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Made Little Progress in Switching from Google, But Stuck on the root of the problem (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Flmaker@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone!

So, I've made some small progress in switching things up on my Android:

Replaced  Gmail app with Thunderbird
Replaced Google Calendar with FOSSify Calendar
Replaced Google Play Store with Aurora & F-Droid
Replaced  Android file manager with FOSSify File Manager
Replaced  Android keyboard with Heliboard

But now I’m hitting a wall trying to find  ones on root of problem:
free replacement for Gmail
free Google Calendar alternative that works well
 on both Android and via Thunderbird    Windows

Self-hosting isn’t really an option for me, so I’d love to hear your suggestions!

If you’ve found something you really like, please share your experiences.

Thanks!

UPDATE

just started a free account with infomaniak so far happy with infomaniak except the free email extensions like @ik.me @etik.com or @ikmail.com addresses whether will be accepted / recognized by institutions like banks etc

also found a community group at https://www.reddit.com/r/Infomaniak/ will search if any group here as well

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[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've moved to infomaniak too (also using Thunderbird), though I've gone for the first tier of paid account which lets me use my own domain for my email address. Been super happy so far. Instead of firstname.lastname@gmail.com I now have firstname@lastname.uk. Which is better. Might cash up to the next tier which will let me have multiple email addresses so I can let the wife and kids share in the glory.

Only downside is iOS so far. I've got an iPhone 15 which is less than a year old so I won't be changing it anytime soon. Sadly Thunderbird doesn't have an iOS app so I'm using Apple's own mail app for the moment but I'd love to move to a European email app if there are any on iOS. My next phone probably won't be an iPhone. Or an Android.

Any suggestions for an iOS European FOSS email app?

[–] Flmaker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've got a free account to test it for now. I could get another free one if I delete the first one according to the help files. I have a domain name already if I set the email through my domain host to infomaniak, will I be charged for that or having one email would still be free?

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

I transferred registration of my domain to infomaniak which costs about the same per year as it did with my previous domain registrar. The single email address is free on that basis.