joelvdc

Great list! I have a few questions and recommendations.

Look into comaps for a maps alternative. There was some controversy around organic maps, I don't know all the details. But comaps showed up as a fork and it is really good.

I'm not the biggest fan of infomaniak and their drive is not E2EE. I would recommend looking into filen.io and proton drive.

Proton pass was already an European app, and a pretty awesome one. Why did you ditch it?

And does tutamail work with Thunderbird now? Or is it only Posteo you're using with it?

I use iPhone, Windows (work laptop) and Linux (personal laptop), so keep that in mind when looking at my suggestions. I have also a Proton unlimited subscription.

1. Email: Proton Mail + Simplelogin aliases / Tuta as backup
2. Cloud storage: Proton Drive / Filen
3. Maps: Magic Earth / OpenStreetMap
4. Search engine: Qwant
5. Web browser: Zen browser (Firefox fork) / Quiche browser (iOS)
6. Calendar: Apple Calendar (our family calendar is here, hard to use something else) / Thunderbird (apple calendar caldav imported)
7. Contacts management: Proton / iOS
8. Notes / to-do lists: Notesnook / iOS
9. Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.): MS Office (work) / Libreoffice (personal)
10. Messaging / chat: Signal / SimpleX
11. Video calling: Signal
12. Social media / microblogging RSS reader / news: Mastodon / Bluesky / Reddit / Lemmy
13. Music streaming / podcast app: Tidal (pays artists more and Spotify donated to Trump) / Pocket Casts
14. Video streaming / YouTube alternative: Grayjay (Windows/Linux) / Unwatched (iOS)
15. Password manager: Proton Pass
16. VPN / DNS / Firewall: Proton VPN
17. Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs): iOS
18. App store / APKs: iOS
19. Photo backup / gallery: Proton Drive
20. Weather: iOS
21. Smart assistant (if any): Nope
22. Anything else you’ve replaced? MS authenticator -> Ente Auth Reddit iOS app -> Hydra Notion -> Anytype

I know that some of my solutions are bonded to Apple, but I am also regularly searching for Apple alternatives and focus on apps that are cross platform to make a possible deApple process smoother in the future.

As I mentioned in other comments, I didn’t buy a new phone to degoogle. I’m sure there are more people on the same boat. And this is a degoogle group.

Wdym? 😭

I have had the same phone for the past 3 years, so the degoogle process started a couple of years after I got it.

Gotta start with what you have 🤷

I mean, it the end it’s all up to personal preferences. I’m strongly considering to delete Bluesky due to the latest controversy. But would you care to elaborate?

Yeah, Linux phones might not be ready yet and it will mean compromises and workarounds. Will be following closely the development of not Google not Apple phones, before pulling the trigger.

I love Tuta as well, they are great. But not being able to use Tuta with thunderbird was a deal breaker for me. Proton is Swiss btw.

A linux phone is on my list, Jolla or similar. One battle at a time.

I usually tell people the same, this is a decision I will have to live with. I am happy with Proton and also happy to support their growth, hopefully it will go well for a long time.

From the other services I tried, Filen and Ente deserve an honorable mention. I was close to just go Mail Plus + Filen + Ente. But as soon as you do Proton Mail + VPN, you then go with Proton Unlimited and that is what makes the most sense financially.