On any new device I normally do the same thing each time:
1) Install Firefox Nightly
2) Install uBlock Origin add-on
3) Enable Duck Duck Go as default search engine
4) Enjoy
I am still looking for a good replacement for Gmail.
1) Install Firefox Nightly
2) Install uBlock Origin add-on
3) Enable Duck Duck Go as default search engine
4) Enjoy
I am still looking for a good replacement for Gmail.
If you miss the dark DDG theme: https://userstyles.org/styles/95276/duckduckgo-lite-dark
I've been using it for half a year now, and the only gmail features I miss (their spam filtering and automatically prioritizing mails) are those that require them to read your mail. Which I like that they cannot.
Which is a massive limitation.
But if you really need it, you can use the ProtonMail Bridge together with your favorite email client. For me the tradeoff of having my emails stored encrypted by default without much hassle is worth it.
Some people are OK with giving their PII like phone numbers to them, then Google is a good choice for them.
For me, it is not. Their schizophrenic registration system that SOMETIMES demands your phone number was the last straw.
And they were at least working on a VPN service too, last time I checked.
iCloud email