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OneDrive to pCloud.

OneDrive was absolute ass in the first place but i got it for free as part of uni. It was horrible for syncing files between devices and would often corrupt files.

PCloud just works. They also have a lifetime tier, so you don't have to subscribe every year. My data is stored in Switzerland but you can choose to have it stored in the US if you really really want to.

Next best thing was changing from Gmail to Runbox. Excellent service at Runbox. I'm looking to transfer my domain as well but that's proving a bit difficult at the moment.

Jeans and Digital Services

Moved my main repositories off from Github to Codeberg. The latter is more minimalist, but has what it needs instad of being an overbloated mess with AI slop features. Cannot fullz abandon Github due to the vast amount of code there, also some projects I'm contributing to have no plans to move.

While I know I should have moved to single blade safety razors, Lidl's own 5 blade offerings last longer than Gilette Fusion, while being the fraction of the price.

Streaming giants to piracy

Reddit to Lemmy

• x to mastodon (long before the movement, I guess when the Ewong had to let that sink in)
• reddit to lemmy
• google to ecosia
• google to mailbox (long before the movement)
• a google phone to GrapheneOS
• jotta cloud
• amazon to otto
• several food brands and consumer products

Sadly, there are several services I cannot switch yet, due to profession.

Iphone > Fairphone

Windows > Linux

Google > Qwant

Gmail > Proton + My own domain

Youtube (music) > Digital audio player (it's just a modern name for a good old mp3)

Gilette > Mühle DE shaver + Proraso ( That was because I worked for P&G who own Gilette and never use their products out of spite)

Netflix > nothing (I'm okay with that... for now)

Pornhub > Xvideos 🤣

Reddit to Lemmy has been hands down the best one so far. You lemmlings may be wierd at times, but not nearly as toxic as redditors.

Also moved from Gilette Fussion to a safety razor, cheaper, better quality (my skin is less irritated after shaving), and I feel like a boss when shaving.

From Chrome to Vivaldi & from Google to Ecosia.

And for lots of hygine products I moved to EU brands from US - ones. (Palmolive,Colgate, Lenor etc). I know Loreal, Beiersdorf and Unilever aren't great companies, but local alternatives are crazy expensive.

Deleted Insta, unfortunately way too many people refuse to move from What's App to Signal.

switched from bourbon to scotch

Gmail to Mailbox.org. Whenever I'm using it to login somewhere I get reminded that no US corporation can steal or shutdown my identity.

moved here

Windows -> Linux CachyOS Google Mail -> Tutamail Amazon -> Buying local where possible

Best decision ever...

And quitting all the social media crap and using feddit now.

Still looking for a Twitch alternative. There are some, but the content is lacking...

• Windoof -> Linux
• WhatsApp -> Threema
• Google Mail -> Proton Mail + mail at hoster with my domain(s)
• Google Maps -> OpenStreetMap
• Google Drive -> Nextcloud
• [no social media] -> Fediverse
• GitHub -> Codeberg (partially)