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

  • @shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
    0•22 hours ago
    1. Protonmail though thinking of going to tuta
    2. None, does a flash drive count?
    3. OsmAnd+
    4. Kagi
    5. Fennec f-droid (firefox)
    6. Fossify calendar
    7. Aosp contacts
    8. Fossify notes
    9. None
    10. Molly (signal), matrix, SimpleX. SimpleX and Molly most though
    11. None
    12. Lemmy (daily), Nostr (mostly daily), Mastodon (sometimes), ReadYou RSS (DAILY)
    13. ANTENNApod and VLC
    14. Peertube and Odyssee (NewPipe for YT content)
    15. Keepassdx
    16. ControlD.com DNS blocks ads, tracking, and malware (via private dns setting in system settings. DoT)
    17. Launcher3 i think its called on LineageOS 22
    18. F-droid (frequently) and obtainium (rarely)
    19. See #2 / fossify gallery
    20. Wx and Quickweather (fdroid for both)
    21. None
    22. Cant think of anything right off the bat