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.
Disclaimer: These are recommendations by regulars here and on privacy forums. Use at own risk. We cannot due diligence on these, so if people do have issue with items in the list, please create a post and raise your concerns.
Recommendations
Browser -
- Firefox (Strongly recommend in light of WEI and Google’s plan that could potentially restrict access to websites)
- Librewolf
- Brave (Not recommended, due to Google’s WEI changes. Using chromium is a bad idea. I left this in case you really must)
Search
- Duck Duck Go
- Brave
- Proton mail
- Tutanota
Cloud storage
- Proton mail
Productivity Suite (Alternative to google docs)
- Libre office (Maybe not cloud based)
- Only office (for MS doc compatibility)
Degoogled Android phones
Phone OS - https://lemm.ee/post/663113
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GrapheneOS
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LineageOS (wihh or without MicroG)
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/e/OS
Android app store -
- F-droid
Messaging
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Signal
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Element (Matrix)
Maps - https://lemmy.ml/post/2211048
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Organic Maps
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OsmAnd+
SMS - https://lemmy.ml/post/2256135
Organisation
Task lists - https://lemmy.ml/post/2249613
Calendar - https://lemm.ee/post/704703
- Fossify Calendar - https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Calendar
Discussion
These items are ones either recommended multiple times or seem to have some form of consensus on them being good and privacy focussed. I will link discussion topics so people can see the logic and reasoning behind recommendation. If you are not happy with anything here, please discuss here: https://lemmy.ml/post/2262409
If you would like another item in this, please create a post discussion and we can pull it in and link to it.
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