Been looking to get into Usenet so if you or someone other reading this have an invite I'd be grateful!

This seems promising, I'll check it out thanks!

Yeah getting dependent on any Google service is just a waiting game to handle catastrophe. That said I've yet to find a single semi-competent calendar widget in Android (month view most importantly) which keeps me. But as the legacy workspaces fiasco showed it's only a matter of time until I'm forced to take action.