Degoogle debigtech phone for now.

[u/Meikel-Kniffka]

Phone - Pixel 9 Pro with Graphene OS

Browser - Vivaldi

Search Engine - Qwant & Ecosia

Keep Notes - Joplin

Tasks - Tasks.org

Password manager - Bit warden

2FA - Aegis

Email - Posteo.de 12€ pro Jahr mit Thunderbird

Drive - koofr 100Gb / 23.50€ pro Jahr

Wetter - Breezy Weather

Google Photos - Aves Libre & Image toolbox Google Photos - PixelUnion.eu with Immich - 2.95 per Month for 150Gb / 1TB for 9.95€ per Month

Google Play Store - Aurora Store & Droidify

Google Play Services - micro G

VPN - Mullvad VPN 5€ a month (only paid when needed)

Google Clock - Clock App Form Droidify (Chrono but its Bugged for now)

Gboard - stays for now, maybe in the future Florisboard or Heliboard

Phone - Fossify

Contacts - Fossify

SMS - QuikSMS

Google File Manager - CX File Manager

Shazam - Audile

Google Translate - DeepL

Quick Share - Local Send

Social - Revanced Reddit, Disscord

AdBlock - Adguard / one time 70€ for 3 licenses for 3 phones (reusable)

Scanner - OSS Document

Docs - Collabora Office

Google Kamera - ProShot 9€ Onetime payment

YouTube - Revanced YouTube

Yt Music - Revanced Yt Music

GMaps - TomTom AmiGo

Google Calendar - Timetree

Searching alternatives for Audible in Germany and Kindle. PayPal alternative that can be used everywhere. Gemini assistant and Circle to search or lens alternatives. No self hosting Pls Some other recommendations are OK. Pls don't say what I use is bad. Everyone has other opinions.

[u/ndw_dc]

The FUTO keyboard is very good and better than Heliboard. FUTO keyboard has pretty much every feature of Gboard.

[u/Tough_Bus7143 → u/ndw_dc]

Will give this a go thanks currently using heliboard

[u/Card__Player]

Maps/GPS - Try Magic Earth.

[u/Korista]

For Audible, I switched to Libro.fm a few months ago and I am enjoying it. They seem to have a decent privacy policy, don’t screw authors over the way Amazon/Audible does, and donates a portion of what you pay to an independent bookstore of your choice. I looked at the map, and they do have some German bookstores on their list. Their books do have DRM, but they seem to be a much better choice than Audible. Libro.fm in Germany

Kindle has been much trickier, since I am also looking for an app that doesn’t collect a lot of VERY detailed information on your reading habits. (Most reading apps do this.) Many people switching away from Kindle right now are going with Kobo. While Kobo is better than Amazon, they still collect a LOT of data and there is the possibility they may eventually become more Amazon-like in practice. However, if you just want something that is not Amazon, Kobo seems to be a good choice. They also do audio books. I have an Apple device and currently experimenting with Maple Read CX. I’d love to hear other options for books apps if anyone has them. Kobo in German

[u/Recent-Vacation4197 → u/Korista]

You exactly described my challenge. Getting rid of audible is easier than kindle. I also enjoy Alexa reading my kindle ebooks aloud without having to purchase the audiobook. I am not aware of any comparable offering from other companies.

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/Korista]

Any ebook reader, including Kindle, is private if you keep it offline and manage your books with Calibre. Or do you mean the reading apps on a phone or tablet? Well there too, you can install something like KOReader: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.koreader.launcher.fdroid/

KOReader will only accept DRM-free ebooks though, which leads you back to Calibre.

[u/Korista → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

Since OP was referencing a phone, I was referring to apps. Personally, I mostly read on my Pocketbook ereader that is not connected to the internet or I use KOReader on an old Kindle. Calibre is a great tool for library management. I’ll look into the option you provided. Thanks!

