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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)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I replaced google drive with koofr. Very happy so far! Still unsure what I'm doing about Google wallet/Google pay...

How are Heliboard and Here Wego?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Heliboard is awesome. FOSS, very customizable, no telemetry, and all the keyboard tools you can think of.

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

I also use Here WeGo, for me it’s really good for navigation, even for public transport or bicycle. But it’s really limited for location search, i noticed that when several places have the same name it doesn’t really sort them intuitively in the search results. Also for restaurants search i still rely it Google Maps for reviews and opening hours

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

I used it for navigation by bike only and it's a great app!

Indeed there might be some places missing, and yesterday I had to type the full name of the restaurant I was looking for to find it - but it was there in the end.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I really wanted to like Here WeGo, it feels like a very good foundation, but I don't think it's quite there yet. When I use it in the car, it never tells me which exit to take or which sign to follow, only the name of the road I should enter, which I never have any idea about, so it doesn't help me at all (unless it just says "follow the route," which happens about 50 percent of the time, which of course doesn’t help what so ever either).

I've tested it on two slightly longer trips so far, and on both occasions it crashed and I couldn’t get it to work properly again…

But cool if someone got it to work better than I did! As I said, the foundation feels good, and maybe it’s better for biking!