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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Gmail โ€”> ProtonMail.

Google drive and iCloud โ€”> PCloud, ProtonDrive, Kooft (still have to drop one or 2).

Google translateโ€”> DeepL.

Uber โ€”> Bolt.

Windows โ€”> Linux (although still mostly using windows b/c company laptop).

Google maps โ€”> Mapy, although still sometimes using google for street view.

Edge, Chrome โ€”> Vivaldi, Ecosia.

Google search โ€”> Ecosia.

ChatGPT โ€”> LeChat (Mistral), although still sometimes use ChatGPT.

WhatsApp โ€”> Signal (open source, although still American) and Threema.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fixing your formatting:

Gmail โ€”> ProtonMail.

Google drive and iCloud โ€”> PCloud, ProtonDrive, Kooft (still have to drop one or 2).

Google translateโ€”> DeepL.

Uber โ€”> Bolt.

Windows โ€”> Linux (although still mostly using windows b/c company laptop).

Google maps โ€”> Mapy, although still sometimes using google for street view.

Edge, Chrome โ€”> Vivaldi, Ecosia.

Google search โ€”> Ecosia.

ChatGPT โ€”> LeChat (Mistral), although still sometimes use ChatGPT.

WhatsApp โ€”> Signal (open source, although still American) and Threema.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd also recommend these - and always use a paid VPN!:

Mail: ProtonMail, Mailbox

Cloud storage: Peergos (self-hosted),

Translate: DeepL

Taxi: just use public transit, or Bolt

Software: Linux

Phone: Fairphone (Google Pixel is claimed to be safer for privacy, but I still don't trust Google)

Maps: OsmAnd or OpenStreetMaps

Browser: Firefox, Librefox (or the usual onion, if censorship is that bad)

Search: Ecosia, Qwant, SearXNG (if you know how to self-host)

AI Chat: Kobold.cpp or Ollama (latter downloads models automatically, but former is better elsewhere)

Messaging: Signal, Threema, Wire

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