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DeGoogle - Canada
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DeGoogle - expelling Google from Canada one device at a time.
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Alternatives
Recommended alternatives for all the Google products, software and services
NOTE: We're trying to recommend you alternatives which are FOSS (or mostly so) and privacy-respecting. This is by no means an exhaustive list of alternatives.
Notable
'Google Search' alternatives:
- DuckDuckGo
- SearX. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
- YaCy (to use it, you need to install the app)
- Mojeek
'YouTube' alternatives:
- PeerTube. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
- MediaGoblin. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
'Gmail' alternatives:
(E-mail providers which don't offer at least 1 free of charge plan weren't listed)
'Google Chrome' alternatives:
(We don't recommend any Chromium-based browsers and browsers that use the Blink browser engine)
'Google Maps' alternatives:
'Google Earth' alternatives:
'Chromebook' alternatives:
- MNT Reform
- Olimex DIY Laptop
- Vikings X200 - RYF (Respects Your Freedom) edition
- Purism Librem 14
- System76's laptops
- Pinebook Pro
- KDE Slimbook 14
- ThinkPenguin's laptops
- TUXEDO's laptops
- Star Labs' laptops
- Technoethical's laptops
'Chrome OS' alternatives:
- GNU/Linux. Find a GNU/Linux distro here, or use any of these:
- BSD. Find a BSD OS here, or use any of these:
'Google Analytics' alternatives
The Mod Team has not vetted any of the above services, these are only recommendations based on user feedback. It is recommended you properly and thoroughly research any product or service you are interested in using.-
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This is where I'm at with my deGoogling, and this is just the current state I'm pretty sure I need more adjustments with the services I gone with.
**gmail to Fastmail: **I went with Fastmail for the price (family plan 6 members). It is an AUSSY company unfortunately it's hosted in America, and privacy policy could do with some updated. However for the mail I'm receiving I'm not super bothered for the moment. It has an ios app for mail which I rather like a lot, great Calendar (with family sharing options), custom domain, 10g file storage (for nothing important, still handy), and notes. All accessible from the browser or ios app.
Google Authenticator to Ente Auth: EU based - Auth provides end-to-end encrypted cloud backups so you don't have to worry about losing your tokens. Our cryptography has been externally audited. Great replacement
Google Photos to Ente: Store, share, and discover your memories with privacy. ios syncs to their EU cloud, and it has a 1 button device clean up.
Google Keep to MS OneNote: This is temporary until I find something else.
Google Maps to OsmAnd Maps: Honestly haven't used it enough to decide for sure yet.
Desktop Chrome to Firefox: With unlock, on IOS I've been using the Startpage app.
Google Search to Startpage: So far so good.
Google Drive to Offline: For now I've taking my files off the cloud with thinking about setting up a NAS instead.
That about sums it up for now. Thoughts and suggestions are welcome, my current setup is very far from perfect just where I'm at. That said I haven't logged into anything google for about a month or so now. Not missing it.
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