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Goodbye Google

Gabriel Guzman on October 23, 2020

I’ve been a gmail user since it first came out, and I used to be a fan of google, but now I find myself more and more concerned with their data gat...
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Victor Warno •

Hey! Degoogling is a good idea! I started using osmAnd as a Maps alternative. It feels different but does its job. I am also looking into a new mobile phone setup and thinking about /e/OS - a degoogled version of Android. It actually let's you install the common android apps but limits communication with Google services and shows you a privacy score for each app! Keep fighting the good fight!

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Gabriel Guzman •

Cool, thanks good to know! I've tried osmAnd but the directions are very poor where I live (out in the country). I'll keep trying it though and adding information to the maps database so it will improve!

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David Dal Busco •

Interesting initiative and share Gabriel 👍

Never tried out but I follow Gaël Duval on Medium and his journey with the /e/ Foundation.

They build a "desirable, open source, privacy-enabled smartphone operating systems". Worth to have a look!

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Lakshya Singh •

Brave can be a better option with chrome's capabilities ane privacy as well

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qier222 •

I don’t trust Brave, this is why: theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/bra...

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Kevin Lewis •

I’ve also done this. For photos I have a managed instance of Nextcloud with a host that uses renewable energy to power data centres. The Nextcloud app has a ‘backup photos as they’re taken’ option just like google photos. Hope this helps

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Gabriel Guzman •

Cool, I used to run a nextcloud instance, but it's been awhile. Nice that they do photos now too! I'll have to give it another look.

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Meghdad •

Hey! use Nextcloud for Google Drive alternative.

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Shakib D shy •

Hey! Yandex is a nice and comfortable solution for files, images, etc. I'm using this. You can try it.

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt •

I think Aurora Store has non open source APK's as well.

For OTP, I currently use Authy.

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ellasofia253 •

I scene all game tools just one platform also provide games. This store is gave you a lot of facilities

Thanks

Regard :Ella

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Kihayu •

There is also a store called APKPure which contains a lot of free Play Store apps

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Daniel Schulz •

Self hosting a nextcloud is a nice and comfortable solution for files, images, contacts, calender, etc.

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King Asix •

Aren't you gonna have to find more alternatives if you get a Pinephone?

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Gabriel Guzman •

Not necessarily, since the PinePhone is currently running a somewhat standard linux distribution a lot of the things I'm now self hosting should work somewhat decently. We'll see, but I'm definitely liking where they are going so far.

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Gabriel Guzman •

While that does get me off of Android, it doesn't tick off the "open source, self hosted alternative" box. I'm going all in!

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evaabion •

Their might be many options that are providing that facility just go to here