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Migrate from Google / ChromeOS? (self.foss)

submitted 1 year ago by Jez to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Hi, I have everything on Google these days. I'd quite like to get away from it to some extent at least. I can't see that's going to be easy, particularly on Android. But ChromeOS, Google drive and email seems like a good place to start, any suggestions or good guides?

Thanks!

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[–] fwgx@f.fwgx.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I've moved away from google as much as I can whilst still having an android phone. A lot makes sense if you can self host things and ive found that to be invaluable, although it's not for everyone and it has been a journey of discovery for me.

Email is via ProtonMail and Thunderbird on desktop.
I run my own Nextcloud that syncs photos etc from my phone.
Any docs stuff I use Libre Office.
Search is DuckDuckGo.
Browser is firefox and anything chromium can sod off.

I did use E/os on my phone for a while and liked it a lot. Completely de-googled android fork (even stock LineageOS has call backs and links tongoogle services). Nowadays I have a OnePlus Nord with all the google apps and services disabled. I use Aurora to access the play store anonymously and FDroid where I can.
Instead of YouTube app I use NewPipe which is really good.