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Made Little Progress in Switching from Google, But Stuck on the root of the problem (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Flmaker@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone!

So, I've made some small progress in switching things up on my Android:

Replaced  Gmail app with Thunderbird
Replaced Google Calendar with FOSSify Calendar
Replaced Google Play Store with Aurora & F-Droid
Replaced  Android file manager with FOSSify File Manager
Replaced  Android keyboard with Heliboard

But now I’m hitting a wall trying to find  ones on root of problem:
free replacement for Gmail
free Google Calendar alternative that works well
 on both Android and via Thunderbird    Windows

Self-hosting isn’t really an option for me, so I’d love to hear your suggestions!

If you’ve found something you really like, please share your experiences.

Thanks!

UPDATE

just started a free account with infomaniak so far happy with infomaniak except the free email extensions like @ik.me @etik.com or @ikmail.com addresses whether will be accepted / recognized by institutions like banks etc

also found a community group at https://www.reddit.com/r/Infomaniak/ will search if any group here as well

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[–] ThePooDragon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are not going to get a free email service that respects your privacy, as others have said if it's free you are the product.

I went with fastmail over encrypted alternatives like proton and tuta because they don't support using IMAP to connect with your email client of choice (Thunderbird android/windows) and that convenience was more important to me than the encryption. Fastmail also has calendar and contacts which you can also connect to Thunderbird.

Also if you are going through the effort of changing email providers then now would be a good time to look into buying your own domain to use in order to decouple your address from the email provider.

[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Also if you are going through the effort of changing email providers then now would be a good time to look into buying your own domain to use in order to decouple your address from the email provider.

How so you come up with an easy, memorable email for day to day use?