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

  • FlappyBubble@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago
    1. Protonmail (would like to find a better alternstive)
    2. Syncthing/SMB over Tailscale
    3. OpenStreetMap (Organic Maps)
    4. Searxng (still pulling results from Google among others)
    5. Firefox
    6. Self-hosted through nextcloud
    7. Baikal
    8. Obsidian
    9. LaTeX, markdown and LibreOffice
    10. Signal
    11. Signal
    12. FreshRSS through Capy Reader over Tailscale
    13. Finamp/Audiobookshelf/Antennapod
    14. Still youtube through Tubular (looking for a better service)
    15. Bitwarden
    16. Tailscale and Mullvad / PiHole and Quad9 / OPNsense
    17. GrapheneOS
    18. Obtainium
    19. Restic to backup NAS and periodical cold storage/Immich
    20. Pirate Weather and local weather station reporting over Meshtastic through Home Assistant
    21. Home Assistant with local LLM
    22. Media streaming - Jellyfin, push notification system - ntfy