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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by ceiron@lemm.ee to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Over the past few months, I embarked on a rewarding digital journey to move away from US big tech and towards more European [EU], open source [FOSS], privacy-oriented [P], and decentralized [D] alternatives.

I'm sharing my experience here in case it can be useful to others, as well as to gather any additional thoughts or suggestions:

Desktop OS: Microsoft Windows 11 --> OpenSUSE Tumbleweed + KDE [EU][FOSS]
Web browser: Google Chrome --> Brave --> Vivaldi --> Mozilla Firefox + Strict privacy settings, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Conset-O-Matic [FOSS][P]
Email: Gmail --> Infomaniak Mail [EU][FOSS]
Calendar: Google Calendar --> Infomaniak Calendar [EU][FOSS] + OneCalendar [EU]
Files: Dropbox --> Infomaniak kDrive [EU][FOSS]
Photos: Google Photos --> Infomaniak kDrive [EU][FOSS]
Notes: Google Keep --> Notesnook [FOSS][P]
Social Media:
- Facebook --> Nothing
- Twitter/X --> Mastodon (mas.to) [EU][FOSS][D]
- Reddit --> Lemmy (lemm.ee) [EU][FOSS][D]
AI Chatbot: OpenAI ChatGPT --> Mistral AI Le Chat [EU]
Videos: Youtube --> Unwatched [EU][FOSS][P]
Podcasts: Apple Podcasts --> Spotify --> Pocket Casts [FOSS]
Translate: Google Translate --> DeepL [EU]
Maps: Google Maps --> Organic Maps [EU][FOSS][P]
Weather: Apple Weather --> YR [EU]
Online payments: PayPal --> Revolut [EU]
Password manager: LastPass --> Mozilla Firefox --> Bitwarden [FOSS][P]
Online shopping: Amazon --> Cdiscount [EU]
Travel booking: Booking.com --> Direct booking

And here's the list of things I couldn't let go of:

Mobile OS: iOS | I have a business iPhone which is also my personal phone
Messaging: WhatsApp | The network effect is too big here: family, friends, local businesses, etc
Streaming services: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ | These come basically for free with my ISP and are too convenient for the moment (esp. w/ kids)

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

for podcasts ☞ https://f-droid.org/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm a big fan of antenna pod but it's not available on ios.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Dont want to dunk a piece of gold in litres of shit do we?

[–] ceiron@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Android only though (I’m on iOS)

[–] PlusMinus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is infomaniak really OSS, or are just the clients FOSS?

[–] ceiron@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Good question, I haven’t investigated thoroughly, but the various clients are definitely open source.

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

mas.to is hosted on cloudflare which is a us tech giant. I would suggest you to move to some other small instances.