tanteRE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115838050969984568
Since there was some interest: Here's what I did last year to Exit the billionaire castles:
https://tante.cc/2026/01/05/exiting-the-billionaire-castle/
Meznor UNGRATEFUL MIDDLE POWER@tante I've been doing this same thing! I just replaced my smartphone OS with graphene (pixel 7).
I've been off google photos for a couple years now (I have a home cloud solution), and switched email to protonmail (which also has very simple online doc/spreadsheets software; I also use LibreOffice on my PC).
I haven't replaced Windows yet on my main PC. That'll be the next thing, a Linux replacement.
@tante the only thing I haven't found a good alternative for is google maps. I tried Organic maps and a couple others. They just don't match up with accuracy/reliability for places and navigation. (but I use it in incognito mode now, I don't remember seeing that option before, maybe it's a graphene thing)
Joris Meys@Meznor
There's @CoMaps but it's also based on openstreetmaps. I find that very accurate in my region (more than Google maps) but it's dependent on a community mapping stuff and contributing info.
You could even help out with eg the app
https://streetcomplete.app/