Instead of Google search try DuckDuckGo
Instead of Chrome try Firefox
Instead of Gmail try ProtonMail
Instead of Google Docs etc try LibreOffice
Instead of Google Photos try Ente
For every Google product there are multiple replacements you can try. The above suggestions are just examples to try
Instead of Chrome try Firefox
Instead of Gmail try ProtonMail
Instead of Google Docs etc try LibreOffice
Instead of Google Photos try Ente
For every Google product there are multiple replacements you can try. The above suggestions are just examples to try
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https://Vivaldi.com 🇳🇴
https://Firefox.com 🇺🇲
https://Brave.com 🇺🇲
https://Opera.com 🇨🇳
Search:
https://Startpage.com 🇳🇱
https://Ecosia.org 🇩🇪
https://Qwant.com 🇫🇷
https://DuckDuckGo.com 🇺🇲
https://Kagi.com 🇺🇲
Mail:
https://Proton.me 🇨🇭
https://Runbox.com 🇳🇴
https://tuta.com 🇩🇪
https://StartMail.com 🇳🇱
https://email.faircode.eu 🇳🇱
https://Wire.com 🇨🇭
https://Signal.org 🇺🇸
Video:
https://PeerTube.tv 🇫🇷
Office:
https://Libreoffice.org 🇩🇪
https://cryptpad.org 🇫🇷
Photos:
https://Piwigo.org 🇫🇷
Storage:
https://Proton.me 🇨🇭
https://pCloud.com 🇨🇭
BlueSky 🇺🇸
https://Mastodon.social 🇩🇪
Flashes 🇺🇸
https://Pixelfed.org 🇨🇦
Translate:
https://DeepL.com 🇩🇪
Maps:
https://OsmAnd.net 🇳🇱
https://wego.here.com 🇩🇪/🇫🇮
https://TomTom.com 🇳🇱
https://OrganicMaps.app 🇪🇪
https://magicearth.com 🇳🇱
https://PetalMaps.com 🇨🇳
https://Mapquest.com 🇺🇸
Calendar:
https://Proton.me 🇨🇭
AI:
https://Deepseek.com 🇨🇳
https://chat.mistral.ai 🇫🇷
https://chat.qwenlm.ai 2.5 🇨🇳
https://janusai.pro 🇨🇳.
https://Vivaldi.com 🇳🇴
https://Firefox.com 🇺🇲
https://Brave.com 🇺🇲
https://Opera.com 🇨🇳
Search:
https://Startpage.com 🇳🇱
https://Ecosia.org 🇩🇪
https://Qwant.com 🇫🇷
https://DuckDuckGo.com 🇺🇲
https://Kagi.com 🇺🇲
Mail:
https://Proton.me 🇨🇭
https://tuta.com 🇩🇪
https://StartMail.com 🇳🇱
https://email.faircode.eu 🇳🇱
BlueSky 🇺🇸
https://Mastodon.social 🇩🇪
Flashes 🇺🇸
https://Pixelfed.org 🇨🇦
Translate:
https://DeepL.com 🇩🇪
Maps:
https://OsmAnd.net 🇳🇱
https://wego.here.com 🇩🇪/🇫🇮
https://TomTom.com 🇳🇱
https://OrganicMaps.app 🇪🇪
https://magicearth.com 🇳🇱
https://PetalMaps.com 🇨🇳
Calendar:
https://Proton.me 🇨🇭
AI:
https://Deepseek.com 🇨🇳
https://chat.mistral.ai 🇫🇷
https://chat.qwenlm.ai 2.5 🇨🇳
https://janusai.pro 🇨🇳
https://Wire.com 🇨🇭
https://Signal.org 🇺🇸
Video:
https://PeerTube.tv 🇫🇷
Office:
https://Libreoffice.org 🇩🇪
https://cryptpad.org 🇫🇷
Photos:
https://Piwigo.org 🇫🇷
Storage:
https://Proton.me 🇨🇭
https://pCloud.com 🇨🇭
It's like back in the past, when the point of a search engine was to let you find websites that matched your search query 😏
Anyone know good alternatives for Google calendar? I’m so reliant on it 🙃
Also, how is Waze as a Maps alternative? I never liked Apple Maps
Andy Yen posted some criticisms of the democrats in the US based on specific bills, and everyone is saying he's supporting the new admin but that's not what he said.
I'm going to have to take a look at Ente, I've been using Flickr.
https://account.proton.me/refer-a-friend?referrer=7FAF68F0QYK0
Still better than M$, but it should be mentioned that Libre is the actual successor project, re: intention, license, and coders involved
Question tho - V disappointed about Proton, but can they actually do anything to aid Trump with the protections the service has in place? They can't override things right?
They're beholden to Swiss law and their whole product line is anti tracking, so even if they did want to actively support the current admin, I don't think they would have the capabilities? Unless I'm wrong.
I’ve cut back significantly on who I’ll email. Use hide my email service for shopping & most account creation.
Not sure what will happen if Musk’s preferred party wins in Germany.
https://tuta.com/blog/german-government-publishes-encryption-law
Try Edge
Try Outlook
Try Microsoft Office
Try Microsoft Photos, IDK.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/
I'm all for boycotts but against proton makes no sense.
https://tuta.com/encryption
Fastmail appears to allow it but doesn't enable it by default:
https://www.fastmail.com/features/security/
Check out gmail (new) emoji search results:
What the hell is that? Is the flag the next thing to go (temporarily until we wrestle our country back from the dweebs in charge)?
Bing Search
Brave Browser
https://Hotmail.com
At least the Microsoft stuff keeps me in a job.
https://archive.ph/LlbSj
https://archive.ph/quYyb
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/on_politics_and_proton_a_message_from_andy/
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
There is a reason chrome is so popular, they are the de-facto web standard
Firefox use IA
ProtonMail is Trump friendly
I would recommend Startpage, LibreWolf and no idea for mails, maybe https://riseup.net but they might be stricken down by USA too.
https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duckai/
Today thanks
I’ve used Zoho.
I need a secure replacement for Google Groups.
Brave private browser also has private genAI (Leo AI). Processes on the edge.
I already use LibreOffice, I will have to try ProtonMail
Thanks
ps I use Brave, rather than Firefox. Works pretty well imh(non-tech)o. Already on DDG and Proton. I've heard Fastmail is also good but haven't tried it.
Firefox is good but many sites don't check the code of FF and you can have bad surprises
ProtonMail is run by arseholes as stated above
LibreOffice is a chore...
If it was this easy, we'd have made the switch already
Followed!
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Is there a way to make DuckDuckGo’s search results… better. It rarely pulls up what I’m actually looking for. Is there a safer option that has more expansive search result capacities
https://search.brave.com/
https://www.dogpile.com/
https://www.metacrawler.com/
https://www.mojeek.com/
sadly though im still gonna have to use at least some of them (google and youtube). maybe if you dont give up your money to buy premium or other google paywall services... they didnt take my freedom to watch videos or to see my maps behind a scammy paywall yet.
LibreOffice -long time user - love it
I had switched to Bing but I'll check out Duck duck go. A friend who's quite savvy also recommended it to me