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Just a short personal progress report after roughly one year going european:

Changes:

  • Google search -> ecosia
  • Gmail -> proton mail
  • Google drive -> proton drive
  • Google calendar -> family wall
  • Google photos -> zeitkapsl
  • Google authenticator -> aegis
  • Amazon -> kaufland marketplace
  • Reddit -> fediverse (lemmy)
  • Pixel (because it stopped working) -> fairphone
  • Paypal -> sepa/wero/klarna

Quit without alternative:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Disney+

Still using:

  • Netflix (want to finish "better caul saul")
  • Google maps (too convenient for searching restaurants and shops)
  • Steam

Of course I am also conscious about groceries or other material purchases.

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[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Organic Maps (OM) and other OSM-based stuff works well for restaurants etc. but the OM-algorithm for finding the best route could be better

[โ€“] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What about "here wego". They seem to have the same osm data. Maybe with better route planning?

[โ€“] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 3 points 7 hours ago

If you want to support European companies then Here is apparently majority owned by a group of German companies (Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Continental) with 15% owned by Intel and the remaining 31% owned by Japanese companies (Mitsubishi, NTT, Pioneer).

[โ€“] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago

Here WeGo is proprietary and not based on OpenStreetMap, but given that it's the only option in the U.S. with live traffic data that didn't stoop to renaming the Gulf of Mexico with fascist propaganda, it's the one I've been using.

[โ€“] br3d@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

I've been experimenting with Here Wego. It's not quite Google Maps, but it's not bad and has a lot of nice features like live public transport info. Perhaps the thing I like least is that its information about businesses seems to come from TripAdvisor, which is a shame because I find that site a bit unreliable

[โ€“] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 1 points 23 hours ago

Gonna give it a try.