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Samsung → iPhone: Need Your De-Google Tips (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 5 days ago by twikz@sopuli.xyz to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/31024070

Making the jump from Samsung to iPhone soon, mainly for privacy reasons. Want to cut Google out as much as possible while I'm at it.

What I'm planning so far:

  • Mailbox.org instead of Gmail
  • DuckDuckGo for search, would prefer something even better
  • Safari with all the privacy stuff turned on

Where I'm stuck:

  • What about YouTube? Just use the web version?

  • Google Drive alternatives that actually work well?

  • Best way to store photos that aren't big greedy corps?

Questions:

  • Any must-have privacy apps once I get the iPhone?

  • Settings I should change immediately out of the box?

  • Services I'm forgetting that are probably feeding Google my data?

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[–] twikz@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I said in my post that I dont like google, dont like the ui or ux of anything related to google.

I don't like the ux on Samsung either, and I kind of got stuck with this phone a bit back by my own fault.

I don't think ios is a better solution for privacy or anything related to that, I just prefer iOS and I wanted to see what my options are when I make the switch, I apologize if I offend anyone for mentioning iOS.

The reason for not using a custom rom on my Samsung is because alot of people have been telling me to stick to stock OS on Samsung, its the recommended thing to do for security if I remember correctly (got told this by a guy in the grapheneOS community)

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Ok, I understand now, and that's totally fair. I didn't really realize that's what you meant in your post.