Today was huge. I’ve separated myself enough from Google with Proton applications/services combined with other more privacy focused software and hardware to be able to completely delete my Google account.
It feels great to FINALLY be free of them. I’ve had an account there for decades.
What do you do for email? Photo storage?
Those are the two biggest reasons for me to stay with Google but I’d like to start clawing my data back.
Skiff (https://skiff.com/) with custom domain for e-mail. Alternatives: Tutanota (https://tutanota.com/) or Proton Mail (https://proton.me/)
Ente Photos (https://ente.io/) for photo storage. Alternatives: Stingle Photos (https://stingle.org/) or Cryptee (https://crypt.ee/)
if photo syncing to desktop is an option, try syncthing. I’ve got it set up to work only on my LAN, so when I get home it gets synced automagically. also nextcloud.
Syncthing is the way. It works amazingly well, I use it to sync project files between my phone and PC.
It looks like ente.io for photo management will probably be listed on the privacy guides website soon: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/ente-photo-management/11763
For email/calendar/drive Proton is the easy choice. I know photo upload is on their radar too but like everything with proton it will probably be a while before that’s ready to roll out.
