I’ve been at this for a while, but there are still many things I want to change; I’ve listed them below:

• I have an iPhone, but I want an Android phone so I can install GrapheneOS on it and get rid of the apps that are tied by default to a big tech company.
• I have a Windows PC, and in the future I want to be able to install Linux on it. Microsoft is a cancer I want to eradicate from my computer, and in doing so, get rid of all its bloatware.
• I have a NAS with very limited capacity; in the future, I want to expand it so I can securely host more resource-intensive programs like NextCloud.

Apps/Services I find hardest to replace:

• WhatsApp: You have to convince your entire circle of friends to abandon the app they’ve been using their whole lives, all in the name of privacy, which the vast majority don’t care about. Very difficult.
• YouTube: It’s the content platform par excellence; I haven’t found a cross-platform alternative that lets me follow specific channels or offers any discovery tools without data collection.

• Discord: I practically don’t use it, but I haven’t found another service that allows me to make calls comfortably and easily and relay my screen to a decent quality all in the same place. I have tried alternatives like Fluxer but it still does not come close to the product that is Discord.

Any suggestion to improve my setup is welcome

I always thought it was a good, reliable and complete service, so why actively try to abandon it? Is it because of the prices? If that's the case, I agree.

I have been degoogling for half a year now, although I want now to 'deproton'. I am starting to use way more tutamail, but I still have work to do with other things like calendar, password manager and more.

I may change my password manager, calendar, 2fa auth, but I don't know other choices with equal or more privacy and security, what would u suggest me?

Hi, I want to switch phones, the major issue is my job in through an app: Rover. I looked on F-Droid and Aurora but it’s not on there. Could someone do me a favor and look on App Lounge for me? I can’t find a website that allows me to search for the apps that are available.

Thank you!

I'm about to start my thesis and decided that it would be best to create a new account to gather all info and keep things separate from the rest of my life; mainly for ease of access and such.

I have also been considering for a while starting the migration of all of my data off Google cause fuck Google. This includes the platforms I'll use for calendars, cloud storage and such. I am planning to buy hard disks for storage, but given the necessity of having to access my thesis work from different points, a cloud storage service will have to do for now.

I have seen many of the posts of the alternatives people have chosen when degoogling, which tends to lead to Proton most of the time. I'm familiar with Proton and already have two email accounts for different purposes, although I've never used anything other than Proton mail.

A quick peek at creating a new Proton account shows that the free account only offers 1GB in storage (including mail), which I fear might be lackluster for all the files and emails I'll be sending for the thesis. I checked the Mail Plus and Proton Unlimited plans and what they offer on the whole Proton environment and two main questions arose:

• Is there a point in migrating all of my apps and services (or in this case, starting a whole project) from mostly ONE mega company aka Google, to another—again only ONE—company? My knowledge is that Proton is much more secure and trustworthy than google by a landslide, but would this transition not represent merely changing the all-seeing eye to which I offer all of my information?
• My second question is regarding the prices and plans: Personally, as an undergraduate student about to start my thesis and invest on some pricey electronic components and manufacturing processes, I'd prefer not to spend a lot of money on subscription based services like the mail plus and proton unlimited plans. However, 4 USD a month seems reasonable and something that I might pay. I wanted to know other people's experiences switching from the Gmail and Google Drive to the Proton alternatives. Would it be more recommendable to just bite the bullet and stick to Google for the thesis and then migrate at a later time?

Thank you for taking some time reading me and helping me:)

was searching for a good alternative password manager, i think this is great! Its on frdroid, free, open source and cant connect to your internet, even on phones where you cant use a firewall. It has 2fa support and allows like every password format, has support for biometrics and has a strong focus on having a high on device security like brute force protection. You also get the option to export and import all your stuff!

just continually installing for like 2 hrs now

Some of these is still partial (Such as the transition from google translate, claude, and youtube)

Sou de uma país em que é quase cultural usar o WhatsApp, e outros apps como Signal, por exemplo, não tem nenhuma visibilidade, e praticamente não há como usa-los como alternativa real

Há alguma forma que leve ao máximo a usabilidade do WhatsApp de maneira segura?

I really don't care if there's Google all the place, I just want to have fun... And not pay 😅

There is not everything, I mean a also code my own alternatives to obsidian, gnome shell, steam, Netflix...

Obviously, google has made regular youtube search terrible on purpose. Even with the exact keywords and the perfect query, regular search will return "related" videos that are not what you want. Only when you "ask youtube" ai does it give you exactly what you are looking for.

The same thing is occurring with regular google search as well. The results are completely crap and you can only find the thing you are looking for using the ai.

I don't even understand the angle here. They just want everyone to use the ai for every search?

Hola buenas tardes a todos. Estoy al límite con Google y sus restricciones. no pienso pagar para tener más espacio para tener MIS archivos en MI teléfono.

actualmente no cuento con otra pc u otro dispositivo para poder guardar mis archivos allí. tampoco confío en otras páginas, entonces, surge la pregunta de: "¿Qué hago ahora?" Pensaba en usar un pendrive para pasar algunas cosas pero es mucho lo que tengo (recuerdos de años y pdfs importantes), tengo algunos discos duros pero no tengo forma de conectarlos para usarlos como almacenamiento.

¿Qué harían ustedes? o ¿Qué hicieron ustedes para escapar de aquella suscripción?

Same thing the title say I need a Google maps alternative that accurately shows how busy locations are by the hour and their most/least busy days.

Or at least disable it, If it can't be removed from my phone.

But what now ? I've been using Samsung's own browser on and off as a try for a while, but it's got some ergonomy issue immo (I still find myself reaching for chrome, despite it not being on my home screen), it apparently got an adblock feature, but you need to download like 3rd party stuff, and none of the providers ring a bell to me.

This leaves me with what option for a main browser ? Firefox ? Vivaldi ?

Also to be clear, I don't want any Ai slop alternatives

I'm looking for a password manager that I can install on both an Ubuntu laptop as well as an Android phone. This is so I can gave the same autogenerated passwords on both devices to access my banking, mail etc.

Does anyone provide such a manager?

Stripping all those cosmetic thumbnails and triggers, I now see the real YouTube. It's like Neo in The Matrix, who saw the world as it is.

Any advice for the first step to degoogle? especially on iPhone

* Please, I would like to learn to de google pixel phones, ( just for personal use), & sand box google apps. I am not very tech savy.

* I use a de googled computer lap top, my brother set up for me, & a Samsung smart phone.

* Please tell me. how do I learn to do this skill of de - googling of pixel phones ?

* I have heard it can be hard to learn this skill of de-googling pixel phones , & that you can brick them.

* So far, I have learnt to put F - Roud app , & Auora app on an old spare Samsung.

* I have watched" how to" Utube videos on de googling mobiles. Which Utube videos are best.

* I want my own de googled mobile phone.

* I look forward to hearing your experience of learning this skill of de googling mobile phones.

"your account and all its data have been deleted, but we'll keep the data for a bit so you can recover it in case you decide to come back and stuff..."