Comment on leaving google

yote_zip@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• kurzon@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Totally agree with this. I started with Gmail and calendar and then gradually continued with Gdrive and Gphotos. My browser has always been Firefox, so no problem there. My next step is owning a Google-free phone (keeping an eye on tuxphones.com). The only thing that I can not get rid of is Google Maps. It works so damn good!

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  • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    replaced it years ago with Organic Maps. The few things googleMaps does better are not worth the huge hole it digs in your privacy

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    • kurzon@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Awesome, thanks for the suggestion.

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  • dot20@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What do you use for a GDrive alternative?

    And for a better GMaps alternative, try OpenStreetMap

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    • kurzon@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I use a self-hosted Nextcloud server for Gdrive and Photos. Anyone who thinks going self-hosted is hard must watch 1 or 2 Docker videos and buy a minipc for a $150-$200. It is really not that hard. OpenStreetMap unfortunately is not even close what Maps can provide. I have not checked it for a long time though, maybe some drastic improvements have happened lately?

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      • sacredbirdman@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        On the other hand OpenStreetMap seems to provide things that Google Maps doesn't like a lot of paths and trails, including inclination & difficulty info.

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      • dot20@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well it’s not hard (I have Linux experience), but I’m worried about the time investment to maintain and secure it myself. I’d rather pay someone else to do that for me…

        I’m surprised you don’t like OSM, in terms of the actual map it’s much better for me than GMaps. The only thing I still use GMaps for is to see reviews of restaurants etc.

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    • Nowyn@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      As mentioned self-hosted Nextcloud is an option but as my ability to keep things from breaking is really limited which is a big reason why I use the cloud, I am moving on Sync. Other cloud services people often recommend are NordLocker and Tresorit.

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  • stallmer@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hadn’t heard of Tux Phones before. Any other resources like that?

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