Same, but opera/firefox, Zenfone, and proton Mail. Not really a fan of apple either
I am probably the perfect google customer. I used google search when it still had an exclamation point. I got my gmail account by invite in ‘04. Downloaded chrome on day one. I used nexus/pixel phones almost exclusively
Today, ddg search on Firefox. I am using an iPhone. I still have the gmail account but I am slowly migrating away from it. I am done with google. They don’t produce anything that has any value for me anymore.
MySwellMojo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
rckclmbr@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’m doing all the same as you
What I’m not moving away from though is Google Maps and Photos. No good alternatives exist
marksson@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
About Maps, same here. Even looked into paid alternatives, and… There’s not really much of value. I’m disappointed.
kzhe@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Ente? Just started subscribing though… seems good. 99c for base plan is pretty attractive.
rckclmbr@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Looks promising, I’ll keep my eye on it, might give it a go with some photos to test it out
June@lemm.ee 10 months ago
What are you switching to for email?
Evotech@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I moved to proton mail personally after having Gmail since forever.
Took a year and I pay 40usd per year but worth it
madcaesar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How safe / stable is proton mail? Say they go under in 5 years are you just fucked? Or is your setup such that you could move easily? Also is your email just xxxx@proton.com? Or something longer?
ours@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t have a crystal ball but Proton is the go-to, privacy-focused email provider. They are based in Switzerland.
They likely have a way for you to export your emails if they go under or use a desktop email client to archive them.
Evotech@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have my own domain. So I’d lose my emails but I could just move the address. I’d recommend that for sure. In case you want to move to another bark provider down the line to it’s super simple
milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 10 months ago
I’m exactly in the same boat, been considering migrating to protonmail. Have moved everything else to alternatives except gmail.
Pohl@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Slowly working on hosting my own. Stuff like this is not fast for me since I am a hobbyist and not in tech professionally. But, I’m getting there.
teichflamme@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I just switched to getting my own domain and hosting it as a bundle with the domain provider. The Web client sucks, but I use thunderbird anyways.
Pohl@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That is a better idea than me foolishly trying to get all of it running out of my basement. So many little things that lead to other little things. Right now, my “ditch gmail” project is a build my own router with openwrt project.
Fuggen rabbit holes man.
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Same. I have my name as my gmail and get an absurd amount of missent emails.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Big oof on the iphone, mate. You can have an android phone with CFW that doesn’t have all of the google telemetry and bloatware.
Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Seems like a lot of work to have a phone that just works and is easy
Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What works on iPhone though? You can’t even change your ringtone to your own sound without having to draw your wallet.
Just stick with bloatware android then
WarshipJesus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s not true at all. GarageBand will let you make tones directly on the device if you want to.
That said, yeah, get a grapheneos device and cut google out completely, it works just fine.
zeppo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I haven’t remotely cared about a custom ringtone in about 14 years.
vermyndax@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is entirely and completely false.