I have been trying (not entirely successfully) to move away from Google for a while now. Gmail replaced by Fastmail. I used to think Fastmail's interface to be

I have been trying (not entirely successfully) to move away from Google for a while now. Gmail replaced by Fastmail. I used to think Fastmail's interface to be clunky - but no longer. It was never an issue, because you can very easily use any mail client, each with their own 'app password'. Drawbacks: GMail's filtering it top notch, for both spam and their pre-defined categories (updates, social, etc). I never realized how many rules it saved me until I made the switch. Browser changed to Firefox for the most part. Still not as battery efficient as I would like, and not as performant as Chrome in some sites (ironically, many of these belong to Google). Google Cloud is nice, but I only use that at work. Google maps is... difficult to replace. If I am in an Apple device, I can use that, but it's an inferior replacement. The Google search engine is still second to none. I have made the switch to DuckDuckGo, but I find myself using !g VERY often. Some things are just nice to have. The damn Google Cloud Print service works more reliably than trying to print from OSX over wifi. I have no idea why. My 'breaking point' was not privacy or security. It's just that Google pulls the plug on projects surprisingly often. So I figured a gradual transition would be better. It's a very slow transition indeed...