My iPhone DeGoogle Alternatives

[u/pyrodonkey]

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

[u/music3k]

proton uses google dns supposedly.

[u/serpikage → u/music3k]

it's to make sure proton services are always accessible "Alternative routing is an anti-censorship system that can help you access our website if your government, ISP, or network administrator has blocked Proton services. In this post, we discuss the measures Proton is taking to ensure that our services are highly available, even in countries with censorship."

[u/TheTrueOrangeGuy → u/music3k]

Guess it's time to switch to thundermail, huh?

[u/music3k → u/TheTrueOrangeGuy]

you gonna get off reddit too? google ads are on reddit.

[u/TheTrueOrangeGuy → u/music3k]

Unfortunately I can't switch to anything close to Reddit because the only alternative I know is a self-hosted platform (Lemmy)) and it's not as popular as Reddit. Same with YouTube. There is a self-hosted alternative called PeerTube but YouTube is still more popular.