I replaced Chrome, Google Keep, Gmail, and Gboard with open source apps; I'm not going back
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53413788
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View original on lemmy.worldhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/software/i-replaced-chrome-google-keep-gmail-and-gboard-with-open-source-apps-i-m-not-going-back/ar-AA2e6PDgOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
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Well done.
Posted on MSN, lol.
*re-posted. MSN is just an aggregator.
Here's a link to the original:
https://www.androidpolice.com/replaced-chrome-google-keep-gmail-gboard-with-their-open-source-alternatives/
https://www.androidpolice.com/replaced-google-photos-drive-gemini-with-free-open-source-alternatives-now-i-can-not-go-back/Edit: updated with the correct link
That's a different article. It doesn't cover Keep and Gboard.
Thanks for calling this out. That author has a ton of articles that are all very similar to one another. I updated the link to match the correct article from last week.
My thought exactly.
Their replacement for gboard is another proprietary app. A real FOSS alternative that seems popular is Heliboard, but it requires a proprietary blob for swipe typing (although apparently they are working on replacing that with a free alternative). I'm fond of Unexpected Keyboard.
don't forget to switch to a de-googled rom too, like crDroid or LineageOS