pahulfJul 20, 2025

Started Degoogling last Sunday

https://lemmy.world/post/33201857

Started Degoogling last Sunday - Lemmy.World

I feel like #degoogle seems to embody a greater movement to leave bigtech. Here are the crazy things I’ve done over the last month or so. - Installed Arch on my laptop about a month ago - re-engaged my Mastodon and Bluesky while deleting Twitter and unfriending everyone on Facebook - Installed GrapheneOS on my Pixel - Moved email to custom domain and Tuta from Gmail - Moved to NextCloud in place of Google Drive - Moved photos from Google Photos to Ente Photos - Moved my PKM and Notes to Logseq - Moved from Chome and Google Search to Firefox, Tor and DuckDuckGo - Just deleted Reddit and started a Lemmy account. It’s been a ride and I’m open to other suggestions and guides.

Show threadNaraukoJul 20, 2025

Awesome, how do yoi like the Graphene experience? I just switched from Samsung to a Pixel and installed Graphene as soon as I got it. Still getting used to things, and still using some Google services and apps. Have you found good replacements for things like Android Auto and RCS for text messages (not that I can get RCS working yet in any case)?

NextCloud and Ente look interesting, I need to check those out for Photos and Drive alternatives.

Show threadpahulf
I’ve been enjoying GrapheneOS. It’s seems to fun well for me and the battery life seems to be great. I made a point to not use any Google apps so that means no RCS for me. My car doesn’t have Android Auto so I’m not sure about a replacement.
Jul 20, 2025 at 9:10pmWeb
Show threadpinball_wizardJul 21, 2025

The battery life on GrapheneOS can be epic.

It stands out when my friends do a “How is everyone’s phone battery?” check after a long day hiking, and I’m still above 30% while theirs are dead or dying.