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Another deGoogled iPhone (lemmy.ml)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A process that started roughly a year ago with just changing browser and search engine, now feeling that I got somewhere. The journey ended up being more than just degoogle, but also demetaing and taking more control over my data and privacy.

Before and after picture with notes:

Chrome -> Zen browser (Firefox on iOS)

Google -> Qwant

Gmail -> Proton Mail

NordVPN -> Proton VPN (I don’t use VPN very often, but have NordVPN through another subscription, now replaced with Proton across my devices)

Google Drive / Photos -> Proton Drive

Google Password Manager -> Proton Pass

Google Authenticator -> Proton Pass / Ente (Ente Auth is only used to store my 2FA keys for the Proton account, other keys are stored in Proton Pass)

Google Translator -> DeepL

YouTube -> FreeTube (Unwatched on iOS)

Google Maps -> Magic Earth (OSM on desktop)

WhatsApp -> Signal

Notion -> Anytype

Keep / Notes -> Notesnook

X -> Mastodon / Bluesky

Reddit -> Lemmy (Voyager on iOS, dreaming of an eventual complete migration)

Instagram -> Pixelfed

Facebook -> stopped using

Windows 11 -> Ubuntu (Only personal laptop, work laptop still windows)

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Nice, now de-Apple it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

which of these are apple?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

The iPhone

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

And then de-Proton it.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

an imperfect ally is not an enemy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago

This right bloody here, you have to make sacrifices for peace-of-mind otherwise you’ll live your life paranoid on the smallest of things.

One persons opinions don’t suddenly make a service unusable or unreliable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This is my thing. I've ditched all of proton for the obvious reason, but aside from that, I no longer want everything under one umbrella. Convenience has shown it comes at too great of a cost

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

I was just about to pay for their service, started a new LLC so that was gonna be a good excuse to start supporting them and then his CEO shows his true colors.

I have been happily supporting Tuta instead. Is a bit slow but the aliases and emails work great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And then de-Smart it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

I wish there wasn't a thing such as a 2G 3G shutdown so I can keep using a phone that needs to be charged weekly.