I have been slowly transitioning off Google stuff and finally killed my Gmail account the other day. Didn't realize how bad Google Maps had got until traveling last week. Maybe it was always that way. Shout out to Google's Gay Ai for speeding up the process.
OpenStreetMaps for desktop
Organic Maps or OSMAnd on FDroid for android.
@UncleIroh @WaveClearMid Interesting.
Will need to check it out.
I wanted to say that I use called Waze alt to google.
But found out it is made by Israel and it is under Google 😅
I liked their feature where you see every radar and police stops
@UncleIroh @Stahesh My solution has been a $5 a month paid email. I'd encourage you to research this for yourself. I am definitely not an expert. This is not private (see Snowden) but they aren't freely selling all my data. For maps I don't have the solution/cope yet but I am considering a physical Garmin loaded with recent retailer data. Again, not great but it's worlds better than what Google is.
Best of both worlds
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((( Google ))) Email >>> Protonmail or Mailfence
((( Google ))) Maps >>> Openstreetmap (Website) or Organic Maps (Android app)))
((( Google ))) Searc >>> SearX
MS Office >> Libre Office / Text / Markdown
MYOB/Quicken >> Homebanking or Plain Text Accounting
gethomebank.org/en/index.php
plaintextaccounting.org/
or
Spreadsheet with Gnumeric
gnumeric.org/
Ive done a few videos on these topics
* Video - Sovereign Software - Free yourself from Corporate Governance Grip
joshwhotv.com/video/82581
Google Apps >> De google Apps
* Video - De-google Apps I recommend
poast.tv/w/dZbY2yfuwRVNkWKLPZ3FAA
* Video - Linux App Portability - Appimage
poast.tv/w/e9tZoByy7sMYwUMWXYDYtc
Firefox >> LibreWolf
Default Chrome >> Ungoogle Chorium
* Video - Recommended Web Browsers
poast.tv/w/cMF2AU6i3vfBuuzqmhspWh
Telegram/Signal/Whatsapp >> Delta chat
* Video - Delta Chat is Awesomeness
poast.tv/w/5eBWjveDDgjknEvUCekdwJ
* Video - Linuxbook - Refrubished Ideapad S130S 14
joshwhotv.com/video/76524
* Video - Charliebrownau - Alt Tech Replacements 2021
joshwhotv.com/video/48322
@WaveClearMid Would be good to share what alternatives you use.