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What apps do you use now that you're degoogled? (sh.itjust.works)
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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

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[–] MRLimcon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

  1. Protonmail

  2. None

  3. Organic maps/gnome maps

  4. Searxng

  5. Librewolf/Fennec

  6. Fossify calendar/gnome calendar

  7. Fossify contacts

  8. Fossify notes

  9. Libreoffice/overleaf

  10. Whatsapp (everyone uses it, so yeah :/)

  11. Sometimes discord

  12. Lemmy

  13. Spotify on the browser

  14. Only YouTube :/

  15. KeepassXC/KepassDX

  16. Yearly plan of nextdns (really recommend)

  17. Wanting to use lineageos

  18. Droid-ify/Aurora store/pacman

  19. Fossify gallery

  20. KDE weather/gnome weather

  21. None

  22. I think it didn't use almost anything from google, so idk