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Finally made it, journey to european alternatives in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Great list! I have a few questions and recommendations.

Look into comaps for a maps alternative. There was some controversy around organic maps, I don't know all the details. But comaps showed up as a fork and it is really good.

I'm not the biggest fan of infomaniak and their drive is not E2EE. I would recommend looking into filen.io and proton drive.

Proton pass was already an European app, and a pretty awesome one. Why did you ditch it?

And does tutamail work with Thunderbird now? Or is it only Posteo you're using with it?

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    What apps do you use now that you're degoogled? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
    [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I use iPhone, Windows (work laptop) and Linux (personal laptop), so keep that in mind when looking at my suggestions. I have also a Proton unlimited subscription.

    1. Email: Proton Mail + Simplelogin aliases / Tuta as backup
    2. Cloud storage: Proton Drive / Filen
    3. Maps: Magic Earth / OpenStreetMap
    4. Search engine: Qwant
    5. Web browser: Zen browser (Firefox fork) / Quiche browser (iOS)
    6. Calendar: Apple Calendar (our family calendar is here, hard to use something else) / Thunderbird (apple calendar caldav imported)
    7. Contacts management: Proton / iOS
    8. Notes / to-do lists: Notesnook / iOS
    9. Office suite (docs, spreadsheets, etc.): MS Office (work) / Libreoffice (personal)
    10. Messaging / chat: Signal / SimpleX
    11. Video calling: Signal
    12. Social media / microblogging RSS reader / news: Mastodon / Bluesky / Reddit / Lemmy
    13. Music streaming / podcast app: Tidal (pays artists more and Spotify donated to Trump) / Pocket Casts
    14. Video streaming / YouTube alternative: Grayjay (Windows/Linux) / Unwatched (iOS)
    15. Password manager: Proton Pass
    16. VPN / DNS / Firewall: Proton VPN
    17. Launcher / Android OS (if you use custom ROMs): iOS
    18. App store / APKs: iOS
    19. Photo backup / gallery: Proton Drive
    20. Weather: iOS
    21. Smart assistant (if any): Nope
    22. Anything else you’ve replaced? MS authenticator -> Ente Auth Reddit iOS app -> Hydra Notion -> Anytype

    I know that some of my solutions are bonded to Apple, but I am also regularly searching for Apple alternatives and focus on apps that are cross platform to make a possible deApple process smoother in the future.

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    Proton ready to lower its pricing after landmark US ruling against Apple - here's what you need to know in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
    [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I was strongly considering their plans by the time he tweeted that, made me do a 180 degrees turn and look other places for private mail services and cloud drive… After that event, he did write on the comments of a Reddit post that he’s not a Trump supporter and was distancing himself from right wing politics.

    I made peace with it. Was he writing the truth or just trying to throw some water into the fire, idk. I have currently the unlimited plan and I’m happy, in the end of the day I want to support companies that are European and provide services like Proton and Tuta.

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    Health insurance giant, Blue Shield of California shared the private health data of millions with Google for years (news.blueshieldca.com)
     

    Crossposted from https://programming.dev/post/29115507

    On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024, Google Analytics was configured in a way that allowed certain member data to be shared with Google’s advertising product, Google Ads, that likely included protected health information. Google may have used this data to conduct focused ad campaigns back to those individual members.

    Blue Shield severed the connection between Google Analytics and Google Ads on its websites in January 2024.

    What information was involved

    • Insurance plan name, type and group number;
    • city;
    • zip code;
    • gender;
    • family size;
    • Blue Shield assigned identifiers for members’ online accounts;
    • medical claim service date and service provider, patient name, and patient financial responsibility;
    • “Find a Doctor” search criteria and results (location, plan name and type, provider name and type).
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    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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