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You can store OTP codes in bitwarden btw
Google Tasks isn’t listed here.
This was something I relied upon heavily. When I de-googled, I didn’t want to just move it to another cloud platform, and as a selfhoster I tried quite a few self hosted solutions. Some were very good, but also quite complicated and filled with features I didn’t want.
So I wrote my own - Taskpony - and made it FOSS. It evolved into something that’s not a Google tasks copy, but suits my own needs better. Simple, easy, useful. I’ve really enjoyed the process of writing and sharing this.
Uni prof here- the one that continues to plague me is Google Classroom. It may as well be the default for my department, which means if I switch to Moodle, Canvas, etc., I also have to manage all the student headaches that come with requiring them to use unfamiliar software. Also have to dip way into my budget for features I’m currently getting for free. Would really like to make a clean break from Google but this one hook is still in me. Blarg.
I wouldn’t stress out too much. Take what victories you can. Additionally, while institutional change is hard, introducing your students to LibreOffice and other useful free tools is still a powerful avenue for change.
Currently using Vivaldi Browser (/e/ OS). Any thoughts and/or recommondations?
It’s criminal that https://delta.chat/ isn’t named as an alternative chat especially since its in-chat apps (https://webxdc.org/) contain alternatives for half of googles apps but that are peer to peer, e2ee and offline first unlike most of the alternatives in the graphic.
Forgetting that immich needs a selfhosted server?
Thus it aint really an alternative if you really want it to be applicable to the average user.- An immich user.
proton drive has a photo backup feature
It’s interesting they haven’t recommended anything proton here when proton as a whole works very well in a bunch of these categories… I imagine it could be because they’re a competitor to Tuta
Proton Calendar is listed
Ah yeah, I was looking at the mail/password manager/docs side instead… They’ve also got Proton Drive on there as well though
No worries. The chart is a mess.
Thanks for pointing that out!
I had assumed one of the reasons the list feels so weak to me is because they didn’t want to add selfhosted alternatives.
But since that is not the case, the list is even weaker than I thought.This is a strong list: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
How do they list Nextcloud as an alternative to Google Drive but not to the Google office apps? LibreOffice is not really a substitute, Nextcloud Office/Collabora is.
Should be said that some alternative search sites, such as Ecosia, share some of your information with their upstream search providers which does include Google.
What I thought as well…
This is using google with extra steps.
Anyone recommending CryptPad as an alternative to Google Docs is pretentious af to me or is only using it on PC. The mobile version of CryptPad is the most unusable clunky bullshit ever.
For most users, Next loud or Libre is far better
Some people are willing to contend with less perfect UIs to get away from Big Tech.
The list is incomplete, a bit dumb, and mostly advertising anyhow. Each heading should have many more and often better alternatives.
Are we doing ads now here? And are we, like, OK with it now?
On second thought you’re absolutely right. Report created.
edit: oh, this is YSK, I was thinking more about IT communities.
Bruh chill a lot of these are FOSS
A lot of these are filler. It’s an add for a specific product disguised as one of this endless lists, but they couldn’t stop themselves from being obvious
This is an ad for Tuta, which server side software is, AFAIK proprietary. You cannot self-host.
I don’t want brands to think there’s a loophole they can exploit by half-heartedly endorsing FOSS for nefarious advertising. “Coke tastes great with the user agency of Linux” is still an ad for Coke.
Yeah and that Tutao stuff looks pretty appealing with those nice bold letters and top placement.
I was also wondering about the order of the alternatives.
It feels like the first entry is the “best” to replace tge google service but IMO some are not even close to other lower placed alternatives.
Kreate, Musify and Harmony Music are all great alternatives to YT Music
This is an ad. At least tuta marked it but that doesn’t make it way better.
All YouTube “options” are YouTube frontends. All android “alternatives” are android - which isn’t the guides fault as there are none in my opinion. Still unserious from my point of view.
It’s once more a catch all “guide” that doesn’t guide but simply mentions enough popular alternatives to get popularity.
OP’s account exists for over a year, but this is the only participation in the fediverse ever. No other posts, zero comments… WTH?
they even listed calyx which is currently taking a long nap and is not secure
And as mentioned elsewhere, many cited alternatives are not degoogled at all.
And once you go that way you should go one step further and look for open source alternatives. I’m pretty sure some listed aren’t that either.
There are better curated, less biased lists out there.
Anyone knows of a google lens translation alternative? I use it to share memes with a friend who doesn’t know English without having too manually replace text (these days it’s pretty good with context).
Ideally I would love to self host a thing that would do that, I don’t think it would be too complicated to vibe-code some self hosted translator plugged into a image to text reader/replacer or however you’d call that… But the fact that it sounds simple to vibecode makes me think it either already exists or is way more complicated than it sounds.
Why would you want it to be a server instead of an app just running on the phone, that can work offline?
Honestly? Didn’t even think of that, assuming it would be small enough while being good
Literally the first I’m hearing of Tuta.
Are they legit?
A Canadian law enforcement member accused them of being a honeypot. They’ve denied it. You’ll have to make up your own mind.
https://gizmodo.com/tuta-email-denies-connection-to-intelligence-services-1851022465
Don’t move accounts straight away. They ban people with no appeal in the first couple of days if account is sniffed as suspicious. Also 6 months inactivity gets you deleted
They made this pretty sweet advertisement!
It’s not perfect, but I chose them over proton because I was able to get my first.last name. I haven’t had any issues so far over the last few years.
One of the biggest things is you have to use their client, no 3rd party clients like thunderbird.
Yes. No issues.
this is a helpful image. thanks for sharing
