First of all a huge thanks to this community and Lemmy, without this shithead Trump I would have never known about Lemmy. 😅 It is so nice to enjoy a complete ad-free service, after years of being on Reddit.
I wanted to share my journey how i finally got rid and replaced a lot of things by European alternatives or FOSS Apps. I have to say I was amazed how much Apps I could replace with the F-Droid Appstore.
Maybe some of the things help others to find a European alternative.
- Desktop OS: Microsoft Windows 11 --> Linux Mint
- Mobile OS: Android --> e/Os (bought a used phone, which allows e/OS)
- Web browser: Google Chrome --> Ecosia, Mullvad
- Email: Gmail --> Posteo, Tutamail (Using Thunderbird as Clien
- Calendar: Google Calendar --> Fossify Calender and sync with kDrive
- Desktop OS: Microsoft Windows 11 --> Linux Mint
- Files: Google Drive --> Infomaniak kDrive
- Photos: Google Photos --> Ente
- Notes: Google Keep --> Fossify Notes [FOSS][P]
- Social Media:
- Facebook --> Deleted
- Instagram --> Deleted
- Reddit --> Lemmy
- AI Chatbot: OpenAI ChatGPT --> Mistral AI Le Chat
- Videos: Youtube --> Peertube, but barely using it
- Translate: Google Translate --> DeepL
- Maps: Google Maps --> Organic Maps, Here We Go, Koomot
- Weather: wetter.com --> Cirrus
- Online payments: PayPal --> Wero
- Mobile Payment: Google Pay --> Curve
- Password manager: Proton Pass --> KeePassXC sync with Syncthing across all devices
- Travel: Booking --> Check 24
- App Store: Play Store --> F-Droid, Aurora Store, e/Os App Lounge
So the best part about it, I first thought I would miss Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Reddit. But actually it feels quite liberating and browsing the internet without ads.
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?
Thanks for your recommendations. Will look into Comaps and Filen.io Actually Comaps looks much more like Maps.me I used before.
Was ditching it after some comments of the CEO, and really like the way Mullvad is working.
No unfortunately still not possible.
You can add an email into Thunderbird regardless of host.
Unfortunately that isn’t the case with Tuta. Since they have an encrypted mailbox and their web client uses E2EE, they don’t have any IMAP or POP3 connection because they can’t guarantee it using E2EE
Then idk.