craigmorgan, 2 months ago

@timbray a vote for @organicmaps as an OSM based mapping solution … well worth a look

underlap, 2 months ago

@timbray

My suggestions I have used:

• Gmail -> Proton mail
• Google docs -> Libre Office
• Google search -> DDG
• Safari -> Firefox
• WhatsApp etc. -> Signal

And the following I gather are good;

• Dropbox -> pCloud or syncthing

mpjgregoire, 2 months ago

@timbray It's surprising that e-mail isn't a line in your table. I presume you already use something other than Gmail?

Switching away from Google search is quick and easy, and you won't look back.

Good luck!

#DeGoogle

stuartmarks, 2 months ago

@timbray Email seems to be well supported by most ISPs/hosting services. It seems like IMAP really works and is interoperable. Delivery is another matter; I have my email at a boutique ISP and email I send to gmail often ends up in spam folders if it’s delivered at all. (Even with DKIM/SPF set up properly.) For calendar/contacts, CalDAV and CardDAV don’t interoperate as well. My ISP has servers for those but they just don’t work, at least with Mac and iOS clients. Still looking for alternatives.

publicvoit, 2 months ago

@timbray Besides my https://karl-voit.at/apps-I-am-using/ I'd recommend:

Dropbox->Syncthing.net
Maps->OSMAnd(roid)
Browser->FF for many reasons
Search->DDG or startpage.com
Discover music->good old Internet + terrestrial radio

#PIM

HerbT, 2 months ago

@timbray I was considering Plex, then had a look at the amount of data gathering they do (at least from the client side). It’s a lot. The rest of their business model also rubs me the wrong way.

timbray, 2 months ago

@HerbT Got a link to more on that subject? I'd like to like Plex.

iansu, 2 months ago

@timbray I’ve been doing something similar. A Google Workspace replacement is a big missing piece for me too.

stevel, 2 months ago

@timbray ABRP should be the better EV mapping app, though I don’t know where it’s map data comes from -maybe the apple/google device maps are what you get with it’s routing on top
https://abetterrouteplanner.com

timbray, 2 months ago

@stevel I don't like it. It assumes that all the chargers are working and has very aggressive assumptions about charging speed and so on. For that, I rely entirely on PlugShare, which BTW has a nice Android Auto app.

timbray, 2 months ago

And here’s the first De-Google Project field report, on playing the music that’s at home when I’m not at home.