I started in March this year, and so far these have been my changes:
- Google Drive -> Filen.io
- Google Photos -> EntePhotos
- Google Gmail -> Proton (not 100% yet)
- Google Translator -> Offline Translator and Mozhi
- Google Maps -> CoMaps/OpenStreetMap
- Google PlayStore -> AuroraStore / F-Droid
- Google Search -> DuckDuckGo
- Youtube -> Before PipePipe but now Morphe Youtube
And anothers changes outside of google:
- ChatGpt -> Duck.ai
- Spotify -> ArchiveTune
- Chess.com -> LiChess
- Netflix -> Jellyfin
- GitHub -> Codeberg
- Reddit -> Morphe Reddit and Lemmy
- Twitter -> Mastodon and Bsky
- I also stopped using Instagram and TikTok
its difficult to start, but the satisfaction afterwards is very good
That’s the neat part. You don’t!
Seriously though, if its in a separate user profile or a work profile you won’t get any notifications unless it’s active. The simplest solution is to use something like Shelter to get create a work profile. Put G services in that and WhatsApp and anything else. Then you can pause the whole profile when you don’t want it running, and G can only see what’s in that profile. This is what I do and I keep it paused 99% of the time.