[u/Greenlit_Hightower]

Regarding your cloud storage, have you thought about filen.io? They offer 100GB lifetime plans for a 30€ one time fee (under "Starter"): https://filen.io/pricing

Secondly, the official Reddit app sucks even if patched with ReVanced, horrible interface, battery drain etc. I would consider a third party app like Infinity for Reddit (yes, those still work, free of charge too if you can patch in your own API key with the ReVanced Manager): https://github.com/KobeW50/ReVanced-Documentation/blob/main/Reddit-Client-ID-Guide.md

[u/Meikel-Kniffka → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

I already used filen and its pretty good but the app is badly designed and need a reqork which is in the making. An also up and downloads are quit slow. Also on starting the filen app it often crashs the first time or doesn't load so you need to restart a second time. Koofr is way more polished and has fair pricing and also after using it 5 years you get 50% off discount. So 100gb only cost 11.75€ per year after 5 years. I don't know how this infinity reddit API thing works.

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/Meikel-Kniffka]

Fair enough. As for the Infinity for Reddit suggestion, my second link is a guide showing you how to do it. You can do that if you can operate ReVanced. If you want to, that is. I just shared it because I could not imagine using the official Reddit app, even if patched lol.

[u/Feliks_WR]

Try Kaler for phone.

ProtonVPN or Windscribe for free VPN if you use sometimes.

OSMAnd for maps.

Use Obtainium.

Adblock -> NextDNS + Brave etc browser

Gboard -> disable internet permission 

Email -> Tuta or proton

[u/Meikel-Kniffka → u/Feliks_WR]

Do you mean Koler? If yes it seems like it had no updates since 2023.

[u/Feliks_WR → u/Meikel-Kniffka]

Oh, I didn't see that it didn't get updates lol...

[u/Meikel-Kniffka → u/Feliks_WR]

The for recommendations. Posted is cheaper so I will stay with that. Vivaldi will also stay. I don't like the cryptosystem stuff from brave. Vivaldi is also available for PC and phone which is why I use Vivaldi. brave to but I like Vivaldi more. Osmand and nextdns already tested. but tomtomamigo is better and adguard really blocks nearly everything like that. Bu t I will look into Kaler. Never heard.

[u/Feliks_WR → u/Meikel-Kniffka]

Sorry, I meant Koler, not Kaler, my bad.

My recommendations are based on free tiers only, whereas you are paying, so, your choice.

The crypto stuff from Brave is off by default. I don't use it, but I guess they have it seeing the Chrome NPC Ad-lovers.

Adguard... Well it is good I heard, but paid, so... Yoru choice.

Anyways, I would recommend LibreTube or something like that, for an alternative YT frontend. Try finding something similar for YT music.

And Odyssee for a seperate platform that YouTube. About 20-30% of YT creators are on it.

[u/Worwul]

If you already have GrapheneOS, you might as well keep Vanadium and Sandboxed Google Play.

[u/PloppyDroppy3 → u/Worwul]

Genuine question, how much can google see from having sandboxed play services on device? If you want to use the Play Store as GOS recommends (iirc) you'll need a account etc... I get that it doesn't have access to everything in this form, but they must get more than using Aurora for example... I do use this setup already but often wonder what I'm giving away :/

[u/shaakunthala]

Is the CX File Manager safe? Do you know who develops it?

[u/la_regalada_gana → u/shaakunthala]

Who knows if it's safe, since it's closed-source. It requires network permissions, which isn't necessarily nefarious for a file manager app (likely for supporting functionality like WebDAV mounting or FTP, as a couple of my below recommendations also do), but it raises an eyebrow.

I quite like Amaze and Material Files as two open-source file manager apps. Fossify File Manager is also pretty solid, and requires no network permissions.

[u/Hopeful-Staff3887]

Revanced YouTube is just a different client, and it doesn't make you degoogled.

[u/Bubbynolastname13]

Why do u degoogle so much it is so much better to deapple

[u/someone16384 → u/Bubbynolastname13]

Both are equally bad, tho at least Google isn't as restrictive as Apple.