I've got the following table from here but later tested some options and found other (better?) solutions. So I edited the original table and extended.
| Need | Say No to | Good alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMail | Proton Mail, Tuta | The storage and sorting/filtering functionality is limited on free plans but I changed my habits a bit - both services allow to export all messages, which I load into Thunderbird, sort how I want and backup. | |
| Office | Google Docs | LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, Docs | |
| Data sharing | Google Drive | Dropbox, Filen | |
| Photo storage | Google Photos | Immich (https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose, https://github.com/imagegenius/docker-immich/) | |
| Video meetings | Google Meet | dino ? (XMPP based) | |
| Maps | Google Maps | Magic Earth, Here, something OSM-based (OpenStreetMap) - Organic Maps (iOS) | |
| Browser | Safari, Edge, Google Chrome | Floorp (Firefox based) | Firefox account is compatible with Floorp |
| Search | Google, Bing | Qwant (basically Bing), SearXNG | |
| Chat | WhatsApp, Slack | Signal, Matrix, IRC*, Zulip | |
| Photo editing | Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop | Capture One, Darktable, ? GIMP, Affinity | |
| Play my music | Spotify, YouTube Music | AIMP | |
| Discover music | YouTube Music | Movie soundtracks | |
| TV shows, Movies | Amazon Prime, Apple, Netflix | Read books | |
| Sport tracker | Nike Run Club, Runna, Strava | Running Page |
IRC: Kiwi IRC https://hybridirc.com/embedding/ https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc/wiki/Configuration
Other big company services
- Reddit -> Lemmy (List)
- Jira / Asana / Trello -> Taiga or Tenzu (there is no way to import from Jira Cloud)
- Asana -> Task Warrior
- Notion / Evernote -> Docs
Other free tools
Something less known as GIMP or blender and not specifically a Google's counterpart but some remarkable free software that frees you from online services.
Other steps
- View data offline, have a local backup by following the notes from Own your stuff
- TODO
Other blogs doing the same
- The Opt Out Project - challenge and reward based. Cons - gives strange alternatives sometimes, either paid services or poor software while there are another amzing homelab solutions and/or free/libre software
- Comment j’ai dégooglisé ma vie - mentioning Immich, kSuite, Notesnook