroughly vetted if I recall. Works great and does what it needs to do.

For Gmail, I highly recommend Tuta, fantastic service. Paid plans are very affordable. The only thing I wish their client had was more in-depth rule customization but I may just be stupid. Admittedly setting up email forwarding from my gmail accounts has made me a bit lazy in fully switching over every single account from gmail to a tuta address, but I'm getting there.

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[–] calisti@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

TickTick is Chinese and Nobody should use it. They have full access to your calendar, todo lists and so on. Don’t organize your life in a Chinese owned app.

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