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Process of Degoogleing (lemmy.ml)

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Hey there, right now i degoogle my nothing phone 2. Here is a list of stuff that I use. Also some stuff is open. U can recommend me stuff for that and maybe also stuff I already have something for. I am always open for new stuff.

SMS - QKSMS

Phone / Contacts - ... ?

Clock - Clock (Foss)

Browser - For now Vivaldi (no good Firefox Browser on Android) Wanted the Same Browser on Android and pc

Search engine - DDG (would use Kagi but not for 10€ a month / would pay 1€ per month)

Keep notes - Quillpad (perfect)

Google Tasks - For now ToDoDo (not sure About it)

YouTube and Twitch - Grayjay

Email - Proton (mail plus sub is enough for me)

Calendar - Proton (tested Tuta but Proton is better)

Password manager - Bitwarden

2FA - Aegis

Google Drive - Filen.io (lifetime 2tb no subscription), Synology Drive with DS224+ Nas, Synology Photos (DS224+ coming 2025 2x2tb Seagate iron Wolf) just photos Videos and some docs

Gallery App - Aves, Nothing Gallery when it releases

Reddit - Eternity for Lemmy

Shazam - Audible

Playstore - Aurora Store, Droidify

Anti Virus - Bitdefender

Ad and Tracker Blocking - Adguard App (works awesome)

VPN - ... ?

Office - ... ?

PDF Scanner - ... ?

Calculator App - OpenCalc

Google Files - Material Files but still searching for another one with Safe Folder Function

Translate - DeepL

Weather - Nothing Weather because I use Nothing Phone 2

Camera App - For now Nothing Camera

RSS Feed - ... ? (Instead of Google discover)?

What's App - ... ? searching for other Apps with working What's App Bridge (sadly everyone I know uses WhatsApp and doesn't want to change)

YouTube Music- ... ?

Google Home - ... ?

Greetings

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago

Proton also has a VPN

I use Read You for RSS

For WhatsApp and other platforms, I host a Matrix server and add bridges for them.

To replace Google Home, I host a Home Assistant server

For music, you can host your on music streaming service with Navidrome and use an app like Ultrasonic on your phone. If you don't want to buy music outright, you can get a qobuz subscription and use qobuz-dl to grab music from it.