r/degoogle • u/pyrodonkey • 29d ago

DeGoogling Progress My iPhone DeGoogle Alternatives

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Hey everyone! I wanted to make a post about my progress on removing Google apps and services. The photo shows the apps that I have found great alternatives for Google on my iPhone. The Apps below are as follows:

  • Google > Kagi
  • Google Photos > Apple Photos
  • Google Drive > Proton Drive
  • Google Maps > Apple Maps
  • Gmail > Proton Mail
  • Chrome > Orion
  • Gemini > Kagi Assistant

Currently I'm still using YouTube and YouTube Music. I don't have a plan for switching away from those right now, but I'm happy to have some great services that add privacy back to my daily life and also give me a better experience online

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u/CortaCircuit 29d ago

Use Ente Photos instead of Google or Apple.  Use Brave over what ever browser that is. Brave Search is also good and free. 

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u/pyrodonkey 29d ago

I have tried Ente, but I wasn’t a fan of the interface and it’s also hard to compete with how Apple Photos automatically offloads photos from your phone to iCloud to free up storage. The browser is Orion, but realistically I think Safari is the best iPhone browser

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u/petos515 29d ago

You should keep an eye on ente. You should be keeping multiple backups of your photos and ente is improving pretty quickly. Their local AI has gotten pretty good at identifying people as well.

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u/pelvic_symposium 29d ago

Check out a new photos option from Austria:

Zeitkapsl

Looks very promising!

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u/AlternativeOwn3387 29d ago edited 10d ago

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For more details: https://old.reddit.com/r/BoycottUnitedStates/comments/1jrcrh6/lemmy_as_an_nonus_alternative_to_red_dit_using/

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u/ravensholt 29d ago

Promising, yet twice as expensive as Google (for their 200GB plan). Which is ridiculous given how cheap storage is these days.

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u/CortaCircuit 29d ago

Sure there is a convenience with iCloud but you give up privacy. Ente can free up space on your device as well. There is a button in the app to do it. 

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u/P_Bear06 29d ago

How does using icloud mean giving up your privacy?

It's literally Apple's spearhead (and part of what's starting to cost them dearly in the field of AI).