Hi everyone
I have successfully de-Googlified myself and my Android phone from Googles net of convenient services designed to track you. Much of this possible thanks to Disroot. I think this is the right place to share how I did it.
Android Operating System
LineageOS without any Google apps, not even Google Play Services.
Note: Excluding Google Play Services (GPS) disables use of Google Play app*, and since many apps depend on GPS it drastically limits the number of apps that can be used. However if you’re concerned about privacy you shouldn’t have Google Play Services installed.
* Yalp Store can be used to download apps from Google Play, but excludes your paid apps.
Instead of Google Play, F-Droid is a great place to find excellent open source apps.
It’s also adviced to add F-Droid Privileged Extension as privileged app (do this on OS installation):
* https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension
* https://youtu.be/y3zVcYuE-WI?t=2229
I'm really impressed with this operating system. Fast, clean and secure, without bloatware.
Applications
Note: Much of the following already described in the Disroot howto.
Google Drive
Disroot.org cloud storage.
NextCloud Android and desktop app.
Gmail
Disroot e-mail.
I used the K-9 Mail app.Works great.
Google Contacts
Disroot contacts.
DAVDroid for sync: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/
LineageOS contacts app.
Export contacts from Google as vcard. Import in Disroot contacts.
Google Calendar
Disroot calendar.
DAVDroid for sync: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/
LineageOS calendar app or Etar: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/
Export calendars from Google. Import in DAVDroid (not tested myself).
Google Docs
Disroot Pads (not tested myself)
Tasks (and Google Keep)
Disroot Tasks.
DAVDroid for sync: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/
Tasks app: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.dmfs.tasks/
This is the kind of tasks often integrated in calendar. Not used by Google Calendar.
For Google Keep, there are numerous apps for TODO lists. I found Simpletask nice.
Diaspora
There's apps for that too: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=diaspora&lang=en
Much more to read here: https://www.privacytools.io/
Happy de-googlification!