Great idea! It seems like a big trend right now to get rid of some of Google Products. Can you please add a separate category for Google Docs, Google Sheets?
Google Sheets:
- Airtable 2.0
- Coda
- Quip 3.0
Google Docs:
- Notion 2.0
- Quip 3.0
- Workflowy
@andreyazimov A google analytics alternative is https://66analytics.com as well 🤗. It is a fully self-hosted, one-time payment with free future updates: all-in-one web analytics (lightweight and advanced tracking).
Just submitted it to the list as well 🙌.
Hi Hunters! 👋
🤔I built this today quickly after waking up and seeing all the recent uproar about Google and their user-unfriendly behavior.
I think big companies deserve pushback when they're going in a way that's not in the user's interest, and we as the (paying) users, have a democratic say by using their products or not. If we want to stop using their products, we need to know good alternatives though.
Luckily they exist.
👩🌾There's lots of indie and user-friendly alternatives to Google products now and this is a real-time publicly editable list where you can find them.
Enjoy 😄 and let me know what you think and what alternatives to add!
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@levelsio What is the alternative to Android? I do not think Apple is any better.
@levelsio@safaiyeh I believe that depends what your definition of "better" is. As far as privacy goes, Apple is night and day better than Android. I won't say they are perfect, but I'd never risk my personal information on an Android device.
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@levelsio I'd suggest to add Tutanota - it's a fully encrypted mail service that unlike Gmail respects uers' privacy. Here are more ideas for privacy-first alternatives: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/...
@levelsio this is a great list. You can also add Privacy.com - a tool that allows one to pay with burner cards online (works only in United States) as an alternative for Google Pay. Thank you for making this 👍
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Privacy is a generally overhyped and none of alternative products guarantee the privacy better than google. I kindof don't like this biasing.
I just love google for what it has done to this world. Making it smaller and rapid. Let it do whatever it does best and not poke it.
Pros:
Finding alternatives.
Cons:
Most alternatives are inferior. I'll stick to whatever product that solves its purpose better rather being emotinally destructive.
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Most alternatives are actually not inferior but most of us have gotten so brainwashed by Google that we lose track that there are alternatives, other ways of doing things - I'm sure it's some sort of Bias that I don't know the name of off top of my head.
Plus alternatives creates competition and forces everyone to improve... the world would be a horrible place with only 1 solution for each thing.
A great feature would be the pros and cons of each product compared to the Google product. I mean sure Zoho sheets is an alternative to Google sheets but why is it more privacy friendly? Even a one line summary of their privacy policy and why the suggested alternative is better would make this site very useful.
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What's wrong with you people, going away from a full-fledged company to some newly created startups believing you will get more privacy or security? And all of the alternatives in these comments are new in the market. Quip as an alternative to Google Sheet and Docs? Didn't you check their pricing? And their orientation to teams only and not single users. Perhaps at the beginning they were and could be a good alternative but now, I don't think so.
What about Microsoft, or is it the next target for these uproar campaigns? They have good alternatives to all Google products 😃 and some of their products are better if we took the "Umhp!!! it's Microsoft" part.
Anyway, for me, I don't think I can replace chrome with any browser, I tried a lot of them and this guy is the best. I bought devices to keep up with his gluttony for RAM but no other browser satisfies me as chrome does.
I am tired right now, may the world become great again!
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In my opinion, there's a lot of truth in the following words regarding financial investments that can be applied to a healthy use of technology – “diversify your portfolio" (to help balance risk and reward).
For everyone who is interested in Google alternatives because there is more to challenge and discuss than privacy issues I recommend to visit this page: https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/in...
I do use a lot of Google products and like them and many people behind the ideas – but I think we should always question their decisions and should demand more from our favorite companies and brand than just convenient products.
Pros:
I like the simple presentation of the recommendations.
Cons:
I would be happy to learn more about the selection criteria and the reasons displayed why people should think about using the alternatives.
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Privacy is a generally overhyped and none of alternative products guarantee the privacy better than google. I kindof don't like this biasing.
I just love google for what it has done to this world. Making it smaller and rapid. Let it do whatever it does best and not poke it.
Pros:Finding alternatives.
Cons:Most alternatives are inferior. I'll stick to whatever product that solves its purpose better rather being emotinally destructive.
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In my opinion, there's a lot of truth in the following words regarding financial investments that can be applied to a healthy use of technology – “diversify your portfolio" (to help balance risk and reward).
For everyone who is interested in Google alternatives because there is more to challenge and discuss than privacy issues I recommend to visit this page: https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/in...
I do use a lot of Google products and like them and many people behind the ideas – but I think we should always question their decisions and should demand more from our favorite companies and brand than just convenient products.
Pros:I like the simple presentation of the recommendations.
Cons:I would be happy to learn more about the selection criteria and the reasons displayed why people should think about using the alternatives.
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