1y ago

I deleted my google accounts today

It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.

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Would you be able to let us know the services you used, the replacements, and how did the migration process work?
- Here are the things I replaced my Google/Microsoft/Meta services with:
  Tuta(nota): Email
  Nextcloud: Cloud
  Typst: LaTeX/Docs alternative
  LineageOS: Degoogled Android rom
  Aurora Store: Google Play Store alternative
  NewPipe, Odysee, Peertube: YouTube alternatives
  Firefox: Chrome/Chromium alternative
  SearXNG: Meta search engine
  Linux/BSD: Windows alternatives
  Bitwarden: Password manager & 2FA client
  OpenStreetMaps (OsmAnd): Google maps replacement
  LibreTranslate, Deepl: Google translate alternative
  Signal, SimpleX, Briar, Matrix: chat and group organization
  DO NOT FORGET TO MIGRATE ACCOUNTS BEFORE DELETING
  
  StreetComplete is a great app to help contribute to OpenStreetMaps
- Proton for email and cloud storage. Graphenos on a pixel 7a for phone. Phone spps from aurora and fdroid. Kagi.com paid search engine too.
  
  Protonmail is a free service with an optional subscription for extra features you almost certainly won't need
  
  This. I used it for multiple months on the free plan and it worked perfectly.
  
  Does skiff work?
- Seconded.
  Without a single word on replacements for email, calendar, phone, etc... this post is pretty much useless to everyone else than the OP.
  
  I replaced most of that with proton mail and grapheme is which ironically requires a pixel
  
  No sandboxed Google Play services yet? Can be challenging without.
  
  not sure if this helps, but i believe using a separate android profile/user is the same as sandboxing, although less convenient
  
  See above. Plus I use Thunderbird for calendar.
  
  Great, thanks!
  How does Thunderbird work for you wrt to sharing calendars with others (eg. family) and syncing with eg. an Outlook calendar?
  
  I only use Thunderbird calendar for myself so I don't know. Proton includes a calendar offering in their package but I have not tried it yet.

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