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.
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Can anyone here legit write a list for that for me please (ββΏβ)?
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)
Why recommend Telegram when, arguably, it's no better than WhatsApp?
WhatsApp is owned by Facebook which is reason enough to make a move.
Even if itβs not the best, itβs 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.
US company but it's not Meta, which is already something. I would not recommend it though, when Matrix exists
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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.
Iβve heard that Ente has fewer features (havenβt personally tried it though) and self hosting isnβt that badβ¦ 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 Iβve been using it.
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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Highly recommend Tuta instead of proton.
Proton has removed themselves from Mastodon after one of their heads sucked off trump and the Republican Party.
Oh yeah, fuck whoever affiliates/promotes his agenda. Long live Tuta.
That shitshow is EXACTLY why I went with Tuta instead of Proton
Ah, really!? And I've only just made the switch from Gmail π
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What is the YouTube alternative? Thatβs what Iβm struggling to find. I found PeerTube but couldnβt find much Iβd like to watch.
ETA: I like videos like Veritasium and VSauce, Tom Scott, those kinds of things.
Check out the list of channels here: !peertube@lemmy.wtf
Thanks for the share, didn't know about this. :-)
Subscribed!
Odysee and peertube, best instance on peertube is framatube :))
Not really. Framatube.org doesnβt allow registration. You should check out the pinned post at !peertube@lemmy.wtf about PeerTube platforms (instances).
You have nebula, but that is paid.
Besides that, not much. Youtube has a way to powerful marketposition.
I know not everyone can do it, but $300 for a lifetime Nebula subscription was great. Do wish more people moved over though.
My YouTube alternative: still YouTube, but I screw them out of ad revenue with a dedicated account and third party apps
That's definitely a good first step. I'd support peertube as much as possible to really hurt YouTube in the content whenever possible for the future.
Nextcloud. Replaced drive, contacts, calendar, and their office. Basically all their groupware stuff with addituonal functionality. Davx5 on android to sync to nextcloud.
This is the Way.
If only my uni email was not using gmail..
well, you can still use k9mail or thunderbird with a gmail account so at least the client is foss
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.
I once had a Roundcube setup just to access gmail IMAP. It worked great and I did not have to get google tracking cookie.
Is there any advantage of doing that over just using an Email client like Thunderbird or FairEmail?
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
- Gmail -> Posteo
- Chrome -> LibreWolf
- Photos -> rsync (I donβt 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)
Keep is for notes, optionally with cross-device sync.
CalDAV supports notes/todos. I never used it tho. I usually just Note to Self on XMPP.
Iβm loving mailbox.org as an alternative to Gmail and Magic Earth as a replacement for Google Maps. Also Iβve 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 thatβs out Iβm looking forward to using that.
+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
Gmail and maps are my last hold outs.
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.
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.
Magic Earth is a decent alt for navigation.
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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TickTick is Chinese and Nobody should use it. They have full access to your calendar, todo lists and so on. Donβt organize your life in a Chinese owned app.
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