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What apps have you tried to "de-google" yourself? (reddthat.com)

submitted 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Right now a lot of us are trying to divest and diversify from having our entire lives on Google both because of the way Google spends its money and the long-standing privacy concerns seeming a bit more scary now.

What services have you switched to and what has your experience been? What do you like, what don't you like, would you recommend them?

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[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

ProtonMail was the GMail alternative for awhile, until Proton CEO did a stupid move. Otherwise, ProtonMail had actually been a great service and it was nice having a data cap of 500MB. It told me that was all I ever needed for the few years I had with it.

Firefox Forks over Chrome.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What happened with Proton?

[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Proton CEO endorsed Trump. Proton's stance has always been against Big Tech and how Big Tech is bad and that's all well and good. But, it's contradicting when you praise or endorse an administration that's more than likely going to let Big Tech roll over everyone.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Was out of the loop on that so I just did the most cursory search. What do you think of this take on it?

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

I never saw anyone try to claim that he was MAGA. Even if he doesn't necessarily support Trump, the tweet is still beyond tone-deaf as it's still painting Trump in a positive light while Trump is trampling on our rights and the constitution.