@futurebird Done that now.

I would like to be free of Google, but it has me locked in in several annoying and frustrating ways. A notable one is that mail from my main mail address (which is not self hosted but close in some ways) simply does not get through if I send it to some addresses that have (presumably) a hidden Google based backend (or possibly Microsoft, can't tell from my side), which is completely unacceptable when communicating with my child's school (and at the time I first had to provide another address to get around this I had Covid and was not really in a state to spend a lot of time and energy on a better solution).

@futurebird filen.io - nextcloud with collabora - tuta mail - quillpad - brave browser - forgejo - kubuntu with libreoffice - no MicroSlop here

Stuff that's also good : Cryptpad - proton

@futurebird aiming for late 2026. Just ordered a pixel 8 pro for graphine. Which seems ironic

@futurebird I'm trying. I know I'll get there. I have an ancient gmail account that receives fewer and fewer emails every year that I just forward to my main email. Also proud to have a completely degoogled phone finally!

I'm getting there in bites.

Maybe you already answered this (I'll check the thread), but I'm curious where you're at on your ungooging process.

@futurebird Realistically, it's more a matter of degree than of all-or-nothing to me

@driusan not to judge in the least, but I've moved I think all of those google third party sign ins to use a personal email, so I believe it's possible. Maybe I'm missing something though. I appreciate that it's convenient if you're already signed in to google

@mariamakesamess my condolences.

@hwll@sunny.garden what? Do you hack in to every site you see to change their oauth settings?

@mensrea @futurebird same. I moved away from it and essentially mothballed it (it forwards emails in case of the rare relevant email). Won't delete it to prevent an account lockout from something I forgot.

Also have a Pixel, but it has GrapheneOS.

I've nearly rid myself of all the FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) companies other than CDN (Content Distribution Network), of course.

@driusan do you mind giving an example? I don't think I've come across one that wouldn't let me use a non-google email to sign in.

@futurebird working on it. One left

@futurebird I have deleted the account some time ago and don't miss it. I am using /e/os on my phone which is nearly completely Google free, works well. Sometimes I use Google search for specific queries. It is still much better than Quant or DuckDuckGo.

@futurebird I do have an account, from the days of google+.

I use newpipe for youtube, but I consider using my account to upload to youtube. Apart from uploading to peertube.

@sibylle

Every time I try to use peertube it freezes

I know the people making it are working very hard, but we need some kind of slush fund to make the bits flow faster.

@futurebird Google Maps is the hardest to avoid by far, in the meantime I contribute to OSM hoping to be, at some point, good enough to replace it.

@futurebird I have no Google account on this smartphone. I have Google account for my YouTube account, where I post videoes.

@Black_Flag @futurebird This. That's why I still have a Google account.

@hwll@sunny.garden I can't think of a site that's had an SSO option other than Google, Apple, Facebook, or sometimes GitHub or Paypal in years. Maybe Globus or ORCID for academic sites.

It's been years since I've seen one that lets you specify your own OIDC provider.

@futurebird YouTube is one of the only services I'm finding thats to drop. I'll be moving to a de-google-ified phone this year, my primary email is not gmail.

@futurebird Almost every day, I must use Google/Alphabet services for my job. So very many operational documents! I have advocated there for FOSS alternatives, but have gotten no traction in the face of the inconvenience of migrating and the organizational inertia. But as things continue to enshittify, perhaps priorities will change.