Tag: Nextcloud

Degoogle, Google

Degoogling – One Year in Review

It has been almost one year since I started moving away from Google as much as I could. In this post, I’ll summarise some of my experience of how things are going after one year. Overview Firstly, how did it go overall? Well, I am very happy to have been using some brilliant non-Google products. I now have a peace of mind whenever I go about with my digital life. The Big Brother ain’t watching. At the same time, I failed to remove some Google products from my daily life. They are hard to replace mainly due to the lack […]

Degoogle, Google, guide

Setting up Nextcloud and ONLYOFFICE with Cloudron on Digital Ocean

In this post, I will provide a guide on how I setup my own platform to replace Google Drive. The core of the platform is Nextcloud. It has ONLYOFFICE enabled. It is built with Cloudron and hosted on Digital Ocean. Nextcloud is one of the most impressive tool I’ve ever used, and so far I couldn’t be happier with this platform. In addition, the running cost of it all is very low, around a simple meal per month. I am only paying for my domain name and Digital Ocean, the rest is for free! If you intend to use this […]

Degoogle, Google

Moving Away from Google

For privacy, security and ethical reasons, I have embarked on a journey to move away from Google as much as possible. This “moving away from Google” process is often dubbed as “degoogling” or “de-googlifying“. Why am I doing this? Well, Google is creepy and disrespectful to its users at a minimum, and some might even say it is downright evil. Google does or did the following: Tracks your activities – without you knowing. Keeps your data. Uses your data for its own profit. Conducts in questionable activities with governments. Avoids tax. Hands out personal data to authorities. Manipulates search results. […]