Note: I prefer Apple over Google and I’m not ready to go full privacy-hardened, I want to find a balance between convenience and privacy protection.

So I’m moving from Samsung to iPhone soon, mainly because I despise Google. 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?

  • fxomt
    6•2 days ago

    For YouTube I use grayjay for without an account, it works fine for me, and I really like it.

    For cloud storage I’ve tried dozens of services, red what I landed on was Filen. This is subjective ngl and last time I checked rclone was in beta?

    For photos, I use ente; it’s very solid. I see people use Immich too, but that’s self-hosted.

    Hope this helps you, good luck

    • twikzOP
      2•1 day ago

      Would love an alternative to GrayJay on iOS that lets me cast to tv

      • @Lfrith@lemmy.ca
        1•20 hours ago

        Use safari to airplay to TV. It’ll also blocks ads if you use adblocker and skip segments you don’t want if you get SponsorBlock from the appstore.

    • @Ilandar@lemmy.today
      2•1 day ago

      For YouTube I use grayjay for without an account, it works fine for me, and I really like it.

      OP is switching to iPhone. Grayjay isn’t available on iOS.