[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Which subscription tier do you use?

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submitted 1 day ago by pahulf@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

I've been using DuckDuck Go since leaving Google Search, but that seems to be the first step away. I'm not keen on their AI assist. I tried Start Page, but the first four results were ads. I don't mind paying a small fee for good search. So Brave Search or Kagi?

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I've been asking the same question. I am trialing both and while I love Tuta, Proton seems more polished, I can set mail rules for tags, and seems smoother. Over all the suite for Proton is more robust, but Tuta's price is hard to beat.

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I never really used sheets. I know standard notes has tables, but it's probably not nearly what you'd need. Cryptpad is intriguing, but the lack of mobile apps or apps in general is a hurdle for me.

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I've been enjoying GrapheneOS. It's seems to fun well for me and the battery life seems to be great. I made a point to not use any Google apps so that means no RCS for me. My car doesn't have Android Auto so I'm not sure about a replacement.

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What alternative would you suggest over DuckDuckGo? I'm always looking to learn more.

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What would you use on Android?

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I was at home recovering from lumber fusion so I had some free time on my hands b🤣

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That's is a good idea!

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I've uninstalled all those apps!

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I have found something yet, but I've heard ENTE Authenticator is pretty good.

[-] pahulf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It was a lot of work. I had the benefit of having time off and recovering from spinal fusion to make this happen. I deleted many of my accounts that I used gmail for logins. My gmail address that people have had for years is now forwarding to my custom domain. For YouTube I've been using PeerTube and not using YouTube at all.

Meta is hard as I manage pages for work, but I currently have no friends which caused my wife to get messages from friends asking if we were getting divorced 🤣. I've brought my wife, sister and mom over to Signal so far by SMS is difficult to get people to change. I just cancled my Whatsapp account and if people want to connect they can reach out.

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submitted 2 days ago by pahulf@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

I feel like #degoogle seems to embody a greater movement to leave bigtech. Here are the crazy things I've done over the last month or so.

  • Installed Arch on my laptop about a month ago
  • re-engaged my Mastodon and Bluesky while deleting Twitter and unfriending everyone on Facebook
  • Installed GrapheneOS on my Pixel
  • Moved email to custom domain and Tuta from Gmail
  • Moved to NextCloud in place of Google Drive
  • Moved photos from Google Photos to Ente Photos
  • Moved my PKM and Notes to Logseq
  • Moved from Chome and Google Search to Firefox, Tor and DuckDuckGo
  • Just deleted Reddit and started a Lemmy account.

It's been a ride and I'm open to other suggestions and guides.

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