WILL BE UPDATE OFTEN Last update : 15/03/24
THE GUIDE FOR DE-GOOGLED APPS
(🏆 = just the best app ; ❤️ = a more than excellent app)
REMEMBER : Do not install every apps you find, for your security and privacy only install needed apps.
ANDROID
1- Phone and messaging
Phone --> Fossify Phone 🏆
Messages --> Quik SMS 🏆
Contacts --> Fossify contacts 🏆
Whatsapp --> Molly (Signal fork) ❤️ Briar (For advanced users, maximum privacy concerns)
2- Networking
Chrome (browser) --> Cromite❤️ (must be configured) Mull (slower but not chromium-based, must be configured)
Discord --> Element (matrix.org client)
Reddit --> Jerboa (a Lemmy client)
3- Multimedia
YouTube --> Libretube 🏆
Spotify --> RiMusic ❤️
Google podcasts (podcasts) --> Antenna Pod ❤️
Gallery --> Fossify Galley ❤️ (Basic app) Aves ❤️ (Advanced gallery)
4- Tools
QrScanner --> Binary eye
Gboard --> HeliBoard ❤️ (OpenBoard fork)
IME keyboard --> Sayboard
Local sharing --> LocalSend ❤️
Google authenticator (2FA) --> Aegis ❤️
Lastpass (password manager) --> Bitwarden 🏆 (Self-hosted) KeePassDX 🏆 (local storage)
Gcam --> Open camera
5- Others
Clock --> Clock You
Google calendar --> Etar ❤️
PDF viewer --> MJ PDF
Office --> LibreOffice Viewer ❤️ (Only for reading)
That’s all, hope you enjoy, do not hesitate to save the post for future updates and comment your recommandations below ⬇️⬇️
Do not use default firefox version there are horrible, if you want to stay on firefox pls consider using Mull 😃 And maybe grayjay is a good option but I dont know exactly the app…
you can configure firefox to be hardened pretty easily? I get that mull is preconfigured but the advantage of more fingerprinting protection becomes moot the second you change a setting. (as many are liable to do)
You cannot easily tweak deeply the browser, you can load user.js for example but you have to be rooted, Mull is almost ready to use (you just have to install some extensions and tweak some settings), so this is a better choice than default Firefox…
I’m currently using firefox nightly which seems somewhat hardened, browsing histlry and cookies are cleared on closing and adblocking is enabled by default. No add ons tho
Yeah this option is a bit tweaked by default but I wouldn’t say that it’s an option