Just a short personal progress report after roughly one year going european:

Changes:

  • Google search -> ecosia
  • Gmail -> proton mail
  • Google drive -> proton drive
  • Google calendar -> family wall
  • Google photos -> zeitkapsl
  • Google authenticator -> aegis
  • Amazon -> kaufland marketplace
  • Reddit -> fediverse (lemmy)
  • Pixel (because it stopped working) -> fairphone
  • Paypal -> sepa/wero/klarna

Quit without alternative:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Disney+

Still using:

  • Netflix (want to finish “better caul saul”)
  • Google maps (too convenient for searching restaurants and shops)
  • Steam

Of course I am also conscious about groceries or other material purchases.

  • huppakee@piefed.socialEnglish
    8·
    10 days ago

    Just fyi, there are pirates on the world wide web handing out free copies of Better Call Saul and a lot of other popular series in exchange for serving you some annoying pop-ups. If you prefer streaming over downloading you could give himovies.sx a try (turn on your adblocker first though).

    Also i still use Google Maps because of information on there, but made an OpenStreetMap account to input some of the data from my favourite local shops/bars etc. I exit the app before navigating to minimise the amount of data i give Google.

    • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      Stremio might work better if usability on a smart TV is a factor. Otherwise, sites like P-Stream (Movie-Web successor) switch between a free array of online streaming servers, or one could obtain the releases individually via torrents, usenet, or sometimes archive.org.

    • saimen@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

      I just checked and there seem to be a lot more shop informations than the last time I checked a year ago. Maybe there really are more people contributing recently.

      • huppakee@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        I also downloaded an app called StreetComplete to help out, although it is asks much more about adding information on infrastructure than on shops etc. I got it on f-droid, might be available through other channels as well.

        • testaccount372920@piefed.zipEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          A nice thing about StreetComplete is that you can choose what kind of ‘quests’ you want to do. Whether that’s looking for store opening times or what kind of curb a pedestrian crossing has is up to you!

          Personally I think it’s great that you can add so much more info to the map tham Google ever will. I like contributing to a map that helps society, e.g. by adding accessibility information.

          The big downside of StreetComplete is that it’s not made for adding new things to the map. It only asks for more detailed information about locations it already knows about.