Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else?
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@Anneheathen I've switched me and my partner to fastmail. On Android I have to sync the calendar using a third party app, iOS supports webdav natively (grrrr, android!)
Here's a good how to post that uses the same app I do to sync https://andrewmarder.net/fastmail/davx5/
Otherwise fastmail has pretty good documentation.
@Anneheathen on his pc we don't worry about syncing, he just uses the fastmail web interface. On Mac OS I sync with caldav.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen Nextcloud is the recommendation you generally get.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen cross vendor invites and event management has worked for years; businesses do it all the time.
Many email vendors provide reasonable calendar implementation: Google, Microsoft, Fastmail, Proton, etc
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
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@Anneheathen Nextcloud is the recommendation you generally get.
@mschfr @Anneheathen we use self-hosted Nextcloud for the family calendar. Since it is built on open protocols, we almost never actually log into it ourselves, it is just synced on our devices' native apps.
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@Anneheathen cross vendor invites and event management has worked for years; businesses do it all the time.
Many email vendors provide reasonable calendar implementation: Google, Microsoft, Fastmail, Proton, etc
@Anneheathen the big thing getting off Google calendar is you can't share by name, you have to share by ics/iCal link
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen i think nextcloud offer subscriptions for handling hosting if you dont want the hassle of doing that yourself, and if you are ok with the hassle you can run it on a pi. i remember liking it ok back in covid years
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
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We run Nextcloud, handles calendar and contacts for the whole family. DavX5 app for Android handles the sync. On Linux desktop I use Thunderbird. The VM costs a few bucks a month. -
@mschfr @Anneheathen we use self-hosted Nextcloud for the family calendar. Since it is built on open protocols, we almost never actually log into it ourselves, it is just synced on our devices' native apps.
@ntnsndr @Anneheathen The magic search term here is "CalDav" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalDAV
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
I've moved over to Zoho Calendar-- I don't do a lot of inviting, but I'm sure that option exists.
Only time friction occurs is when something assumes GCal is the default-- or that's the only option. I either do the ics file thing or just don't use that service/feature.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen@glammr.us I dig the Proton ecosystem.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen Proton, Tuta, Nextcloud.
You could also try "alternativto.net"
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
Good morning Anne!
@nextcloud is a great option for what you are looking for.Its can be a replacement for not just Google Cal but also Drive, Docs, and Contacts.
Its an open source application and here is an official list of providers if self-hosting isn't something you are up for.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen try https://proton.me/calendar
I left G 2 years ago -
Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen we’ve moved to Proton mail and calendar. It works fine, we have a shared calendar.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen I use tuta calendar but I also pay monthly so I get more than one calendar
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
@Anneheathen I use Proton, but no one in my family is interested in making the change.
Migration wasn't dramatic at all.
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@Anneheathen I use Proton, but no one in my family is interested in making the change.
Migration wasn't dramatic at all.
@Anneheathen Also, Proton is problematic as a company. Tuta might be better.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
Every email suite also includes calendar sync servers. I use Mailbox. Infomaniak, Tuta, Fastmail etc work equally well.
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Has anyone successfully moved away from #GoogleCalendar to something else? I'm on ios and macos but would like it to also be usable by my spouse who is on android and PC. We do a fair amount of inviting each other and other folks to calendar entries, but don't use a lot of other features. Motivation here is to get away from big G and theoretically find something with better privacy/etc.
I think nowadays the best solution for mail, calendar and so on is moving to a professional service, I mean a company where you pay a monthly fee for these services.
For a few euros a months you can have what you need in terms of functionalities and privacy (if you keep to EU) without worries.
