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

  • joelvdc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I use iPhone, Windows (work laptop) and Linux (personal laptop), so keep that in mind when looking at my suggestions. I have also a Proton unlimited subscription.

    1. Email: Proton Mail + Simplelogin aliases / Tuta as backup
    2. Cloud storage: Proton Drive / Filen
    3. Maps: Magic Earth / OpenStreetMap
    4. Search engine: Qwant
    5. Web browser: Zen browser (Firefox fork) / Quiche browser (iOS)
    6. Calendar: Apple Calendar (our family calendar is here, hard to use something else) / Thunderbird (apple calendar caldav imported)
    7. Contacts management: Proton / iOS
    8. Notes / to-do lists: Notesnook / iOS
    9. Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.): MS Office (work) / Libreoffice (personal)
    10. Messaging / chat: Signal / SimpleX
    11. Video calling: Signal
    12. Social media / microblogging RSS reader / news: Mastodon / Bluesky / Reddit / Lemmy
    13. Music streaming / podcast app: Tidal (pays artists more and Spotify donated to Trump) / Pocket Casts
    14. Video streaming / YouTube alternative: Grayjay (Windows/Linux) / Unwatched (iOS)
    15. Password manager: Proton Pass
    16. VPN / DNS / Firewall: Proton VPN
    17. Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs): iOS
    18. App store / APKs: iOS
    19. Photo backup / gallery: Proton Drive
    20. Weather: iOS
    21. Smart assistant (if any): Nope
    22. Anything else you’ve replaced? MS authenticator -> Ente Auth Reddit iOS app -> Hydra Notion -> Anytype

    I know that some of my solutions are bonded to Apple, but I am also regularly searching for Apple alternatives and focus on apps that are cross platform to make a possible deApple process smoother in the future.