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my degoogle and foss journey (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I started in March this year, and so far these have been my changes:

  • Google Drive -> Filen.io
  • Google Photos -> EntePhotos
  • Google Gmail -> Proton (not 100% yet)
  • Google Translator -> Offline Translator and Mozhi
  • Google Maps -> CoMaps/OpenStreetMap
  • Google PlayStore -> AuroraStore / F-Droid
  • Google Search -> DuckDuckGo
  • Youtube -> Before PipePipe but now Morphe Youtube

And anothers changes outside of google:

  • ChatGpt -> Duck.ai
  • Spotify -> ArchiveTune
  • Chess.com -> LiChess
  • Netflix -> Jellyfin
  • GitHub -> Codeberg
  • Reddit -> Morphe Reddit and Lemmy
  • Twitter -> Mastodon and Bsky
  • I also stopped using Instagram and TikTok

its difficult to start, but the satisfaction afterwards is very good

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[โ€“] [S] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

no, my experience with the aurora store has been very good actually. I simply manage to download and update what I need, I dont see ads or a thousand useless buttons. the maximum that has already happened was some app refuse to run because of the absence of the playstore

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Right, that's what I was referring to; unfortunately, I'm heavily reliant on certain such apps... Thanks for the clarification.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, anything paid is going to be a problem. Or anything with in-app purchases. You could try setting up a work profile with G services and those remaining apps. That's what I do.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 5 months ago

    I use microG and it supports in-app purchases well enough. I don't know if you can buy things in Aurora Store, but I do know that you're able to download apps you've previously bought on the play store before.

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