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🔍 Google Search

  1. Leta  
  2. 4get
  3. Searxng
  4. Kagi

📧 Gmail

  1. ProtonMail  
  2. Tutanota  
  3. Mailbox  

🌐 Chrome

  1. Librewolf
  2. Brave Browser
  3. Mullvad Browser  
  4. Vivaldi - partially open source
  5. Floorp

📱 Android Custrom ROMS

  1. GrapheneOS
  2. Calyx 3. /e/OS

☁️ Google Drive

  1. Nextcloud (self hosted)
  2. Filen
  3. Syncthing
  4. Proton Drive

🗺️ Google Maps

  1. OSMAnd
  2. Mapy
  3. Organic Maps

📝 Google Docs / Sheets / Slides

  1. CryptPad
  2. LibreOffice
  3. OnlyOffice
  4. Collabra

📺 YouTube

  1. PeerTube
  2. Piped
  3. Indivious

📸 Google Photos

  1. Ente photos
  2. Nextcloud Photos
  3. Immich

🌐 Google Translate

  1. DeepL
  2. LibreTranslate

📅 Google Calendar

  1. Proton Calendar
  2. Nextcloud Calendar (self hosted)
  3. Tuta Calendar

📱 Google Play

  1. F‑Droid
  2. Aurora Store

🎥 Google Meet

  1. Jitsi Meet
  2. Nextcloud Talk
  3. Signal

🔐 Google Authenticator

  1. Ente auth
  2. andOTP
  3. Aegis Authenticator
  4. Bitwarden

note: do not use the same provider for password manager and authenticator

🗒️ Google Keep

  1. Standard Notes
  2. Joplin
  3. Notesnook

💬Google Messages

  1. Signal
  2. Theerma
  3. Session

⚙️ChromeOS

  1. Linux mint
  2. Debian
  3. PopOS

🗝️Google Passwords (baked into chrome)

  1. Bitwarden
  2. KeePass

📚Google books

  1. Libby

🎶YouTube Music

  1. Qobuz
  2. Tidal
  3. Deezer

🤖Gemini

  1. Duck.ai
  2. Le chat (opt out of data sending) - protected by eu privacy laws
  3. Ollama (self hosted)

🔍Lens Wip 🚧

💳Google pay Wip 🚧

✔️Google tasks

  1. Tasks.org

📰Google news

  1. Host your own rss feed reader eg Readrops

🧑‍🏫Google classroom Wip 🚧

🌎Google VPN

  1. Mullvad
  2. ProtonVPN - free plan
  3. IVPN

I am open to any suggestions or to add an services I missed! Suggestions are especially welcome on services with less than three current options

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Nice. Notesnook is great for sync between pc and phone, but I don't know the others. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wouldn't really recommend threema and would include SimpleX

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Why not?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I’ve been looking at https://www.openphone.com/ as an alternative to Google Voice. It’s not free (but that may be a bonus), but it does let you port your GV number into their system.

$19/mo.

It’s the closest I’ve found to a replacement. I’d love to hear anyone else who uses something similar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The only thing I use Google Voice for is being able to reply to text messages on a browser. Is there something I can use for that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Futo keyboard has voice to text with the ability to download more language models

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I guess I should have said why I’m considering them.

https://updates.openphone.com/introducing-the-openphone-web-app-133882

Looks like they’ve had web based messaging since 2020.





My main use for Google Voice is as a filter for places that need my number. Then it’s not ringing my phone (unless I want to).

I did also make sure any alternatives I’m considering do messaging. Even better if it’s both in browser and in phone app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can anyone vouch for this? Is it open source? What is it’s privacy policy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

https://www.openphone.com/privacy

I’d love opinions on it, too. Or alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@Zachariah @lopar49 I used Openphone a few years ago, and it was terrible. Lots of SMS never came through, didn't work for OTPs (even though they claimed it would), terrible customer service. Despite it being more complex technically, JMP.Chat is much, much better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the input. I’m saw it looked a bit more complex, but that shouldn’t be a problem for me. I’d much prefer something reliable.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For news/RSS feed I've been using Readrops that is available in Fdroid https://f-droid.org/packages/com.readrops.app

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Any iOS alternative to Google Tasks?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe omni focus?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe a Joplin? Sorry this is a kinda half arsed andwer I’ll be back with a better one in a mo

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Seafile as a Google Drive/Dropbox replacement. You can self host but they also offer paid accounts I think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would it be better to replace Gemini with a local model run through ollama or something?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is there a graphene option for is broke folk? I'd love to move away from android but it only works on phones I can't afford.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I guess pixel 9a would be the best choice or a supported older model

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone please help me find a browser that has the Chromium gestures.

I want o be able to pull the URL bar down to go into the tab selection screen and pull the page down to refresh, and all the Firefox based browsers are so different it drives me crazy and I go back to chrome or brave.

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