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?

  • SexDwarf@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Replaced

    • Gmail -> Proton Mail
    • Keep -> Joplin
    • Docs -> LibreOffice + OpenDocument Reader
    • Drive 100 Gb -> Proton Drive (free 5 Gb)
    • Photos -> ente photos
    • Play Books -> ReadEra Premium + Kobo
    • Translate & Lens -> DeepL

    Haven’t been able to replace (just yet)

    • Wallet
    • Maps & Earth
    • Sheets
    • Home
    • Calendar
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      4 hours ago

      Tutamail has a calendar. Tutamail hasn’t said anything positive or factual about the republican parties either. They’ve made no statements

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        Tutamail shared calendars (which is a must) subscription was so confusing I didn’t understand it. Like their whole subscription model is needlessly complicated.

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      3 hours ago

      Since you already use proton you should check out proton calendar.

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        19 minutes ago

        We tried it but my wife hated it. With Proton, you have choose one subscription. I already use Pass plus so I can’t have Mail plus (shared calendars) without Proton ultimate which is an overkill in my situation and too expensive.

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      7 hours ago

      Google sheets is simply… Really good. I haven’t been able to find anything else close. I’ve tried libre and even excel but sheets is by far my favourite. And I really love spreadsheets so I feel I’m in a horrible position and so torn.

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        3 hours ago

        I’m no accountant, but isn’t excel way better than sheets?

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        6 hours ago

        Tell me about it. Wallet is literally the only good option. The alternatives to Maps don’t come even close, it’s simply the best and most convenient app. Same with Earth (use it rarely but still).