[arvindamirtaa]

I'd love to leave!

As soon as someone comes up with a half decent hosted calendar service that's half as good as Google Calendar.

People like to give GCal a lot of shit while comparing it with local apps; there's very few hosted services that are so versatile.

[jblwps]

What do you need in a calendar service that you can't find elsewhere?

I use the Calendar app with NextCloud[0] for a CalDAV server + calendar web interface. It's fully-featured as far as I can tell. I use its CalDAV functionality to sync to my Android phone using DAVx^5[1], which integrates the calendars natively so that you can use whatever calendar app you want on your phone (I use Etar[2]).

[0] https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/calendar

[1] https://www.davx5.com/

[2] https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar

[arvindamirtaa]

Okay! What if I can't run my own nextcloud server? I need a consumer solution - a non technical way of making things work.

[jblwps]

Ah, gotcha. There are hosted Nextcloud solutions out there if you can't run your own instance. I've never used them and can't speak to how non-technical the overall process is (I'd guess it varies by provider).

Nextcloud's website does have a page on getting ("free"?) accounts from providers. It took me a hot second to find the "change provider" link, but that allows you to see a bunch of options.

https://nextcloud.com/signup/

[spacegangster]

I'm working on https://lightpad.ai, which includes a timeflow calendar. Many features from GCal are missing though. If you can give it a shot and a hit me with a critical review – this could push me in the right direction.

I'm set on going towards privacy/transparency/local-first-data.

[arvindamirtaa]

I'll take a look.

[numlock86]

Well, there is Microsoft and the whole online Outlook stuff that comes with every Microsoft/OneDrive account ...

[arvindamirtaa]

If the reason people are leaving privacy, Microsoft doesn't fare much better.