Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024 • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by fsflover » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 6:50 PM UTC

docflabby wrote: post #9

fsflover wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You really do not need anything google, except of course AOSP I'm using a GNU/Linux phone just fine. No Android is needed.

Unfortunately for banking apps etc need a android or iPhone will probably make the switch to apple...

You can use Waydroid, or, if the bank forces you into the duopoly, you should complain.

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by noman-land » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 7:23 PM UTC

As someone who has left, let me try to help.

Nextcloud

Syncthing

Firefox

Bitwarden

Aegis

GrapheneOS

F-Droid

ntfy

NewPipe

Signal

Matrix

Stop using email or do custom domain + some service. Sync locally with Thunderbird or whatever you like.

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by iAkashPaul » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:30 PM UTC

I use Zoho Mail with custom domains

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by sirodoht » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:41 PM UTC

Fastmail is great for email. That said, I find degoogling manageable unless you also want to de-applyify in which case it's IMHO too fussy.

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by bean-weevil » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:43 PM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #8

reify wrote: post #4

I have been degoogled for a lifetime. You really do not need anything google, except of course AOSP, The Android Open Source Project. Where there is a will there is a way. Buy a cheap 5 year old phone you can install a Lineage or E.foundation operating system. https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ https://doc.e.foundation/devices Either that or learn to use ADB (Android Debug Bridge) to remove all those unnecessary app…

> You really do not need anything google, except of course AOSP I'm using a GNU/Linux phone just fine. No Android is needed.

Which one are you using, and how's it treating you? I've been thinking about biting the bullet and going this route for a while.

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by oidar » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:49 PM UTC

What google services do you use? Which are you finding hard to replace? I'm pretty much degoogled except for using YouTube. Kagi for search, Fastmail for mail (I played with Hey for awhile but they are so backwards in client features), Orion for a browser, Microsoft Authenticator, Mac calendar, iCloud office suite, iCloud photos, and Apple Maps.

As I mentioned, YouTube is pretty hard to replace as there is nothing else like it currently. Vimeo is not as open, Facebook, TikTok, X and others have their weird problems too.

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by cpach » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 8:52 PM UTC

No offence, but this should be a FAQ entry somewhere…

Anyway: Fastmail seems to be a popular alternative these days.

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by Venkatesh10 » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:27 PM UTC

Zoho have suite like Google

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by Delk » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:40 PM UTC

sirodoht wrote: post #14

Fastmail is great for email. That said, I find degoogling manageable unless you also want to de-applyify in which case it's IMHO too fussy.

Phones certainly become difficult if you try to avoid both Google and Apple. Is there something else where you found it difficult to avoid both?

Re: Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

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Post by _mlbt » Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:55 PM UTC

I don’t know how the technical details would work, but how great would it be to have email portability in the same manner that we can port our phone numbers between cell providers?