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Swapping Google Apps for Open-Source Alternatives

Original: https://www. howtogeek.com/im-replacing-goo gles-everyday-apps-with-these-open-source-alternatives/ Replacing Daily Use

A How-To Geek guide laying out open-source replacements for everyday Google apps is circulating online, recommending swaps like Brave for Chrome, Aegis for Authenticator, Organic Maps for Maps, Fossify Calendar for Calendar, and notes apps for Keep. Readers are sharing their own suggestions and discussing privacy, independence from big tech, and how viable these free alternatives are for daily use.

Why now: Growing interest in quitting Google services over privacy concerns and switching to open-source software.

GoogleBraveAegisOrganic MapsFossify Calendar

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Evidence

• https://www. howtogeek.com/im-replacing-goo gles-everyday-apps-with-these-open-source-alternatives/ Replacing Daily Use Google Apps with open-Source alternatives - Chrome -> Brave - Keep -> NotalyX - Calendar -> Fossify Calendar - Authenticator -> Aegis - Maps -> Organic Maps… · Theeo123 · 2

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