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I moved to China and had to do it, then after returning back I really didn't miss their services, only Google apps in my phone without gapps are Gtranslate, whi
by Markoff 4y ago
I moved to China and had to do it, then after returning back I really didn't miss their services, only Google apps in my phone without gapps are Gtranslate, which I really don't use and have it only just in case, sadly DeepL didn't have comparable app, I use also Gboard (with no internet access in firewall) since it's currently best swipe keyboard and that's it, everything else I use from other companies and find apps from Google inferior, I also use Google search but through my preferred browser (Kiwi in mobile, Vivaldi on desktop).
Email - Aquamail
Calendar - Business calendar pro 1.*
IM - Whatsapp (network effect sadly, otherwise I would go with Element, used for years Signal but was sick of horrible UX)
Maps - Mapy.cz
SMS - Pulse
app store - Aurora store, I know I know it's cheating...
2FA - AndOTP
Gallery - Simple gallery pro
Btw Duckduckgo is horrible shady search engine, you are better off even with Google or Bing, though Kagi, Searx and Brave Search are better.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoIt'll be interesting to find out later what other apps (Google or other) may be "assisting" Gboard in data exfiltration if it can't reach the servers it wants to. Tons of non-Google Android users use Gboard, with varying levels of protection in place.