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Here's a very short post with credible alternatives and useful resources.

Practical examples

  • Google Search : Qwant, Startpage
  • Google Chrome : Vivaldi, Tor
  • Google Store : F-droid
  • Google Drive : NextCloud
  • Google Tasks : Trello, Kanban board
  • Google Maps : Herewego
  • Google Meets : Whereby, Jitsi
  • Google Fonts : Font Squirrel, Dafont
  • Google Smart Lock : 1P, Dashlane, LastPass, Freepass, Bitwarden
  • Google Analytics : Matomo
  • Youtube : New Pipe, Peertube
  • Google Photos : Piwigo
  • Google Translate : Linguee
  • Android OS : LineageOS, PureOS/Librem, GrapheneOS

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webbureaucrat

Adding: Google Docs -> Skiff

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spO0q

Nice, I did not know about it.

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webbureaucrat

Also: check out Disroot. They're a nonprofit with a ton of google alt services.

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spO0q

Looks awesome too ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป. Sharing your favorite link is totally on point with this post.

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Kanishka • Edited

They have some great support - signal, mozilla! I wonder if Skiff will be open core or FOSS? ... Skiff blog mentions incremental open sourcing!

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Kanishka

I have been starting to use Skiff. It is okay, still seems like its under active development, so needs some more polish.

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Eda

Also, another one for Google Translate: Lingva Translate

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spO0q

Thanks. Never heard about it, did you test it?

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Eda

Yes, I don't actually use it a lot like on a day-to-day basis, but it works fine. It's actually a front-end for Google Translate itself as it scrapes through it, and is inspired by NewPipe, Nitter, etc. Here is the repository.

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spO0q

ah ok I see how it works ๐Ÿ‘€

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nabbisen • Edited

Thanks for great post on the summary๐Ÿ˜Š

I use Standard Notes instead of Google Keep and ProtonMail Calendar (beta) instead of Google Calendar.

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Kanishka

I have been using Standard Notes for the last two years. It works well, but I still want something more feature rich. I haven't had time to try out FOSS alternatives lately, but I will keep shopping at some point.

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spO0q

Thanks for sharing, I'm less familiar with Google Keep and its alternatives but Protonmail Calendar works great.

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Bernd Wechner

I'm with Joplin for notes. Host my own server for it even.

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VanPonasenkov

Awesome post, thanks for sharing this list.

Another Great alternative to Youtube is LBRY Odysee. It's really good and doesn't censor things (Including potentially offensive content).

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spO0q

thanks.

potentially offensive content

Wonderful platform but I agree with you, too much garbage and offensive content. Is it the price of total freedom of speech? I don't know. Despite this problem, it seems more fair than YouTube's moderation, which sometimes cuts too much and encourages strike campaigns.

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Madhan S

F-droid contains only open-source applications. If you need a full google play store alternative, you can use Aurora store.

P.S.- Installing Aurora store requires F-Droid though or can be downloaded from F-droid website

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spO0q

Never used it, will give it a try some day. Thanks for sharing.

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CyberJack

You can add DeepL as replacement for Google Translate.

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Kanishka

Maps - osmand, osm.io

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Kanishka

I am interested in Brave, but I have stayed with Firefox because of Brave founder's history, views.

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Offline

For advanced users thereโ€™s a blocklist available at github.com/nickspaargaren/no-google

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Kanishka

Analytics - plausible analytics
Android - eOS
Invidious is useful for anon YouTube browsing
Drive - collabora

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spO0q

Nice alternatives ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป