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Changing your email for a non gmail may be the most important step in the de-googe process, and the first big step I took, I have to be honest, it was a pain in the ass to switch all my accounts to new email services, but it is also the big step, some time ago I made my switch, abandoning Gmail completely, I currently have a gmail account that I don't use at all and it is replaced by ProtonMail ( https://proton.me/ ) my experience using proton mail has been wonderful, I don't miss Gmail at all and I have everything I need in my proton accounts, I deleted my gmail from my phone and instead I use the proton client and k-9 mail to manage my mails, for more privacy I also use AnonAddy ( https://anonaddy.com/ ) to create anonymous email aliases, I switched from the mozilla service and AnonAddy has been a good experience.
My experience with the email switch has been excellent, and I haven't really seen the need to use a gmail account for anything so far, plus the proton mail account is good for all your services including vpn, cloud storage and calendar all with one account.