Degoogle + BuyFromEU + Privacy: I’d like to share about my smartphone apps replacement journey:

WhatsApp -> Olvid

Gmail -> Mailo

Reddit -> Lemmy

Play store -> Aurora store (no account needed)

Google (browser and search engine) -> Qwant

Google maps -> Here Wego

Gboard -> Heliboard

All trails -> Komoot

ChatGPT -> LeChat

Any recommendation to replace the following?

  • Google Drive,
  • Google photo,
  • Apple wallet (I’d like an alternative to pay with my phone)
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    1 day ago

    I really wanted to like Here WeGo, it feels like a very good foundation, but I don’t think it’s quite there yet. When I use it in the car, it never tells me which exit to take or which sign to follow, only the name of the road I should enter, which I never have any idea about, so it doesn’t help me at all (unless it just says “follow the route,” which happens about 50 percent of the time, which of course doesn’t help what so ever either).

    I’ve tested it on two slightly longer trips so far, and on both occasions it crashed and I couldn’t get it to work properly again…

    But cool if someone got it to work better than I did! As I said, the foundation feels good, and maybe it’s better for biking!