Never let people tell you it's impossible to #deGoogle your life. 💪

Inspired by @ente

@ente More inspiration can be found here: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail
How to De-Google your life: The ultimate list of best private Google alternatives. | Tuta

Start DeGoogling today and prevent Big G from exploiting your data! Learn how to replace Google apps with private ones in this detailed guide.

Tuta
@Tutanota @ente Any thoughts on Matrix? It’s E2E, Open Source and can easily replace products like discord.
@dustinbucher Thanks for the suggestion, will consider it!
@dustinbucher @Tutanota @ente personally I would rather choose conversations ( under XMPP procotol, fully opensourse and freel) matrix is related to a fundation in London, outside the EU.
@paeiro
I had never heard of this before but im excited to check it out!
Europäische Alternativen in der digitalen Welt? Ja, die gibt es

Proton statt Gmail, Pixelfed statt Insta: Ein Wiener Softwareentwickler hat eine Plattform für heimische Alternativen zu den Angeboten von Big Tech erstellt

DER STANDARD
@Tutanota @ente how about Qwant as a search engine and /e/os as an Android alternative ?
@Tutanota I can understand reservations around including Fastmail as an email alternative, but I don't get why you'd exclude Kagi from search options while including Brave and DDG.
@heymarkreeves @Tutanota Fastmails servers are hosted in the US, so I’d defo not count them in anything unfortunately.
@andyn Thank you for explaining what I already acknowledged.
@heymarkreeves @Tutanota that's so real x)

If you don't care about the terrible Brave, at least add Kagi …
@tournesol @heymarkreeves Thanks for your feedback, will take it into account!
@Tutanota @tournesol @heymarkreeves whij is Brave terrible? I like it so far?
Stop using Brave Browser

Seriously.

The Spacebar
@nanianmichaels @Tutanota @tournesol @heymarkreeves thnx. Have been reading up the last couple of minutes.
Okay, but what browser you recommend then?

@IvarGierveld
I've been using @zenbrowser on desktop, Fennec on mobile.

Haven't really looked into replacing Fennec, but it's at least a bit better than Firefox.

I stopped using Chromium-based browsers a while ago, it was one of the first things I did when I started to DeGoogle. Chromium has become a de-facto monopoly with a company whose only goal is to extract information from its users and make money from said information as its only real developer (Google).

It has become much worse than Internet Explorer ever was, and for the sake of even having a chance to keep the Web even remotely private in the future, using anything but Chromium-based is a must, IMO.
@Tutanota @tournesol @heymarkreeves

@IvarGierveld Mullvad on desktop, Privacy Browser and Vanadium (Graphene only, sadly) on mobile @nanianmichaels @Tutanota @tournesol @heymarkreeves
@IvarGierveld @nanianmichaels @Tutanota @tournesol @heymarkreeves or librewolf on desktop and IronFox on android to add more options :)

@IvarGierveld @Tutanota @tournesol @heymarkreeves Remember that Tuta is from Germany so US political nuance isn't always clear to others.

Don't get me wrong, Brave is ran by jackasses, no argument there.

@IvarGierveld pushing crypto a lot and a lot of homophobia, from what I can remember. There might be more
@heymarkreeves @Tutanota what are the reservations around Fastmail? I'm a user and I try to keep up to date, but I am not aware of anything wrong with them?
@Tutanota @ente Don't forget HERE WeGo for Google maps!
@Tutanota Tuta Drive??? Wie weit ist "in Entwicklung"? Ich bin gerade dabei mich für ein Cloud Storage zu entscheiden.
@honehe Das dauert noch, einige Monate mit Sicherheit, sorry.
@Tutanota Alles klar, ich bin gespannt drauf und schließe dann mal vorerst kein Jahresabo ab.
@Tutanota @ente I'm missing DeepL and Ente Auth in this list
@Tutanota @ente could add deepl to translate and magic earth for maps ams jitsi meet
@Unlogic Thanks for your feedback!
@Tutanota @ente You need to remove Brave... https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/ and as a mail client you could add ProtonMail and posteo.de at least, it's your competitor but you can't ignore them if you want to make a honest chart.
Why I recommend against Brave

If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on

LibreNews

@H0W25 @Tutanota @ente

Agreed. I have a hard time taking the list seriously unless all good alternatives are there. In fact, if ProtonMail and Proton Pass would have been included I would have respected the list, and Tuta, a lot more and I would have clocked them as a truly honest company.

