Right now a lot of us are trying to divest and diversify from having our entire lives on Google both because of the way Google spends its money and the long-standing privacy concerns seeming a bit more scary now.

What services have you switched to and what has your experience been? What do you like, what don’t you like, would you recommend them?

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    • Desktop: Linux (Tuxedo)
    • Browser: Vivaldi
    • Search: Ecosia & DDG
    • Mail / Groupware / Calendar / Contacts / Cloud Drive / Meet: Infomaniak kSuite Pro
    • Backup: Syncthing
    • Movies / Netflix / Amazon Prime: buying DVD / Bluray and ripping to my home media server with Jellyfin and Videoland.nl
    • Mobile Phone: Fairphone with /e/OS or Calyx
    • Whatsapp: Signal, Matrix / Element, Briar, Threema
    • YouTube: Grayjay, Floatplane, Nebula, Curiosity Stream
    • Maps: Magic Earth
    • Photos: ente.io
    • Authenticator: Ente Auth
    • Twitter / X: Mastodon
    • Cards: Catima
    • Keep / Evernote: Notesnook / Anytype
    • Backup comms: Meshtastic / UHF / VHF
    • Translate: DeepL
    • Podcasts: Antennapod
    • Google Home: Home Assistant
    • Google Assistant / Gemini: Mistral Le Chat / LLama
    • Router: openWRT (GL.iNET Flint2)
    • Firewall: opnSense (Deciso)
    • Pushbullet: KDE Connect
    • speedtest.net: LibreSpeed
    • Fing: Ning
    • Kobo / Kindle: Pocketbook
    • Amazon: Local / European dealers
    • Pocket: Wallabag
    • Creality / Bambulab: Prusa
    • VPN: Proton, Wireguard, Tailscale