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Alternatives to gmail products (gmail, office, etc) (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all, Looking for an alternatives to gmail and it’s apps as I’m trying to de-google from their services.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (15 children)

Good painless alternatives:

Chrome -> Firefox
Gmail/Calendar> Proton
Google Search -> Feels like all search engines got SEO'd into uselessness these days, but duckduckgo maybe.

Good but somewhat painful to switch alternatives:

Google Drive -> Proton
Office -> LaTeX/LibreOffice
ChromeOS -> Linux, yeah technically ChromeOS is also linux but come on, you know what I mean.

Less than ideal alternatives:

Maps -> Idk, not really many good options, apple maps is good too, but not sure if that's what you're looking for.
Android -> Idk, lol iOS, or de-googled android roms. Not many great alternatives there.

Is there anything else you need an alternative to?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I use an app called Waze for maps, but I don't know if it's dependent on Google api in the background or not.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately Google bought Waze some years ago. The feature sets are being incorporated into Google Maps.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-brings-waze-and-maps-teams-together-in-cost-cutting-move/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Dang. Was afraid of that. Wish I could say I'm surprised. :(

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