Discuss software recommendations. I locked it as I don’t want it to be messy and hard to consume. Feel free to say anything here regarding that thread.
also be aware that keyboards can collect data.
futo keyboard or fossify keyboard are a good alternative
DAVx⁵ to synchronise calendars, tasks and contacts between multiple devices and e-mail providers
id like to add the search engine ecosia as a european alternative to google. ecosia (german) and qwant (french) joined forces and are currently building a european search index to get more independent from american based indexes. granted they still use google and bing, but everyone does that and european are on a good way to give an alternative. also both ecosia and qwant use renewables as energy.
I’ve been degoogled for a little bit over a year now and here’s what I use (disclaimer: I own a NAS / homserver, so I got a little bit more options than most people would).
- Android OS: /e/OS
- Browser: Firefox and Bromite
- Maps: Organic Maps
- Play Store: F-Droid (droidify client in my case) and App Lounge.
- YouTube: Libretube (privacy-friendly YouTube client)
- Translation: DeepL
- Movies, TV Shows, Music: self-hosted Jellyfin
- Automatic backup of my images and videos: self-hosted Immich
- VPN server: self-hosted Wireguard server
- Document management: self-hosted Nextcloud Office + LibreOffice on my PC
- E-Mail service: ProtonMail (self-hosting this is a pain in the ass, so I’ll just leave it to experts)
- Search engine: DuckDuckGo
Check out !selfhosted@lemmy.world for tons of stuff on self-hosting services and https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ for a lot of other good alternatives.
Bromite is a terrible idea. It’s 9 months out of date and it isn’t maintained anymore. It’s superceded by Cromite.
