DeGoogle Yourself

Albeit not for everyone, self-hosting is the way to go. Nextcloud is where is at, even with its quirks. Also, instead of going to YT directly, I use RSS to keep up with my channels. In my case, FreshRSS for those and for everything else it applies. Watch them with Freetube.

As far as full on YT replacements? Use Rumble and Odysee as many YT content creators are creating back up channels on those platforms. The point is that YT is going to get even more stupid with the ads so it is great to options.

Email -> Runbox

Browser -> Vivaldi (also has a calendar and email client)

Messaging -> Signal

Photos/Drive/Docs -> Jotta

Notes -> Justnote

TickTick is Chinese and Nobody should use it. They have full access to your calendar, todo lists and so on. Don’t organize your life in a Chinese owned app.

My replacements

• Gmail -> Proton Mail
• Chrome -> Firefox
• Google Photos -> Ente Photos
• Google Drive -> Proton Drive, Filen
• YouTube -> YouTube Revanced
• WhatsApp -> Signal
• Google Keep -> Joplin
• Google Docs -> LibreOffice
• Translate -> DeepL

If only my uni email was not using gmail..

I’m loving mailbox.org as an alternative to Gmail and Magic Earth as a replacement for Google Maps. Also I’ve been using Ecosia - both the browser and the search engine. Sadly the search engine is just a reskinned bing, but they are involved in the project of making the first real EU based search engine. And once that’s out I’m looking forward to using that.