Degoogle + BuyFromEU + Privacy: I’d like to share about my smartphone apps replacement journey:

WhatsApp -> Olvid

Gmail -> Mailo

Reddit -> Lemmy

Play store -> Aurora store (no account needed)

Google (browser and search engine) -> Qwant

Google maps -> Here Wego

Gboard -> Heliboard

All trails -> Komoot

ChatGPT -> LeChat

Any recommendation to replace the following?

  • Google Drive,
  • Google photo,
  • Apple wallet (I’d like an alternative to pay with my phone)
  • unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I switched from DuckDuckGo to Qwant a week ago and so far I’m happy with it. I’m in the US and it does a great job returning search results that are relevant to me here, even though it’s intended for people in Europe.

    I also switched from Gmail to Posteo, ChatGPT to Le Chat and Firefox to Waterfox.

    I plan to replace Google Drive with Nextcloud, sometime in the next few months when I have the time to set it up.

    Google Maps will be the hardest to replace. I’ve tried 8 or so competitors and they all pale in comparison.