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I want to eventually move away, especially gmail and drive.
What are the alternatives that can be used with expectation that they will remain active for at least a decade ?
I have been using Fastmail for roughly three years now and happy with it. https://www.fastmail.com/gmail-alternative/
[1] https://jmap.io/
[2] https://fastmail.blog/open-technologies/jmap-new-email-open-...
Great non-Google services I pay for are ProtonMail, Fastmail, iCloud, and Office-365.
I have played around with self-hosting options, but decided to just use Cloud services, but don’t rely on any single vendor.
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I used to use syncthing to maintain backups and syncing, but eventually just gave into iCloud as a compromise. Setting up and maintaining syncthing on wife and kids devices became a pain.
DuckDuckGo for search. Dropping down to google when I’m stuck. Honestly I’ve found google worse for technical topics due to all the junk websites that recycle content.
You’ll be fighting against the current trying to ditch google with an android phone! I’m sure it’s possible though.
A great benefit of de googling (and also dropping most social media) is that I am barely exposed to ads at all! It’s is shocking using other peoples devices now ahah.
I have been using Fastmail for roughly three years now and happy with it. https://www.fastmail.com/gmail-alternative/