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

  • @YPriv0133@lemmy.ml
    0•22 hours ago

    My setup.

    1. Proton Mail - Email
    2. None. I use local storage only.
    3. Organic Maps - Maps
    4. DuckDuckGo - Search Engine
    5. Brave + Mullvad + Firefox Focus - Browsers
    6. Proton Calendar - Calendar
    7. Samsung Contacts stored locally. - Contacts
    8. Standard Notes -Notes
    9. LibreOffice - Office
    10. Signal - Messaging
    11. None with the exception of Signal - Video Calls
    12. Lemmy, Bluesky and soon Masterdon - Social Media
    13. Spotify (not good for privacy but my family pays for it so I ask myself why not) - Music
    14. Odysee or Tubular Frontend - Streaming
    15. KeePassXC and KeePassDX - Password Manager
    16. NextDNS. I don’t use a VPN - DNS & VPN
    17. Don’t use a custom ROM - OS
    18. Droidify and Aurora Store - App Stores
    19. Used to be on Ente but I now store my photos locally - Photos
    20. Samsung Weather - Weather
    21. None - Assistants.