I have moved away from Google Contacts and Google Calendar and am now using Synology Calendar/Contacts.
I've left Google Drive for Synology Drive and I've left Google Photos for Synology Photos. Everything is self hosted and self maintained.
In Sweden each parent get 240 days of parental leave, per kid. I love our parental leave system. I'm very fortunate to be able to spend all that time with my son!
I only sort by new for my subscribed feeds. I feel it works really well there. I rarely go so all or anything like that. Too much unwanted stuff for me personally.
The EU keeps big companies from taking advantage of their monopoly. Seems fair to me that the EU can step in and smack their fingers from time to time.
I’m a Reddit blackout leaver, never going back. Ever.