My journey towards more European, open source, privacy-oriented, and decentralized alternatives - lemm.ee

Over the past few months, I embarked in a rewarding digital journey to move away from US big tech and towards more European [EU], open source [FOSS], privacy-oriented [P], and decentralized [D] alternatives. I’m sharing my experience here in case it can be useful to others, as well as to gather any additional thoughts or suggestions: - Desktop OS: Microsoft Windows 11 --> OpenSUSE Tumbleweed + KDE [EU][FOSS] - Web browser: Google Chrome --> Brave --> Vivaldi --> Mozilla Firefox + Strict privacy settings, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Conset-O-Matic [FOSS][P] - Email: Gmail --> Infomaniak Mail [EU][FOSS] - Calendar: Google Calendar --> Infomaniak Calendar [EU][FOSS] + OneCalendar [EU] - Files: Dropbox --> Infomaniak kDrive [EU][FOSS] - Photos: Google Photos --> Infomaniak kDrive [EU][FOSS] - Notes: Google Keep --> Notesnook [FOSS][P] - Social Media: - Facebook --> Nothing - Twitter/X --> Mastodon (mas.to) [EU][FOSS][D] - Reddit --> Lemmy (lemm.ee) [EU][FOSS][D] - AI Chatbot: OpenAI ChatGPT --> Mistral AI Le Chat [EU] - Videos: Youtube --> Unwatched [EU][FOSS][P] - Podcasts: Apple Podcasts --> Spotify --> Pocket Casts [FOSS] - Translate: Google Translate --> DeepL [EU] - Maps: Google Maps --> Organic Maps [EU][FOSS][P] - Weather: Apple Weather --> YR [EU] - Online payments: PayPal --> Revolut [EU] - Password manager: LastPass --> Mozilla Firefox --> Bitwarden [FOSS][P] - Online shopping: Amazon --> Cdiscount [EU] - Travel booking: Booking.com --> Direct booking And here’s the list of things I couldn’t let go of: - Mobile OS: iOS | I have a business iPhone which is also my personal phone - Messaging: WhatsApp | The network effect is too big here: family, friends, local businesses, etc - Streaming services: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ | These come basically for free with my ISP and are too convenient for the moment (esp. w/ kids)