DeGoogle Yourself

Here I will pin a list of recommendations for software. Getting started can be daunting, and it’d be great to pull that information together here for newcomers so they can take practical steps to degoogle their lives.

I switched from Gmail to Proton, but now with everything coming out about Proton I’m switching from them too. I started using Posteo which I like but a lot of my accounts having to do with money and finance (including my bank) aren’t accepting the Posteo email. They have rejected it over and over and even locked me out stating that I was hacked.

I’m looking for a good FOSS podcast app for android. Ideally something from F-Droid, but anywhere works.

I’ve been working on degoogling. i got a fairphone 6 with e/os. its been a great push in the right direction because many google services i previously relied on such as google home dont work.

I feel like it’s really hard to be optimistic about the state of the internet. While some more technologically and politically conscious users might make different choices, 99% of the people will just keep using Google and following along whatever changes they make.

https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui

had anyone else noticed YouTube front end apps/sites unable to get updated lists of videos or any lists at all? I haven’t checked all the symptoms to be able to guess the root cause.

Do you think these devices will continue to function?

Well, what maps do you recommend over Apple or Google?

I am using the default samsung keyboard and I feel like thats not that good for privacy (tho still way better than microslop or google) js there any alternative that you would suggest ?

Even if I have the full address of a destination, trying to search for it in CoMaps easily takes more than 30 seconds before I can select it and have it shown on the map. Sometimes if I have a general idea of where it is, I can find it faster than search. Is this normal? Are there settings I’m overlooking that could speed it up?

They made it “FREE” for linux users? why ? lol anyway - If I had to use a chromium browser, Helium period.

So I need some kind of cloud storage for work, however I want to move away from Google Drive (obviously). While I started my deGoogling journey by switching to Proton Unlimited, I am now looking to decentralize services from Proton, especially Proton Drive.

I just had an encounter of the turd kind with a banking app that I want to share.

Samsung is retiring it’s messages app, and I don’t want to install Google messages to replace it.

Over the past year I’ve been minimizing Google in my life to the point where I could nearly delete my account for good, but I’ve got two decent roadblocks still - their android calling app, and Google Fi.

I have already a degoogled phone on /e/OS which works pretty fine but I have r​ed​ an article which said /e/OS is not actually very safe because it has very old security patches compared to ​AOSP which has is up-to-date.

Hello,

Most of my apps come from F-Droid/IzzyOnDroid repos. Only non-FOSS apps I have are Steam, Stremio/Nuvio, and PodcastGuru. Bonus: Warden scan report that lists all trackers/loggers contained in these apps.

If you’ve never tried Nebula before, here are some one-week guest passes you can use.

I’ve been using a degoogled customROM on a Pixel phone for years now. As a camera app I’ve been using firewalled Gcam, i.e. the official Google camera app, but forced to be offline.

So I’ve spent hours deleting gmail emails on an account I’ve held on to despite moving to other providers. Had it for decades now. When I’m done switching the last of my accounts to my new emails, I think I’m going to make fake profiles in cat forums and select all the notifications I can just to fill Googles servers with bullshit.

I am so close to completely being degoogled, the last nail in the coffin is my tv.

I have my regular cell number of course but I also have a google voice number. I’ve used GV as a work number for over a decade so that I can set it to DND when I’m off. I would like to keep two numbers without google voice tho. What are my options? Can I use the number with the signal app? Thanks

If you’ve never tried Nebula before, here are some one-week guest passes you can use. Nebula is an ad-free streaming platform that focuses on quality, with a curated set of creators, and original content. It’s a decent alternative to YouTube, and although their list of creators is still small, some of your favourite YouTubers might already be there.

I’ve identified most replacements apps to use on my pixel 10. The thing holding up my switch to graphene is photo storage and phone backups. I plan to use the app immich but where do you actually store your photos and back up your phone?

After 6 months of painstakingly moving all my accounts from gmail to tuta, I finally deleted my google account today! No more google, meta, or apple in my life. Its crazy how much my relationship with technology has already changed. Deleting Spotify was probably the biggest change so far. Its insane how my music taste has expanded. I was so afraid of discovering less music without Spotify, but the opposite has happened. Before I had a relationship with the algorithm. Now I find music organically, looking through peoples bandcamp purchases, SoundCloud likes, and soulseek folders. I’ve found myself listening to albums much more and developing relationships with artists and their work rather than the algorithm! Music is everything to me, but I didn’t realize how dedicating time to managing a digital library and purposefully seeking new music would transform my relationship with it. It feels like one of respect and reciprocity rather than overwhelming scrolling and recommendations and feeling like I’m in a pigeonhole.

So, I just learned about this the very, very hard way. After buying a second hand S10 and finding american ones can’t be unlocked, traveling 4 hours to buy another one after much research, much annoyances to unlock it (samsung requires you to be online, which I didn’t know) and testing multiple ROMs, I finally read this page more properly https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/beyond1lte/ which says “known quirks: IMS”. I thought it was just something like dolby sound.

I’m looking into dumping googlified android with the upcoming lockdowns.

I’ve heard for years these companies are horrible (musk ran paypal for a while right?) Are there any easy to use alternatives? Well besides CashApp, I’ve heard they aren’t great either. Just a reminder to anyone using venmo to change your default privacy settings from public to me only.

What the title says. I might ad that my pc runs linux mint

So I’ve tried Proton Mail and it’s… not a great user experience. I’m looking for a good calendar specially that works on Mac, Windows, Linux, and iOS. I want to be able to manage my work calendar through it (which is a Google account) and then a personal calendar which is hosted by this new service.