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I've switched to Firefox, proton mail and calendar, but what about google docs and drive? ty guys

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[-] JurassicPork@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Now where do I start lol, I've been on this journey for a few years, and I'd say, take it one service at a time!! I'll try and list most of my apps/services etc.

Phone running grapheneos

Browser - vanadium (graphenes hardened browser)

Maps - organic maps

Mail - protonmai

Calender - protonmail

Notes - standard notes

YouTube - newpipe

App store -F-Droid

Messaging - signal and threema

File sync - syncthing

Password managing - bitwarden

Gallery - simple gallery

Camera - stock grapheneos camera

Ad blocking - 2 piholes setup

And one of the hardest was google photos..... Overcame that with self hosting photoprism..... I have syncthing sync my camera roll to a hard drive attached to one of my raspberry pi..... 3am it rsyncs to a permanent location, than rsync to another hard drive, than have a script that adds it to the photoprism library an hour later, sounds hectic but perfect once setup....

And if you want to go even deeper and not use google or any other provider as your DNS, if you have a pi or any other computer running 24/7 can run your own recursive DNS resolver with unbound..... Hope this helps some people, may have missed a few 😂

[-] livixPmfOQRj@burggit.moe 3 points 1 year ago
[-] JurassicPork@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

More for redundancy, even for the short times it takes to reboot a pi after an update, have 0 interruption of internet.... Also same when I want to backup one of the pi's. Keeps network uptime to 100% most of the time

[-] livixPmfOQRj@burggit.moe 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, that's smart

[-] schmurian@lsmu.schmurian.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

If you are already using proton mail, there is proton drive. For docs… maybe Libreoffice, or Cryptpad or any selfhostable options?

[-] milkytoast@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

proton drive is what i ended up doing. turns out i had literally one important document in docs lol

[-] animist@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

If you can afford it, make your next phone a Google Pixel and put GrapheneOS on it. Despite the phone being google, all the google crap will be removed by the OS.

Nextcloud self-hosted to replace Google Drive.

Install as many apps as possible from F-Droid and the rest via Aurora Store.

[-] The_iceman_cometh@partizle.com 1 points 1 year ago

Nextcloud self-hosted to replace Google Drive.

I'm really reluctant to recommend Nextcloud. The software is buggy, it's not e2e encrypted, and you're liable to data less if your VPS goes down unless you're good at managing cloud resources.

For most people, a service is better.

[-] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

For most people, Syncthing is better. You don't even need a server, just another device of similar capacity compatible with Syncthing.

Nextcloud has a few easy cheats to get it working smooth these days. Docker all in one images are a thing. The only additional step I had was a cache and cron and I haven't had one error.

[-] greybeard@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if all you want to do is keep your data synced across multiple devices, syncthing is great. I even have it running on my NAS so I have a solid source to go back to for all devices, even if all my other devices are off or sleeping.

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[-] Invader753@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm rocking an older pixel. I got it on swappa for cheap. I rather send my money to someone other than G.

CalyxOS and grapheneos are great options. The multiple user feature is useful if you want to keep work apps, bank apps, etc separate from other apps.

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the best advice. Your phone tracks you more than anything else and it has a ton of private data. Get that cleaned up and you've drastically reduced the amount of data being sent to Google and friends.

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[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

The paid plans for Proton mail have Proton Drive which is pretty good so far.

Nextcloud self-hosted if you have the technical know-how is also pretty nice. You could also set up a NAS and then use a VPN to access it from your phone/remote location.

[-] richardwonka@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

For cloud storage, mega.nz is a privacy centred one

[-] damon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I would recommend Proton suite and Skiff Workplace

[-] dill@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I love proton

[-] The_iceman_cometh@partizle.com 2 points 1 year ago

If you're on Android, that's probably the most important thing to consider first. Just using a phone with Google Play Services gives up a great deal of privacy, even if you think you've turned all that off.

So, consider either an iPhone or if you're really serious about this shit, GrapheneOS. The iPhone is easier for average people, but GrapheneOS is more private and you have more control. Both are better than Googled Android.

For a Google Drive alternative, that's simple. If you're already using Proton, get ProtonDrive.

For Google Docs alternative, that's a bit more challenging. There aren't any direct competitors with full end-to-end encryption that are any good and also cross-platform.

[-] milkytoast@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

fuck iphones. paying more to get a worse device? no thanks

[-] SoManyChoices@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Worse device depends on the user. In my mid-30s, I loved all the tweaks and options my Android phone gave me. Now, as I push 50, I find I want my phone to just work. iOS does that for me. I have a dozen other devices I can hack around on.

[-] milkytoast@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

i agree that iphones just work. i just value customization a ton more. custom apks (cant get youtube revanced on ios) and whatnot

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[-] burndown@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Do you still use Android? I don't feel like I can genuinely be off of Google until I find a way not to have them in my phone. Apple isn't much better, especially for the featureset sacrifice

[-] ThreeHopsAhead@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GrapheneOS is the go to recommendation.

[-] this@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I'm using a pixel with graphineos rn and its the best mobile experience I've ever had without using google products.

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[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

I use android, but you can run android without google with LineageOS

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[-] InduperatorRex@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'd really recommend /e/OS if you want a completely degoogled android OS

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[-] goinroguein10@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My only reccommendation for a replacement for google drive would be to encrypt the files you save their using Veracrypt. No external server is safe to store data on.

[-] Lx32@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

For the drive I use nextcloud, not selfhosted yet, and filen. The second is based in Germay and gives you 10GB free and was offering 100GB with a payment una tantum. I don't know if you can get this last option right now

[-] PotentiallyAnApricot@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I use the free version of Proton drive for docs. I don't use it for work and don't tend to keep a huge amount of files around, so it has been enough storage for me. I'll probably get a physical drive to put old stuff on, when/if I need more space. Google still has my photos, though. I definitely plan to put those somewhere physical eventually, just haven't done so just yet.

[-] roo@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I noticed this tumbling through the Fediverse yesterday: https://framasoft.org/en/

Scroll down and you'll see they have developed Google replacements.

De-Google-ify Internet

Edit: they also developed a GitHub replacement.

[-] derek@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Photoprism for photos. Its awesome!

[-] Dislodge3233@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Backblaze + rclone mount encrypted drive = e2e encrypted

On Android RCX available in F-droid works as the rclone client.

Collabora as the text editor on my phone. Libreoffice as my toolset on Linux.

I prefer this to Google drive for everything except sharing files. Sharing can be done over email, but Google docs was nicer.

[-] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There are a lot of good suggestions here. Just to add on to it, I have been using Skiff Pages as an alternative fog Google Docs for a while now, and I have been happy with it. They have a better UI and feels less clunkier than CryptPad. They also offer couple of other services such as Drive and email, which you can check out as well.

[-] smajl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Moving to China is probably the easiest solution.

[-] Timwi@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Technically true, but completely false in spirit.

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