As a sidenote I am also missing DeltaChat (especially if we’re aiming to avoid US-based centralised services).

@H0W25 @Tutanota @ente
Friends don't let friends use Brave.
@xdydx @H0W25 @Tutanota @ente One can use more than one browser. Brave has the advantage that you do not get ads when watching youtube (however that is possible).
@mapcar @xdydx @Tutanota @ente But that's not a only thing about Brave, Firefox+uBlock, can do that with less traffic (Brave uses a lot of shaddy traffic if you analize it) and with less RAM. If you really want a Chromium alternative then just use https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
GitHub - ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium: Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

Google Chromium, sans integration with Google. Contribute to ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
@mapcar I haven't used YouTube in a long time (I use inv.nadeko.net), but I seem to remember any browser with the uBlock Origin extension also blocking ads there @xdydx @H0W25 @Tutanota @ente
@mikelovesbikes @mapcar @xdydx @Tutanota @ente yes but my mom using ublock + chrome didn't work, I think is something about chrome that doesn't block youtube ads, now she uses firefox + ublock and no more issues! And I'm also using inv.nadeko.net or yewtu.be, and if I want more quality I run them with mpv, leaks my IP but I still skip the bloated frontend hahaha and I can always do `torsocks mpv <url>` to route via tor or use my VPN.

@mapcar @H0W25 @Tutanota @ente
Indeed.

One should use more than one browser!

And having a single-site browser as part of a multi-browser strategy is perfectly good informational security strategy.

It still doesn't have to be Brave though.

@H0W25 @Tutanota @ente goddamn i’ve been using brave for its “simplicity” for years, time to switch!
@Tutanota It's clear it's your main competitor on your market segment, but I think you should still include ProtonMail as email provider as you did for their other services. 😉
@vincent @Tutanota and Proton Pass for password management?
@lenzgr @vincent @Tutanota
#Proton has some significant ideological issues.
@xdydx @mikelovesbikes @lenzgr
@Tutanota
I know the story, but there is a deeper analysis here : https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
Each one needs to make his own opinion. Here, it just seems not consistent to present some proton services but not their main one.
Does Proton really support Trump? A deeper analysis (and surprising findings)

Recently, allegations surfaced on Reddit that Proton (or at least Proton’s CEO) supports Trump. Hillary Keverenge from Tech-Issues Today summarized the entire timeline of events here, complete with…

Medium
@xdydx @mikelovesbikes @lenzgr @Tutanota
For an average user, both are great services. Proton ecosystem has its value, but also its potential drawback if they eventually turn evil. My opinion is that it was more a clumsy communication from Andy Yen than a Trump endorsement. Currently, I personally don't think it's a sufficient reason to completely discard Proton. Disclaimer: I use both services. If I’m proven wrong later, I would immediately cancel my Proton subscription.

@xdydx

It’s CEO said the equivalent of “Making things easier for small and medium sized companies is not a bad idea actually, and makes for a nice change which I welcome“. I don’t see that as “significant ideological issues”, but hey that is me.

@lenzgr @vincent @Tutanota

@Tutanota @ente heeyyyy! +1 for having wire on your graphic! nobody ever remembers they exist
@Viss Thanks for your feedback, will consider this!
@Tutanota another fun wire factoid: ive never seen it on any of those government lists of 'we gotta break into this platform'. whatspp, signal, telegram - yep, all of those. wire? people dont even know it exists, which works out better for privacy :D
@Tutanota@mastodon.social @ente@fosstodon.org any reccs for screen readers please? I'm currently stuck with Google's Reading Mode.
@Tutanota gmail alternative you did not add proton mail where as you add proton drive as gdrive alternative.😁🤣
@Tutanota @ente Definitely missing @Vivaldi browser in there, switch out brave for obvious reasons.
Missing @disroot as another email alternative - those guys do good work <3
Bitwarden authenticator could also be added.
@filen is awesone cloud storage, less known but super good drive alternative.

@Tutanota @ente can someone guide me on how I can install custom rom for my redmi note 10s phone.

There are no custom ROM support for this at the moment..how can I make it fully Foss phone without any Google malware

@saliaku Same boat, de-googling a lot of phones is simply not feasible due to lack of support.
@mbybee how do we solve this issue? 😔
@Tutanota @ente @Waterfox is also an excellent browser, a more secure fork of FF