Re:Google tracks users who turn off location history
by StavrosK on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:14PM
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I will second FastMail and the claim that its web client is superior to GMail. In fact, the entire service is superior to GMail. It's faster, the UI is snappier, IMAP integration is better, the features are way more advanced, etc. It even lets you use a custom anti-spam [email protected] scheme natively.
For file syncing, I quite like Dropbox and Syncthing.
Re:Google tracks users who turn off location history
by swebs on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:04PM
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>For cloud storage I have migrated from Google Drive to iCloud Drive
I've moved to Nextcloud. It is completely open source, but you need to run it on your own server. Since it's provided in a Snap package, setup only takes a few minutes. I personally use a $5 per month Linode, but many people opt to use something like a Raspberry Pi.
Having your own server also allows you to ditch third party email and VPN providers, though those are more complicated to set up.
Re:Google tracks users who turn off location history
by green7ea on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @11:59AM
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A potential alternative to Google translate is deepl. It doesn't do website translation like Google translate does in Chrome but I've found it to be better for texts in English, French and German.
For e-mail, calendars, and contacts I’ve migrated over to FastMail. In my opinion the web client and help articles are far superior to Google’s offerings. You can even use your own domain along with 100+ aliases.
For cloud storage I have migrated from Google Drive to iCloud Drive. Obviously this is not FOSS but it gets the job done for me.
There are some Google services that are irreplaceable for me though so I continue to use them. These are Google Maps, Voice, YouTube, Translate, and Docs.