Why are you still using Chrome? (given your goal)
I'm actually going through the same process as you, but after chrome's change to default auto-login, it was the first thing I changed.
You might want to consider the same.
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#12For email I'm using s default email program on my phone (5 different emails) and Protonmail App for Protonmail email address.
I changed Chrome with DuckDuckGo and Brave.
YouTube... I really don't know yet what to do.
Google maps... Im trying Here Maps...
Signal Instead Fb Messenger, Google, WhatsApp.
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#13Are there other email services that separate into Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums like Gmail does? Thats the showstopper for me and marketing pages don't provide evidence of this feature.
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#14GMail -> Fastmail Google Maps -> Here Maps or OSM Youtube -> Depends on your needs. There aren't really that many alternatives to watching videos on youtube but you don't need an account for that. If you need to host videos you can use Vimeo or checkout something like verond.com but this kind of services tend to come and go a bit too fast. Play Store -> F-Droid or amazon store. If you want to change your browser too,…
GMail -> FastMail -> With the latest shitty AU laws, I'd advise against this provider (speaking as an old customer who really liked the service). https://privacytools.io/ provides a decent e-mail service list Browser -> Firefox? So you completely drop the Chromium rendering engine (plus, firefox is awesome) Photos -> what is your need, exactly?
The laws are shitty but have zero effect on FastMail - they don’t provide an E2E solution so they already have your email unencrypted, no backdoors required.
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#15Gmail -> Protonmail (500MB free no ads, but calendar functionality is painfully nonexistent)
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#16GMail -> Fastmail Google Maps -> Here Maps or OSM Youtube -> Depends on your needs. There aren't really that many alternatives to watching videos on youtube but you don't need an account for that. If you need to host videos you can use Vimeo or checkout something like verond.com but this kind of services tend to come and go a bit too fast. Play Store -> F-Droid or amazon store. If you want to change your browser too,…
GMail -> FastMail -> With the latest shitty AU laws, I'd advise against this provider (speaking as an old customer who really liked the service). https://privacytools.io/ provides a decent e-mail service list Browser -> Firefox? So you completely drop the Chromium rendering engine (plus, firefox is awesome) Photos -> what is your need, exactly?
FastMail, I don't think those laws affect FM and anyhow I do no need the extreme privacy, just not selling my data. And since I do actually pay for it, I am less worried about that.
Firefox is... ok. I tried using it a few times but I find it a bit clunky for some reason and I do love Vivaldi absolute flexibility.
Photos, what I need is not being Google. Really. And it's so damn hard to find a decent service that is not Google. I am not in the Apple ecosystem so that's out, and all the other services have a bit crappy apps. I tried owncloud but the Android app is really not good enough.
The problem I have with Google is that I occasionally make Android Apps and I already had a strike on my account for an old app, if I were to have more strikes I would risk losing EVERYTHING, photos, emails etc... and that's not something that I am down for.
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#17GMail -> Fastmail Google Maps -> Here Maps or OSM Youtube -> Depends on your needs. There aren't really that many alternatives to watching videos on youtube but you don't need an account for that. If you need to host videos you can use Vimeo or checkout something like verond.com but this kind of services tend to come and go a bit too fast. Play Store -> F-Droid or amazon store. If you want to change your browser too,…
GMail -> FastMail -> With the latest shitty AU laws, I'd advise against this provider (speaking as an old customer who really liked the service). https://privacytools.io/ provides a decent e-mail service list Browser -> Firefox? So you completely drop the Chromium rendering engine (plus, firefox is awesome) Photos -> what is your need, exactly?
Here's FastMail's official statement regarding the Australian laws: https://fastmail.blog/2018/09/10/access-and-assistance-bill/
tl;dr They're fighting it, but they don't see this bill having any additional consequences for our customers.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
GMail -> FastMail -> With the latest shitty AU laws, I'd advise against this provider (speaking as an old customer who really liked the service). https://privacytools.io/ provides a decent e-mail service list Browser -> Firefox? So you completely drop the Chromium rendering engine (plus, firefox is awesome) Photos -> what is your need, exactly?
FastMail, I don't think those laws affect FM and anyhow I do no need the extreme privacy, just not selling my data. And since I do actually pay for it, I am less worried about that. Firefox is... ok. I tried using it a few times but I find it a bit clunky for some reason and I do love Vivaldi absolute flexibility. Photos, what I need is not being Google. Really. And it's so damn hard to find a decent service that is…
You can pay for Gmail, too, with G Suite, that is. In fact, G Suite is fully GDPR-compliant. With the paid version they don't sell or mine your data.