IMPORTANT CONTEXT:

This is just my PLANNED setup, so not everything will be garenteed to be my final setup

The reason why I use multiple services for each use case:

  1. I’m taking decentralization to the local level, which means NO connection between smartphone, Laptop, PC and TV
  2. Fallbacks if the service or app doesn’t work

Google Search

  1. Mojeek
  2. Margnialia (self-hostable)
  3. YaCy (self-hostable)
  • Fallbacks:
  1. DuckDuckGo
  2. Qwant
  3. Ecosia

Google Chrome

  1. FREE Browser
  2. LibreWolf
  3. Tor Browser

Google Mail

  1. FairEmail
  2. TutaNota
  3. Proton

Google Maps

  1. CoMaps
  • Fallbacks:
  1. Gmaps WV

YouTube

  1. Peertube (Platform) (Self-hostable)
  2. Invidious (Frontend) (Self-hostable)
  3. FreeTube (Client) (Self-hostable)
  4. PlasmaTube (Client)
  5. Flow (Client)

Android

  1. GrapheneOS

Google Workspace

  1. MA Office
  2. LibreOffice
  3. OnlyOffice

Google Keep

  1. Notally
  2. Loqsec
  3. Notesook

Gboard

  1. Iris Keyboard
  2. Xime IME (for Chinese input)

Google Translate

  1. Offline Translator
  2. LibreTranslate
  3. Lingva Translate

Google My Files

  1. Fossify File Manager (Idk any Linux file managers)

Google Photos

  1. Prism Gallery (Idk any Linux gallery apps)

Google Play

  1. F-Droid (Platform)
  2. Flathub (Platform)
  3. Appteka (Platform)
  4. Aurora Store (Client)
  5. Droid-ify (Client)
  6. ObtainX (Client)

Google Earth

  1. GeoLibre
  2. Marble

Google Messages

  1. Fossify Messages (SMS)
  2. SimpleX (Platform) (Idk any Linux SMS apps)

Android System Webview

  1. Vanadium

Bilibili

  1. Bilimiao

Video editor

  1. LibreCuts
  2. Kdenlive
  3. Cutwire Drift

Photo editor

  1. PocketvPaint
  2. GIMP
  3. Pinta

Reddit (also also kinda Twitter too)

  1. Lemmy (Platform)
  2. Voyager (Client)
  3. Redlib (Frontend)

Windows

  1. CachyOS with Shelly
  2. Nobara

VPN

  1. Windscribe VPN
  2. Proton VPN
  3. Tor VPN

DNS

  1. Adguard DNS
  2. Quad9 DNS
  3. NextDNS

Minecraft

  1. Luanti (game)
  2. Prism (launcher)

Wordle

  1. Code Word

Convenience tools

  1. LibreFind
  2. sustysubs.net
  3. DNS toggle
  4. Privacy Flip
  5. SponsorBlock
  6. DeArrow
  7. ReturnYouTubeDislike
  • non_burglar@lemmy.world
    1·
    4 days ago
    • iris keyboard integrates Copilot, doesn’t sound like you want that
    • gmaps wv is out of development for 4 years now and doesn’t work very well anymore.
      • non_burglar@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 days ago

        https://github.com/woheller69/maps

        That is gmaps wv. The last commits 2 years ago were for weblate translation and license updates. The commits before that were to update cradle keyrings 4 years ago.

        Gmaps wv is a dead project, look at the issues people submitted to get an idea what was broken when:

        • streetview link stopped working in early 2024
        • no access to fine grained GPS location since 2023
        • problems with access to location providers altogether

        Google is actively breaking anonymous access to gmaps, so those things are also breaking

        • Valerie Ashborne@feddit.org
          1·
          4 days ago

          The actual webview that is dead https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/maps

          This fork is active and fixes stuff if something is broken, so at the very least it will be alive a little longer. Last release was 5.0, 2 months ago, with fixes for street view.

          Gmaps wv is a dead project

          Meh, not really. It is absolutely not dead for my usecase, for example. You still have streetview to some extend, still more full information about some places compared to OpenStreetMaps, photos, reviews of places, sometimes more correct pathways. So not exactly dead project.

          It will become dead once google will entirely block anonymous access ¯_(ツ)_/¯

          Google is actively breaking anonymous access to gmaps, so those things are also breaking

          Yes, I am aware of that, but until google completely make not possible to use their maps anonymously — something akin to gmaps webview will have its use.

      • non_burglar@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 days ago

        Hey, you’re the one on the journey of de-googling, it’s your decision.

        However, one of the reasons many ppl degoogle is because we are lied to all the time by software companies.

        Iris keyboard also says “network permission is optional until triggered by translation”, and the iris keyboard immediately asks for network permission on install, so trust that as much as you like.

          • non_burglar@lemmy.world
            1·
            4 days ago

            Yeah, and the documentation says it won’t ask until translation is invoked. On android 14 and up, that permission will be asked AT INSTALL.

            Look, do what you like. If you don’t care what people tell you, I’m not sure why you’re asking.