Right now a lot of us are trying to divest and diversify from having our entire lives on Google both because of the way Google spends its money and the long-standing privacy concerns seeming a bit more scary now.

What services have you switched to and what has your experience been? What do you like, what don’t you like, would you recommend them?

  • murky0106@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    Desktop Environment

    • Operating System: Fedora Workstation Linux

      • Great package manager updates
      • Excellent performance

    • Productivity Tools:

      • Note-taking: Zim Wiki (preferred for GUI and plaintext storage)
      • Document Editing: Considering OnlyOffice if Collabora Office doesn’t work out
      • Backup Solution: Filen cloud provider with desktop sync app

    • Browsers:

      • Primary: Firefox with Arkenfox
      • Backup: Ungoogled Chromium (for sites incompatible with Firefox)

    • Password Management:

      • Bitwarden (kept on phone)
      • KDE Connect for clipboard sharing between devices

    Mobile Setup

    • Device & OS: Pixel 8 Pro running GrapheneOS

      • More stable and polished than previous CalyxOS on Pixel 5
      • Better Google Play sandboxing compared to microG

    • Mobile Apps:

      • Browsers: IronFox and Vanadium
      • App Sources: Primarily open-source from GitHub/F-Droid, updated via Obtainium
      • Non-FOSS Apps: Sandboxed Google Play for banking and other essential apps
      • Maps: HERE WeGo (previously used Magic Earth but it lacked public transport info)
      • Loyalty Cards: Catima

    • Search Engine: Kagi

      • Quality results
      • Sound business model (subscription-based)
      • Fediverse integration for Lemmy search

    • Self-Hosted Services:

      • Contacts and calendar via Radicale on NAS with Nginx

    • Car Integration:

      • Still using Android Auto (found MagSafe holder alternatives more distracting)
      • Physical cards stored in MagSafe wallet on phone back