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
What do you use for things like: 1.Email: Protonmail
2.Cloud storage / file sync: Nextcloud/Syncthing
3.Maps & navigation: OSMAnd + Syncthing
4.Search engine: SearX (self-hosted) and Brave
5.Web browser: Brave, Libre wolf on Linux, Vanadium and Fennec on Mobile
6.Calendar: Etar (with Davx5 from Nextcloud)
7.Contacts management: Contacts in Linux and GrapheneOS (with Davx5 from Nextcloud)
8.Notes / to-do lists: Obsidian over Syncthing with a crapload of plug-ins.
9.Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.): Libreoffice and Onlyoffice
10.Messaging / chat: Signal and some XMPP client (Cheogram on mobile and Dino on Linux)
11.Video calling: Signal for personal, nothing for business (or whatever was used by the person inviting, in an incognito browser tab)
12.Social media / microblogging RSS reader / news: Mastodon and Lemmy / nothing / FreshRSS (self-hosted) / FreshRSS (self-hosted)
13.Music streaming / podcast app: Don’t stream music / AntennaPod
14.Video streaming / YouTube alternative: NewPipe, Smarttube (on TV) and Grayjay
15.Password manager: ProronPass, KeepassXC for secrets
16.VPN / DNS / Firewall: Nord VPN, Tailscale and Teleport (Unifi) / AdguardHome / Unifi UCG-Ultra
17.Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs): GrapheneOS stock launcher
18.App store / APKs: Neo Store and Obtainium (for everything I can get from git instead of f-droid and similar. Sometimes Aurora if I want to try something commonplace
19.Photo backup / gallery: Nextcloud
20.Weather: Breeze weather on mobile, Gnome weather on Linux
21.Smart assistant (if any): None (yet, still researching options on Home Assistant)
22.Anything else you’ve replaced?: I’ve been able to replace everything that matters to me, but that’s a wiki-like long list.