Infomaniak

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

Dark forest web [just venting]

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

  • switched to a more trustworthy VPN that I use more stringently than before;
  • deconvoluted personal and work accounts;
  • deleted third-party Google logins and set up email / PW logins instead for corporate sites that I do use; I also…
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my degoogle and foss journey

submitted by rafssunny to degoogle
106 points | 21 comments

I started in March this year, and so far these have been my changes:

  • Google Drive -> Filen.io
  • Google Photos -> EntePhotos
  • Google Gmail -> Proton (not 100% yet)
  • Google Translator -> Offline Translator and Mozhi
  • Google Maps -> CoMaps/OpenStreetMap
  • Google PlayStore -> AuroraStore / F-Droid
  • Google Search ->…
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Are the changes to Google Search (AI mode as default) the final nail in the coffin for the open web?

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.

Archive.Today starting to use Google's QR-based reCaptcha

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…

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Google planea eliminar los 15 GB gratuitos en la nube: solo ofrecerán 5 GB si no haces esto

Prácticamente cualquier usuario se aprovecha de los 15 GB que Google, al menos hasta ahora, ofrecía de forma totalmente gratuita en su nube, para contar con espacio suficiente al comenzar. Ahí podías sincronizar y guardar tus fotos, archivos y emails, pero como se veía bien, están recortando esa opción para que todo el mundo pase por el aro y termine pagando una suscripción.

La compañía…

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Ethical Alternatives to Big Tech

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…

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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

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.

Kinda creepy. I was about to migrate to Immich, fortunately I’m not in the US, so I don’t get that update…

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The locking-down of Android: why I had to 'hack' a banking app just to get it running

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…

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Current degoogle progress

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…

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Newcomer's De-Googling Progress

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…

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Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines!

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…

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Finally deleted all my big tech accounts!

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…

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Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles

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…

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Be aware that ALL samsung phones can't be degoogled anymore. Do not ever buy samsung again if you hope to make calls.

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…

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Be aware that ALL samsung phones can't be degoogled anymore. Do not ever buy samsung again if you hope to make calls.

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…

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