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I deleted my google accounts today
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this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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Would you be able to let us know the services you used, the replacements, and how did the migration process work?
Here are the things I replaced my Google/Microsoft/Meta services with:
DO NOT FORGET TO MIGRATE ACCOUNTS BEFORE DELETING
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Proton for email and cloud storage. Graphenos on a pixel 7a for phone. Phone spps from aurora and fdroid. Kagi.com paid search engine too.
Protonmail is a free service with an optional subscription for extra features you almost certainly won't need
This. I used it for multiple months on the free plan and it worked perfectly.
You can use Proton Mail for free. Mailbox.org, Skiff, Tuta are also options.
Does skiff work?
Seconded.
Without a single word on replacements for email, calendar, phone, etc... this post is pretty much useless to everyone else than the OP.
I replaced most of that with proton mail and grapheme is which ironically requires a pixel
No sandboxed Google Play services yet? Can be challenging without.
not sure if this helps, but i believe using a separate android profile/user is the same as sandboxing, although less convenient
See above. Plus I use Thunderbird for calendar.
Great, thanks!
How does Thunderbird work for you wrt to sharing calendars with others (eg. family) and syncing with eg. an Outlook calendar?
I only use Thunderbird calendar for myself so I don't know. Proton includes a calendar offering in their package but I have not tried it yet.