submitted by Hund to degoogle
23 points | 9 comments
I have an old Google account that I only use for one specific thing today: YouTube recommendations.
Their algorithm is actually decent. Which is not something I hear myself very often. And while it can be a trap, it does actually recommend me a fair bit of high quality content as long as I stay away from the obvious traps, make sure to…
submitted by dessalines to degoogle
69 points | 13 comments
https://github.com/dessalines/torrent-tube
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/49015971
YouTube is still one of the major points of centralization on the internet, so I’ve been brainstorming ways around the problem.
From the readme:
Torrent-Tube is a set of tools to help decentralize YouTube videos, by moving them to…
submitted by Kkk2237pl to degoogle
21 points | 14 comments
Why almost no one recommending myKsuite from infomaniak? I see always Tuta, Proton, Ente, self hosting etc. Never seen myKsuite which is less than 2 usd per month per 1TB cloud storage.
What is wrong about them?
I asked the same question on Reddit and my post was instantly removed
submitted by WhiteOakBayou to degoogle
168 points | 37 comments
https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/commodore-is-back-with-a-de-googled-feature-phone-for-the-anti-doomscrolling-crowd
submitted by tired_fedora to degoogle
46 points | 7 comments
This is just a vent. Disregard if not interested. Since I started my DeGoogle journey, I
submitted by AstroLightz to degoogle
35 points | 8 comments
I’m looking for a good FOSS podcast app for android. Ideally something from F-Droid, but anywhere works.
Sources don’t matter, just mainly free podcasts is what I’m looming for.
submitted by rafssunny to degoogle
106 points | 21 comments
I started in March this year, and so far these have been my changes:
submitted by Yingwu to degoogle
30 points | 9 comments
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.
submitted by weaselsrippedmyflesh to degoogle
16 points | 4 comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8clVdaRKA&start=580
submitted by rocksolid to degoogle
675 points | 67 comments
Can anyone tell this meme is true or false? I don’t have Gspy so I cannot test this
submitted by rocksolid to degoogle
452 points | 42 comments
Can anyone tell this meme is true or false? I don’t have Gspy so I cannot test this
submitted by Auster to degoogle
69 points | 20 comments
Archive.Today starting to use Google’s QR-based reCaptcha
#recaptcha #degoogle #datahoarder
The site has a few variant domains, unsure why, and archive.md, the one I’d been using, threw the QR reCaptcha just now, as per the attached image, while archive.today directly threw the good ol’ “try to verify a dozen times” version.
The…
submitted by dessalines to degoogle
154 points | 7 comments
https://github.com/keepandroidopen/keepandroidopen.github.io/issues/115
submitted by dessalines to degoogle
76 points | 4 comments
https://github.com/keepandroidopen/keepandroidopen.github.io/issues/115
submitted by kjtrnc to degoogle
55 points | 19 comments
https://www.sustysubs.net/
My website has grown to 20 categories.
Please check it out. Which important categories and alternatives are missing? What should be removed again?
(I’ve noted earlier feedback to consider removing Proton, Brave, Signal. Which I will try to address by next month.)
I’ve added the controversial topic of AI…
submitted by steel_for_humans to degoogle
51 points | 5 comments
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/20/google-starts-scanning-all-your-photos-as-new-update-goes-live/
Google wants its AI to see all the photos of “you and your loved ones.” Billions of users must now decide.
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Kinda creepy. I was about to migrate to Immich, fortunately I’m not in the US, so I don’t get that update…
submitted by IratePirate to degoogle
119 points | 31 comments
I just had an encounter of the turd kind with a banking app that I want to share.
I’m in the process of migrating to a new degoogled phone (GrapheneOS) and upon installing the app in question via Aurora Store, it gave me an error message, saying it had not been installed from a “trustworthy” source. It would, therefore, refuse to…
submitted by emotional_soup_88 to degoogle
14 points | 1 comments
I _implore_ you not to advise me to ditch the phone for Pixel. That’s a topic for another day. This post is about how far I can push the limits on an inherently spyware riddled Samsung. I use the Play Store for USB Audio Player (paid) and an electronic ID app required to do most payment and government related tasks here. I am not…
submitted by ghodawalaaman to degoogle
18 points | 3 comments
apparently you cant use an alias
submitted by Buage_ to degoogle
141 points | 18 comments
I finally deleted my Google and YouTube accounts!
submitted by afporritt1001 to degoogle
260 points | 54 comments
submitted by sabreW4K3 to degoogle
75 points | 25 comments
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-keep-privacy-alternatives-3655829/
submitted by greendog to degoogle
79 points | 6 comments
Hi everyone! I’m still pretty new to the foss world and am actively working to de-google my life. I got a cheap used laptop and just installed Linux Mint so I can get some practice with Linux in general (raised as a Windows kid) and I have definitely appreciated the ease of Linux Mint, but I do plan to explore many other distros in the…
submitted by InterestingUsername to degoogle
407 points | 24 comments
submitted by FallenWalnut to degoogle
49 points | 3 comments
https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/44525355
This is only the beginning
Google steals people’s content through AI summaries, trains off their work and now is looking to rewrite their articles
The good news is that there…
submitted by starshadow to degoogle
175 points | 24 comments
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…
submitted by ISOmorph to degoogle
218 points | 6 comments
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html
Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to…
submitted by guismo to degoogle
99 points | 14 comments
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…
submitted by guismo to degoogle
373 points | 68 comments
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…
submitted by BladeFederation to degoogle
91 points | 34 comments