Hello everyone!

Recently, I saw so many posts about this and I started to think about degoogling (degoogleing?) my life.

I’ve started with fdroid and found some nice apps in there and I’m curious to know some alternatives I may or may not know

  • Youtube: Currently, I use ReVanced and even though is just the default app with something in it, I want an alternative with background listening, import my subscriptions w/ notifications and if possible with sponsorblock
  • Mail: Using a combo or Gmail + proton. I started to use proton recently and I want to move everything there when I have time. Suggestions here?
  • Cloud storage: Self hosted/proton? Alternatives
  • Gallery app: Stock
  • Video player: Stock
  • Music player: Stock
  • 2FA app: I have Authy and I tried to install aegis. I also have Ente but I’ve never used both
  • Mail app: Using K9 and the app is awesome compared to google or Samsung Mail
  • Password Manager: Bitwarden
  • Weather app: Currently, using Breezy weather

If possible, apps with a nice looking UI, modern with/without Material You

I’m using a Samsung S23 and I would like to know how bad it is to change ROM with something better and if it’s really worth Pixel + GrapheneOS. Thanks

Edit: I forgot the most important one with probably no alternatives (?) Thanks to @[email protected] (idk how to mention)

  • Samsung pay
  • @TheDarkQuark
    3•4 months ago

    Here are the ones I use:

    • YouTube:

    This is the hardest and you might need to hop a lot. But, these are the ones I have: FreeTube, Grayjay, LibreTube, NewPipe, PipePipe, and if none of these work, then YTDLnis (yt-dlp client)

    • Mail:

    ProtonMail (Tuta is heavily suggested too, but I personally have never used it)

    • Cloud Storage:

    Proton Drive (although I don’t use cloud storage much)

    • Gallery:

    Stock and AvesLibre (I heard Immich is good too, but I cannot afford self hosting atm)

    • Video Player

    VLC

    • Audio Player

    VLC

    • 2FA

    Proton Pass and KeepassXC

    • Mail App

    ProtonMail and K9Mail

    • Password Manager

    Proton Pass and KeepassXC

    • Weather app

    Breezy Weather

    • @[email protected]OP
      1•4 months ago

      :O libretube has both sponsorblock and DeArrow, that’s cool!

      I know about proton storage but is it good?

      Out of curiosity, why KeepassXC over bitwarden?

      • @TheDarkQuark
        1•4 months ago

        I don’t use Proton Drive too much, but for my use case, it works great. I sometimes save files in there and share them via urls, and it works great for that use case.

        The last time I used Bitwarden, the base plan did not support 2FA which is a must for me. Keepass keeps it local, and supports 2FA too. These days, I use Proton Pass more because I want easier sync across my devices, but I back up everything to Keepass every once in a while.

        • @[email protected]OP
          1•4 months ago

          I use bitwarden because got almost hacked (lol) and I have the free plan and it allows me to set up an OTP

          Isn’t bad to have password manager and 2FA on the same thing? If you lose access to proton you lose passwords and 2FA