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

  • kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    20 hours ago

    I’d recommend koofr for cloud storage aswell cuz it e2ee with 10GB storage for free and located in europe so GDPR laws too

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      15 hours ago

      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… 😁