It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.
Now, send a gpdr deletion request because Google still has your data.
It’s going to be difficult after deleting the account though
Difficult but legally required by them, including establishing your bona fides.
Would you be able to let us know the services you used, the replacements, and how did the migration process work?
Here are the things I replaced my Google/Microsoft/Meta services with:
- Tuta(nota): Email
- Nextcloud: Cloud
- Typst: LaTeX/Docs alternative
- LineageOS: Degoogled Android rom
- Aurora Store: Google Play Store alternative
- NewPipe, Odysee, Peertube: YouTube alternatives
- Firefox: Chrome/Chromium alternative
- SearXNG: Meta search engine
- Linux/BSD: Windows alternatives
- Bitwarden: Password manager & 2FA client
- OpenStreetMaps (OsmAnd): Google maps replacement
- LibreTranslate, Deepl: Google translate alternative
- Signal, SimpleX, Briar, Matrix: chat and group organization
DO NOT FORGET TO MIGRATE ACCOUNTS BEFORE DELETING
Proton for email and cloud storage. Graphenos on a pixel 7a for phone. Phone spps from aurora and fdroid. Kagi.com paid search engine too.
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Protonmail is a free service with an optional subscription for extra features you almost certainly won’t need
Does skiff work?
Seconded.
Without a single word on replacements for email, calendar, phone, etc… this post is pretty much useless to everyone else than the OP.
See above. Plus I use Thunderbird for calendar.
Great, thanks!
How does Thunderbird work for you wrt to sharing calendars with others (eg. family) and syncing with eg. an Outlook calendar?
I only use Thunderbird calendar for myself so I don’t know. Proton includes a calendar offering in their package but I have not tried it yet.
Do you have any guides or tips?
A guide? Sure! Go to the account settings and click “Delete my account”
So helpful
Welcome to the real world.
You think that’s air you’re breathing?
Let’s not go all the way down the rabbit hole in one pill. Steps of one less person so inured (Definition: Made tough by habitual exposure), so hopelessly dependent on Google.
What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets?
Well done!
I ended up keeping mine for occasional things like leaving YT comments or subscribing to Firebase-distributed apps.
Any suggestions on starting this process? I have a Raspberry Pi and was looking into self-hosted Google Drive/Photos/Gmail replacement. Best FOSS replacements?
It’s a bit newer, but Immich is a very promising Google Photos replacement.
I recommend setting up a NextCloud server.
I can’t wait to graduate college so I can stop using my Google account. I still have to use mine for the online office suite. I use LibreOffice if it’s just me but I have to collaborate and do group assignments on Google Docs and Slides too.
Who dis?
Anyone have any alternatives to Voice?
I moved my number to VoIP.ms and while it’s not nearly the same service wise, SMS do come to my email and I can call and receive calls via any VoIP app I want.
Thanks. Looks promising. Will def look further into.
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I’m considering it. Youtube just removed a comment of mine calling an elon simp a cracker for “harassment”
Really it’s just about the last straw, they passively protect billionaires but will let outright hate speech stay up. They also advertise nazis.
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No, cracker, you are not the victim of racism.
Would you prefer I call you a gringo, then?
Jokes aside, Youtube doesn’t consider cracker to be a slur (because it’s not) I didn’t break the rule for Hate Speech I broke the rule for Harassment because I was mean to a billionaire. This is a repeated behavior on the site, where they’ll peckerwood for rich people.
Congrats!
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Exclusively Tutanota/Proton?
Six months and they will be restored by you, don’t worry 😃
