Just a log of “my transition” and what have works well.
I used Google Maps a lot. I have moved to https://mapy.com/ works surprisingly well for navigation and regular map need, not very strong in POI, but that was expected.
Google Analytics swapped for https://dashboard.simpleanalytics.com/ - should have done this way earlier, just an overall better product for my needs.
Exited Goodreads for https://app.thestorygraph.com/ - zero problems
ChatGPT/Gemini moved to https://chat.mistral.ai/ - this one is a slight downgrade on both functionality and results. (so I am still cheating a bit on this one)
Moved to here, PieFed from Reddit - not regrets.
I was using Brave and Duckduckgo/EcoSia from before. I would consider moving away from Brave for a similar private but European browser.
Nice :)
I am still using Brave Search (just the search engine). I actually opted for it over the European alternatives. As far as I know, it is the only search engine that offers personalized ranked results, which helps ensure the feed is not flooded with American sites, which typically dominate results in European search engines as well.
E.g., I’ve downranked Reddit so it is less likely to appear as a top result in search.
If anyone is interested in reading about it
spoiler
https://brave.com/blog/search-rerank/
Similar features could likely be implemented by operators in other search engines (-site:reddit or similar), but I haven’t explored that.
Cool, I did not know that. I will git it a try.