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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

My last bastions of Google are:

  1. Email. Its rock solid stable, but I know they are using it to mine data. This is a good service...but im still looking at proton at some point to make the switch. Or coming up with a solution myself.
  2. Maps. Maps is also another really good service they give out for free. I have tried a huge number of alternatives, but still have no real alternative. OSM+ is the closest and works really well in emergencies but its pretty terrible at searching for anything specific to get to.
  3. Youtube. This is the one I think I can possibly remove at some point. Some creators have their videos on other sites so it might be a mishmash for a while. But the best ones dont. I might just get into audio-books or some other sort of entertainment. Peertube is also a great alternative. And throwing money at [email protected] might be better in the long run.

Ironically their search has taken a turn for the worse, so other sites are much better in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

For me it's prob

Google play store: Cannot DEGoogle phone at this time

Gmail (partially and currently moving)

Youtube (idk if this counts but a frontend am using to watch yt videos)

Google maps partially (only for streetview Usally)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fdroid is pretty good, I get most of my apps from there by now. I don't game on my phone though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

yeah same tbh