So far, I'm only using cost-free alternatives:
Gmail -> web.de
Android/Google Play -> LineageOS/FDroid
Google Search -> DDG/Qwant/Ecosia
Google Maps -> Openstreetmap/Organic Maps
Windows/Office -> Linux/LibreOffice
Netflix -> 🏴‍☠️streaming sites
Spotify -> internet radio/digitizing CDs bought directly from the band at concerts

The only service I haven't replaced is YouTube (AdBlocked without account), which I use a lot, also for music. And I don't see an alternative for it either.

its not quite the same but as a YT-alt i use Nebula. It's owned by some of my favourite creators and pretty cheap considering what you get. (~36$/y)

instead of iCloud/GDrive i use pCloud - which is a one-time payment-which i prefer instead of a recurring subscription (otp/400$)

and technically i am paying for 'streaming-services' by having a VPN. (~3$/m)

if you listen to a lot of radio/music you should give radio.garden a try!

it not much, but it is a start.

A VPN is the quickest, easiest way for me to avoid having my data sucked up by my ISP and Google. I'm using Thunderbird for email instead of Google. I use DuckDuckGo for searches, and it allows you to block search results on a per-site basis. I mostly use that feature to block AI-generated search result sites.

The amount of time and money I spend to avoid them makes me want to take them to small claims court.

a VPN does not prevent the fingerprinting google does.

47 eur for my vps setup

In terms of money, nothing. In terms of time? Several hours per week using offline methods. Keep in mind, I don't own a phone at all, and only use my computer for an hour or 2 a day at most. I do as much as I can in person.

Nothing.

Somewhere around $12. Covers email, VPN, and non-KYC data. Might jump up several dollars if I get around to making a personal website with a custom domain.

The only streaming media I consume regularly is on Youtube and I don't see a good alternative on the horizon. uBlock and Pipepipe it is for now.

A domain that isn't hotly contested (basically anything over 10-12 characters), usually goes for under 8 USD a year. So probably wouldn't jump up that much.

I'm in the process. Right now about $13 a month for a VPS which hosts email, video / audio / text chat, nextcloud, gps tracking, and others.

I need to do something about my android phone, and I'm looking at that too. I have a phone running ubports, but I'm scared to daily it just right now.

Thanks. Didn't know about web.de. Shall have a look.

Here's a treat to add to your websearch shortlist: https://searx.neocities.org/

Try posteo.de - pretty high-ranked in Privacy and costs just a buck a month, which ist fair and payable even by post last time I checked - you charge your Account there in advance. And you get to choose alias E-Mails in many different country Domains, which you can also send from, but only the first two extras are free, rest ist 10cents/alias/month. I now spend 2 Euros/month in my Mail.

Moved calendar and addressbook there from Google as well, was pretty much painless, but not automatic. I am using these Apps with it: Thunderbird, DAVx5 from f-droid, FOSS calendar App, ...

What you need to know about web.de is that they offer a free tier e-mail, but try to push you into their paid tier with predatory measures.
Every time you log into the web interface, you get a popup that signs you up for it if you click on the shiny OK button.
If you dispute it, they cancel it no questions asked, cause that's the law.
But a lot of tech-illiterate people enter their payment details and just take it, cause they fear losing access to their email.
If you're tech-literate, and use a third-party tool to access your email and an ad-blocker, your free mail account is basically subsidized by the people who don't.

So I can't recommend them as an ethical option (you'd need to pay for any ethical option), but at least they are independent from the US (they're one of the biggest mail providers in Germany), and I've been with them for 26 years, so I know it stays free long term.

• Spotify -> Bandcamp. ~80% of the proceeds go to the artists, last I've heard. Also, FLAC downloads, and a streaming app.
• Gmail -> mailbox.org. It's a bit pricey at 2,50€/month, but that gets you 4(IIRC) family accounts at no additional costs and servers hosted in Germany. Email is the one service I'm gladly paying for. Tried hosting email myself once; it's horseshit.
• Whatsapp -> Signal (and Whatsapp, sigh). I donate 5€/month. This is money I consider well spent to keep Signal running.
• I once paid a hundred bucks for the big ol' Osmand+ update, back when I still had Google Play. Money well spent for a good project.
• Some Github sponsoring here and there, mostly for Android bread 'n' butter apps, such as a PDF reader, a good music player with Opus support, a FOSS email app, and -- last but not least -- Öffi.
• Some irregular donations to the KeePassXC and Paperless-NGX developers.

I would like everyone who has ever donated to FOSS software developers to consider that 'money spent to avoid Big Tech'. You're doing a good thing.

10€ extra total, 8 extra for Tidal instead of Spotify and 2 for a paid email service.

But that's not an entirely fair comparison, Tidal is a better service than Spotify, and there are plenty of free email providers to choose from.

I have a domain. I want to self host my email. Idk how to do that. So that cost.

But also $1ish for sync.com, proton mail free for rn, qwant is free obviously, and my domain costs like $15 a year.