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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Vasax@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
 

Hey there, right now i degoogle my nothing phone 2. Here is a list of stuff that I use. Also some stuff is open. U can recommend me stuff for that and maybe also stuff I already have something for. I am always open for new stuff.

SMS - QKSMS

Phone / Contacts - Fossify

Clock - Fossify Clock

Browser - Brave Android and Pc

Search engine - Brave Search (would use Kagi but not for 10€ a month / would pay 1€ per month)

Keep notes - Quillpad (perfect)

Google Tasks - For now ToDoDo (not sure About it)

YouTube and Twitch - Grayjay

Email - Proton (mail plus sub is enough for me)

Calendar - Proton (tested Tuta but Proton is better)

Password manager - Bitwarden

2FA - Bitwarden (10€ per Year Sub)

Google Drive - Filen.io (lifetime 2tb no subscription), Synology Drive with DS224+ Nas, Synology Photos (DS224+ coming 2025 2x2tb Seagate iron Wolf) just photos Videos and some docs

Gallery App - Fossify Gallery, Nothing Gallery when it releases

Reddit - Eternity for Lemmy

Shazam - Audile

Playstore - Aurora Store, Droidify

Anti Virus - Bitdefender

Ad and Tracker Blocking - Adguard App (works awesome)

VPN - ... ?

Office - Colabora

PDF Scanner - OSS Document Scanner

Calculator App - OpenCalc

Google Files - Material Files but still searching for another one with Safe Folder Function

Translate - DeepL

Weather - Nothing Weather because I use Nothing Phone 2

Camera App - For now Nothing Camera

RSS Feed - Read You

What's App - ... ? searching for other Apps with working What's App Bridge (sadly everyone I know uses WhatsApp and doesn't want to change)

YouTube Music- ... ?

Google Home - ... ?

Greetings

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[–] chevy9294@monero.town 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Nice stuff, I use a lot of them. And for things that are missing:

Phone: Fossify Phone

Contacts: Fossify Contacts

VPN:

  • Self-hosted: Great for public wifi and access to homelab
  • Free: Proton
  • Paid: Mullvad

Office: Collabora Office

PDF viewer (when full office app is jut too much): PDF Viewer from GrapheneOS Apps Store

PDF scanner: OSS document scanner

Camera: Stick with preinstalled, it always works the best.

YT Music: Harmony Music

Maps: Organic Maps

Keyboard: FlorisBoard

[–] Vasax@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Pherenike@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

For YT Music: Innertune or Outertune are unbeatable for me!