IMPORTANT CONTEXT:

This is just my PLANNED setup, so not everything will be garenteed to be my final setup

The reason why I use multiple services for each use case:

  1. I’m taking decentralization to the local level, which means NO connection between smartphone, Laptop, PC and TV
  2. Fallbacks if the service or app doesn’t work

Google Search

  1. Mojeek
  2. Margnialia (self-hostable)
  3. YaCy (self-hostable)
  • Fallbacks:
  1. DuckDuckGo
  2. Qwant
  3. Ecosia

Google Chrome

  1. FREE Browser
  2. LibreWolf
  3. Tor Browser

Google Mail

  1. FairEmail
  2. TutaNota
  3. Proton

Google Maps

  1. CoMaps
  • Fallbacks:
  1. Gmaps WV

YouTube

  1. Peertube (Platform) (Self-hostable)
  2. Invidious (Frontend) (Self-hostable)
  3. FreeTube (Client) (Self-hostable)
  4. PlasmaTube (Client)
  5. Flow (Client)

Android

  1. GrapheneOS

Google Workspace

  1. MA Office
  2. LibreOffice
  3. OnlyOffice

Google Keep

  1. Notally
  2. Loqsec
  3. Notesook

Gboard

  1. Iris Keyboard
  2. Xime IME (for Chinese input)

Google Translate

  1. Offline Translator
  2. LibreTranslate
  3. Lingva Translate

Google My Files

  1. Fossify File Manager (Idk any Linux file managers)

Google Photos

  1. Prism Gallery (Idk any Linux gallery apps)

Google Play

  1. F-Droid (Platform)
  2. Flathub (Platform)
  3. Appteka (Platform)
  4. Aurora Store (Client)
  5. Droid-ify (Client)
  6. ObtainX (Client)

Google Earth

  1. GeoLibre
  2. Marble

Google Messages

  1. Fossify Messages (SMS)
  2. SimpleX (Platform) (Idk any Linux SMS apps)

Android System Webview

  1. Vanadium

Bilibili

  1. Bilimiao

Video editor

  1. LibreCuts
  2. Kdenlive
  3. Cutwire Drift

Photo editor

  1. PocketvPaint
  2. GIMP
  3. Pinta

Reddit (also also kinda Twitter too)

  1. Lemmy (Platform)
  2. Voyager (Client)
  3. Redlib (Frontend)

Windows

  1. CachyOS with Shelly
  2. Nobara

VPN

  1. Windscribe VPN
  2. Proton VPN
  3. Tor VPN

DNS

  1. Adguard DNS
  2. Quad9 DNS
  3. NextDNS

Minecraft

  1. Luanti (game)
  2. Prism (launcher)

Wordle

  1. Code Word

Convenience tools

  1. LibreFind
  2. sustysubs.net
  3. DNS toggle
  4. Privacy Flip
  5. SponsorBlock
  6. DeArrow
  7. ReturnYouTubeDislike
  • Reannlegge@lemmy.ca
    0·
    3 days ago

    It appears you are interested in self hosting, may I suggest a few addtions/alternatives:

    Search SearXNG; you can add Mojeek, DuckDuckGo, and Bing (a lot of ecosia results come from Bing) that way there are no ads and trackers.

    Mail Find a good host and get your own domain, make sure it comes with a wild card email option so you can make a new email for everything when you no longer want something sending you emails you either bounce the address and/or have everything deleted automatically. Plus you get the benifit of unlimited free trials, rofl. I use EasyDNS.

    Photos Immich; it is an open source self hosted photo container I have been using it for a couple of years now and it is great.

    VPN If it is not going to cost you a kidney get a static IP and host wireguard into your LAN, you get your searXNG and Immich when you are away from the LAN. Of course you are going to have to get a firewall, may I suggest a managed one that you can install a vanilla OpenWRT on, I say managed because that offers vLANs and guest networks.

    DNS Pi-hole or ad guard home, I personally use Pi-hole but that is because years ago that is the first one I came across and tuned it to how at the time I liked it. I tried ad guard but did not like it as much as pihole (do not ask me why that was years ago). I have it much finer tuned now, sure there are still some sites that block me because of ad blockers but many that used to do not anymore. Add onto those with Unbound. If you VPN into your LAN you get this as well, you can setup different lists for different vLANs and everything. Your own self hosted ad blocker is 100’s of times better than any app. I still use youtube in Librewolf with ad guard and sponsor block, I am hoping to switch to Invidous in the next few weeks when I get a hand me down computer.

    Other With your own domain you can host things over the WAN, or you can keep it to the LAN or certain vLANs but give it names and the such. I personally use Caddy to orginize my services on my LAN/vLANs. Vaultwarden; you are not relying on a third party for all your passwords and 2FA keys, you can use the Bitwarden app to sign in and you get all the premium features for free. Just make sure you have off site backup. Paperless-ngx; you get to store important documents with smart tags.