Hello,
I took the degoogle boat in 2024 when I saw shit like gulf of murika.
So far I have no regrets, and if I have to do it again, I’ll do it again.
My actual setup : Phone : Pixel with GrapheneOS.
Mail : Proton Drive : Proton VPN : Proton Password Vault : Proton
Calendars/Contacts : radicale (selfhosted) Photo : Immich (selfhosted) Home : Home Assistant (selfhosted)
Notes : Standard notes YouTube : Newpipe/Grayjay/SmartTube Maps : CoMaps Authenticator : Aegis Wallet : Catima & (Mybank app)
Now with the last declarations from CEO of Proton, I’m seriously thinking to change some of my setup.
Did someone have recommandations for mail provider, with a private domain name? I want to be more resilient in case my mail provider turn on the dark side.
Actually I’m thinking about mailo services. 1,5€/months for 20Go with drive. If someone have some experience with them and coule advise me.
Also I need a solution for my aliases. I was thinking of Addy.io or duck.
VPN, I need a solution for Android with split tunneling, and also for linux. Maybe Amnezia, but there website don’t inspire me confidence.
And also I need a new password vault, easy to sync between my devices. Lots of articles talk about BitWarden and VaultWarden, but from US, and I don’t wan’t to feed the beast even if it’s a geniune editor focused on privacy.


I spent hours yesterday doing exactly this. Years ago I went full Proton to get away from Google. I knew putting all my eggs in one basket wasn’t smart, but it was a big task so I did what I could at the time. I’ve learned a lot since, and in migrating this time I’m using custom domains to make it easier the next time.
I started with Proton Pass, arguably the most important of the Proton Suite. I went with KeePass, and was really concerned about the difficulty in switching but it was shockingly easy. It’s certainly less polished and has some hiccups and is a bit slower, but it works great.
2FA is with Aegis.
Drive. I looked into a lot of options and decided to go with Filen.io . I’ll be testing it this week (I use it for freelance work) but it seems solid so far. A year was around $35 CAD.
Still looking into a calendar (I’m new to self hosting so it’s a huge learning curve for me).
VPN. I need port forwarding so the only other option I’ve found is AirVPN, which seems pretty good, but it’s based out of Italy which is an eyes country. For now, I’m staying with Proton VPN.
Standard Notes was acquired by Proton, so I’ve switched to Obsidian but haven’t pulled the trigger on paying for a sub yet.
The big one, mail. I’ve gone full custom domain (Cloudflare for now) and have been switching my emails on all my accounts. I decided to go with Thundermail, and so far it’s working great. I’ll be looking into self hosting a server soon to try to sync settings between devices (no idea if I can get that to work lol). Once everything is migrated, if Thunderbird goes tits up like Proton is doing the switch will be really easy with domains.