lug, probably

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Cake day: February 4th, 2025
  • lug, probably@lemm.eetoDeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml•What apps do you use now that you're degoogled?
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    Email

    • Mix of Proton Mail and Tuta Mail. I do want to get a custom domain just so I don’t need to go through the email shuffle the next time a service goes to shit. Unfortunately i still need to keep around my Google account and Microsoft account. To access emails, I use FairEmail on my phone alongside the Proton and Tuta Mail apps, and on the desktop I use Thunderbird.

    Cloud storage / file sync

    • Filen for cloud storage, Syncthing for file sync, also selfhosted Nextloud. Used to use MEGA in the past, but i don’t anymore. To backup my phone, I use LineageOS’s built-in tool (Seedvault), I simply ask it to back up to the SD card and use Syncthing to sync this to my computer and server.

    Maps & navigation

    • OpenStreetMap is not great where I live, so I am still forced to use GMaps.

    Search engine

    • Duckduckgo (for most things) + Startpage (when I need better results).

    Web browser

    • Fennec Browser on mobile, Librewolf on desktop.

    Calendar

    • Fossify Calendar on mobile, Thunderbird on desktop, calendar is synced to a selfhosted Nextcloud server.

    Contacts management

    • Using the default contacts app on LineageOS on mobile, these synced with the same Nextcloud server.

    Notes / to-do lists

    • Tasks: Tasks.org on mobile, synced with the same Nextcloud server (with Nextcloud tasks). Honestly I can’t find a desktop todo list app that supports Nextcloud, so i just use the website (if anyone knows a good option for this, let me know).

    • For note-taking, i use Obsidian synced across all my devices with Syncthing, backed up to my Nextcloud server and Filen as well. For quicker notes (my obsidian vaults do take a while to open on my phone) i use the Nextcloud Notes app.

    Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.)

    • Still using Microsoft Office, however looking into switching to LibreOffice or Onlyoffice.

    Messaging / chat

    • Sadly, still forced to use closed apps like Discord and Whatsapp, as 99% of my friends and family still use these apps. I’d like to use Signal more, alongside Element and maybe Revolt as a Discord alternative, but trying to convince them to switch is really hard.

    Video calling

    • (i don’t do video calling)

    Social media / microblogging RSS reader / news

    • Social media: been using Lemmy more often via Thunder, been trying to use Mastodon more but I don’t seem to find any good posts for some reason? anyways. I still use some closed social media, if i need to see a post on Twitter, it’ll be through Squawker (really good client for twitter), i don’t keep any social media apps on my phone anymore, so i just use the browser if i need to look something on twitter/reddit/bsky/tumblr/whatever, this way I get ad and tracker blocking as well.
    • RSS reader: Nextcloud News on mobile, RSS Guard on desktop, all synced to Nextcloud News.

    Music streaming / podcast app

    • I don’t do music streaming, i prefer to keep my music files locally, either buying them on Bandcamp or elsewhere For music playback however, on mobile i use Musicolet, and on desktop I use Musicbee (currently trying to find a replacement that is as good as Musicbee for Linux).

    Video streaming / YouTube alternative

    • Still using YouTube, YouTube Revanced, however GrayJay does look pretty good as a YT front-end and i do want to switch to that (once the desktop version is not awful).

    Password manager

    • I’ve used Bitwarden for the longest time, but I’d like to start using KeepassXC instead, since it is offline and does not look like a mobile app cosplaying as a desktop app.

    VPN / DNS / Firewall

    • Using ProtonVPN, alongside Tailscale to connect to the server i have at home.

    Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs)

    • Launcher: Used to use Nova Launcher until they were bought out by a sketchy company, now I use Lawnchair. Still miss Nova Launcher to this day honestly.
    • Custom ROMS: LineageOS 14, with microG. Honestly still surprised my banking app does not care about the fact I don’t have GApps installed (the most it ever gave me is a single “your phone may be modified message” notification). Whatsapp messages are really delayed which has been a pain, but it is a worthwhile tradeoff.

    App store / APKs

    • Aurora store, F-Droid.

    Photo backup / gallery

    • Nextcloud Photos for camera backup, Syncthing for everything else, and for the gallery i use Fossify Gallery.

    Weather

    • Weathermaster on F-Droid. For a widget that tells me the weather, Another Widget is really good (sadly no longer developed).

    Smart assistant (if any)

    • (i don’t use any)

    Anything else you’ve replaced?

    • planning to switch to Linux, I really do not like Windows 11 and their plans to shove AI everywhere, I been trying out Linux on my laptop and it has been pretty great, I really like how customizable it is, KDE Plasma is great and Fedora has been really stable as a daily OS. I may still be forced to keep a Windows VM or separate Windows partition around for certain stuff, like games that use anticheat bullshit, or other tools that are Windows only.
    • Currently the phone I have is on its last legs, so I may switch to a degoogled Google Pixel, and use something like GrapheneOS or something that lets me lock the bootloader with a custom ROM installed
    • Been looking into alternatives for MSOffice, Libreoffice looks good, however compatibility wise OnlyOffice tends to get the formatting right more often.