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Key ⭕️Open Source 🔵Google front end/ built upon a Google service (chromium eg) 🟡 Paid (no free plan)

🔍 Google Search

  1. DuckDuckGo  
  2. Startpage
  3. Searxng
  4. Kagi

📧 Gmail

  1. ProtonMail  
  2. Tutanota  
  3. Mailbox  🟡

🌐 Chrome _All my browser suggestions are open source apart from vivaldi _

  1. Librewolf
  2. Brave Browser  🟡
  3. Mullvad Browser  
  4. Vivaldi🟡
  5. Floorp

📱 Android Custrom ROMS

  1. GrapheneOS🔵⭕️
  2. CalyxOS🔵⭕️ 3. /e/OS🔵⭕️

☁️ Google Drive

  1. Nextcloud (self hosted)
  2. Filen
  3. Syncthing
  4. Proton Drive 🟡

🗺️ Google Maps

  1. OSMAnd
  2. Mapy
  3. Organic Maps

📝 Google Docs / Sheets / Slides All open source

  1. LibreOffice
  2. OnlyOffice
  3. OpenOffice

📺 YouTube

  1. Invidious 🌕
  2. Piped🟡
  3. PeerTube

📸 Google Photos

  1. ente photos
  2. Nextcloud Photos
  3. Immich

🌐 Google Translate

  1. DeepL
  2. LibreTranslate
  3. Apertium

📅 Google Calendar

  1. Proton Calendar
  2. Nextcloud Calendar
  3. Etar
  4. Tuta Calendar

📱 Google Play

  1. F‑Droid
  2. Aurora Store

🎥 Google Meet

  1. Jitsi Meet
  2. Nextcloud Talk
  3. Signal

🔐 Google Authenticator

  1. Ente auth
  2. andOTP
  3. Aegis Authenticator
  4. Bitwarden

note: do not use the same provider for password manager and authenticator

🗒️ Google Keep

  1. Standard Notes
  2. Joplin
  3. Notesnook

💬Google Messages

  1. Signal
  2. Theerma
  3. Session

⚙️ChromeOS

  1. Linux mint
  2. Debian
  3. PopOS

🗝️Google Passwords (baked into chrome)

  1. Bitwarden
  2. KeePass

📚Google books

  1. Libby

🎶YouTube Music

  1. Qobuz
  2. Tidal
  3. Deezer

🤖Gemini

  1. Duck.ai
  2. Le chat (opt out of data sending) - protected by eu privacy laws

🔍Lens Wip 🚧

💳Google pay Wip 🚧

✔️Google tasks

  1. Tasks.org

📰Google news

  1. Your own rss feed reader eg Readrops

🧑‍🏫Google classroom Wip 🚧

🌎Google VPN all paid

  1. Mullvad
  2. Proton
  3. IVPN

I am open to any suggestions or to add an services I missed! Suggestions are especially welcome on services with less than three current options

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[–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Vivaldi and brave are just chrome.

[–] figurine8051@lemmy.ca -4 points 11 hours ago

Vivaldi is, but brave is much more than chrome and vanilla firefox