joelvdc

joined 1 year ago
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Please no… I hope it can be disabled.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I have had the same phone for the past 3 years, so the degoogle process started a couple of years after I got it.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Wow, thenewoil website is great. Thanks for sharing.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gotta start with what you have 🤷

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

YouTube player app. Open source, no ads, no login, just import your subscriptions and playlists and you're ready to go.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I have not tried other clients. I am quite happy with Voyager, but maybe I will give the others a shot :)

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I didn't like the statements regarding Trump either, but he deleted it and made some comment/post on reddit distancing himself from Trump and right wing politics. So I made peace with that, but yeah, people won't forget.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I mean, it the end it’s all up to personal preferences. I’m strongly considering to delete Bluesky due to the latest controversy. But would you care to elaborate?

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, Linux phones might not be ready yet and it will mean compromises and workarounds. Will be following closely the development of not Google not Apple phones, before pulling the trigger.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love Tuta as well, they are great. But not being able to use Tuta with thunderbird was a deal breaker for me. Proton is Swiss btw.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (9 children)

A linux phone is on my list, Jolla or similar. One battle at a time.

 

A process that started roughly a year ago with just changing browser and search engine, now feeling that I got somewhere. The journey ended up being more than just degoogle, but also demetaing and taking more control over my data and privacy.

Before and after picture with notes:

Chrome -> Zen browser (Firefox on iOS)

Google -> Qwant

Gmail -> Proton Mail

NordVPN -> Proton VPN (I don’t use VPN very often, but have NordVPN through another subscription, now replaced with Proton across my devices)

Google Drive / Photos -> Proton Drive

Google Password Manager -> Proton Pass

Google Authenticator -> Proton Pass / Ente (Ente Auth is only used to store my 2FA keys for the Proton account, other keys are stored in Proton Pass)

Google Translator -> DeepL

YouTube -> FreeTube (Unwatched on iOS)

Google Maps -> Magic Earth (OSM on desktop)

WhatsApp -> Signal

Notion -> Anytype

Keep / Notes -> Notesnook

X -> Mastodon / Bluesky

Reddit -> Lemmy (Voyager on iOS, dreaming of an eventual complete migration)

Instagram -> Pixelfed

Facebook -> stopped using

Windows 11 -> Ubuntu (Only personal laptop, work laptop still windows)

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