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DeGoogle Yourself

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Discuss software recommendations. I locked it as I don't want it to be messy and hard to consume. Feel free to say anything here regarding that thread.

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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

A few commented before I locked it. Apologies. My mistake, I wasn't quick enough :).

@baseless_discourse@mander.xyz "I have been wondring is there any FOSS calendar app that works with office 365? I need to use microsoft stuff for work."

@golli@lemm.ee

"F-droid instead of playstore. As a source for applications

Fairmail/ k-9 instead of gmail. As an email clients"

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not familiar with Fairmail or k-9. Can you give a little more info on them. I think usually proton mail and tutanota are commonly advocated (https://lemmy.ml/post/2274183).

[–] Crocrodile@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean by alias? What is it an alternative for?

[–] Crocrodile@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It lets you create disposable e-mail addresses so you don't have to give out your real e-mail address. You can connect to simplelogin with your protonmail account. The service is similar to spam gourmet

You can find simplelogin on f droid

[–] JVT038@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been degoogled for a little bit over a year now and here's what I use (disclaimer: I own a NAS / homserver, so I got a little bit more options than most people would).

  • Android OS: /e/OS
  • Browser: Firefox and Bromite
  • Maps: Organic Maps
  • Play Store: F-Droid (droidify client in my case) and App Lounge.
  • YouTube: Libretube (privacy-friendly YouTube client)
  • Translation: DeepL
  • Movies, TV Shows, Music: self-hosted Jellyfin
  • Automatic backup of my images and videos: self-hosted Immich
  • VPN server: self-hosted Wireguard server
  • Document management: self-hosted Nextcloud Office + LibreOffice on my PC
  • E-Mail service: ProtonMail (self-hosting this is a pain in the ass, so I'll just leave it to experts)
  • Search engine: DuckDuckGo

Check out !selfhosted@lemmy.world for tons of stuff on self-hosting services and https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ for a lot of other good alternatives.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Bromite is a terrible idea. It's 9 months out of date and it isn't maintained anymore. It's superceded by Cromite.