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
So far:
Email - Tuta
Cloud storage / file sync - pCloud
Maps & navigation OsmAnd (OpenStreetMaps)
Search engine - Kagi
Web browser - Librewolf
Calendar - Nextcloud (on theGoodCloud)
Notes - Joplin
to-do lists - Todoist (cause integrates with HomeAssistant)
Office suite - LibreOffice
Social media - Mastodon/Lemmy/GroundNews
podcast app - AntennaPod
Password manager - KeePassXC
VPN - Nord DNS - PiHole Firewall - Ubiquiti ERX
App store - FDroid (if at all possible)
Photo backup - pCloud here too
Weather - (personal weather station) and Wunderground
Smart assistant - HomeAssistant
Liking all my choices so far… No real trade-offs (that I miss/notice).
I’d recommend koofr for cloud storage aswell cuz it e2ee with 10GB storage for free and located in europe so GDPR laws too
Yep…
I’ve got my pCloud instance hosted in EU. As I’m a US’ian, obvious reasons…
Bought 2TB (one purchase lifetime) of which I’ve used ~500GB.
Honestly don’t care about e2ee for my cloud as I just don’t upload anything that might be dangerous to the cloud at all. That’s all hosted offline local only.
GDPR is also why I chose Tuta EMail… 😁