Working on removing myself from Google:
Step 1: get a nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 phone (a Pixel 🤦♂️) ✅
Step 2: start using nostr:npub18q57qr3t07qljnapzqldaqa7ru2qwfpfnjdrwvhk327n3sc82f0qqwrs6f mail ✅
Step 3: start using Proton Docs ✅
Still many steps ahead, but the direction is clear. nostr:note1w3m6k060zc30eqnaeh7ms4vqlyl4v0x3vggcfw7xsym8uxsudtxsy82r27
How is your experience with Graphene so far? I’m considering to switch for my next phone 🙂
Steep learning curve at the beginning, but now it’s easy. I just love the fact that the surveillance is over. Only challenge is that there is no working backup option at the moment meaning if you change to a new device you need to start at the beginning.
I hope the next step will be Next Cloud for contacts & calender.
For Docs you can also use LibreOffice and with android CollaboraOffice, but you have to sync the files by yourself with Syncthing or also Next Cloud.
Not using Google for my calendar and phone contacts. Fastmail is my choice.
Degooglefied 🤟
When I can afford to get a new phone, this is exactly what im doing
Switched to nostr:nprofile1qqs9g69ua6m5ec6ukstnmnyewj7a4j0gjjn5hu75f7w23d64gczunmgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q4gnztg recently, most things just work (including all my banking apps, from multiple countries!). You realise the things that you miss are Google services! E.g. contacts sync, maps, etc.
OSM based apps like OSMAnd~ are good, but coverage may not be uniform. Also I found search sometimes breaks because the data is slightly different. E.g. recently I couldn't find a cafe on OSM because the OSM entry did not have "cafe" in it, and I was searching for "cafe name".
Also sharing location links are a bit more tedious, because now you have to convert to GMaps links for the recipient to open it in their maps app.
And I don't like the default keyboard. So I've been using the Futo keyboard, which is mostly fine.
Try Organic Maps
I have a long term Gmail account, found it too difficult to degooglify, I may try again. Also proton by design doesn’t allow 3rd party integration
Have you considered cryptpad.fr instead of proton for docs?
I have, can’t remember what the reason was for me not to use it.
nostr:nprofile1qqs9etvzezvwuespxugeghtg0a7e2j0kgksprpr8mt30tcn5ckvddlcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k7qgmwaehxw309ahx7um5wfskvunfvdsjuurrv34kgtnx095s54kwuu appreciate all your work in Africa. You beeing a role model it is a great move to go with nostr:nprofile1qqs9g69ua6m5ec6ukstnmnyewj7a4j0gjjn5hu75f7w23d64gczunmgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q4gnztg.
Can I suggest to rethink your Protonmail setup. They might be a honeypot and regarding privacy/sec there are better options:
https://disroot.org/en/#services
They have may services incl. E-Mail at no cost. More important they support freedom tech. since long.
Another option is https://riseup.net/
See also this thread
