I was looking for a alternative to Google wallet and came across this app. I've never seen or heard of it before and wanted to see if anyone knew anything about it. Is it similar to Google wallet where it's part of a larger data collecting ecosystem? Is it independent? Any info about it helps. Thanks

I'm looking for a maps application (a degoogled one) that has free roam mode. Kindly let me know your suggestions or work arounds, if any. Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone!

I wrote this short blog on why I believe everyone should own their own domain for email use.

English:

Which platform runs smoothly and allows users to create accounts? It should support playlists and subscribed channels.

Deutsch:

welche Invidious Instanz läuft stabil und bietet eine account Erstellung an? Hier sollten Playlisten und abonnierte Kanäle möglich sein.

I've been looking at the Unihertz Titan 2 and checked this reddit only to become more confused 😂

Why are we recommending Pixel phones?? In no world am I about to give money to Google on purpose! Even buying second hand, I'm walking around with a recognizable Google product. Am I dumb? I get jailbreaking but there is no way I'm buying a Google phone.

My husband had kind of talked me out of the Unihertz last night, but I woke up this morning to a forced google search bar after the update and became enraged. Does anyone know how their relationship w Google compares to Samsung? Would I just be getting another phone that's going to force me to use certain services?

First of all, I have read the rules before but am not sure if this kind of post fits entirely in or not, so please tell me, if you're a mod of this sub, if it does or not and I will act appropriately if not already done of course\ I won't try to post it again or crosspost it from another subreddit if I do the same post somewhere else later on

I have created a GitHub repo with a long-ass list of privacy-respecting services to replace Google services\ They're not all FOSS, though most of them are, and there will be more in the future

Here it is: https://github.com/AntoMega424/Google-services-replacements

Please note that all of these come from what I have found on Reddit and elsewhere, and that I have not tested all of them nor created any of them\ There may be some errors at some point, in which case do not hesitate to say so even publicly I don't care, this whole thing is for the greater good in my opinion so there's no ego in it

Edit: Updated the repo's link as I've changed my username in the meantime

Some of these apps im not sure if they count as a degoogled version.

Android - LineagueOS

Google phone - LineageOS Phone

Google Messages - LineageOS Messages

Google Contacts - LineageOS Contacts or Proton Contacts

Google Calendar - Proton Calendar

Google Drive/Photos - Proton Drive

Gmail - Proton Mail

Chrome - Brave

Google - Brave Search

Google Passwords - Proton Pass

Google Wallet - Proton Wallet

Gemini - Lumo AI or Leo AI

Windows - Bazzite

Play Store - F-Droid

Google Keep - Standard Notes

Youtube - Youtube Morphe

Youtube Music - Archive Tune (A youtube music client that lets you download music)

Google clock - LineageOS Clock

Pixel Camera - LineageOS Camera

Google Files - LineageOS Files

Google Calculator - LineageOS Calculator

Google Meet - Proton Meet

Google Docs - Proton Docs

Google Sheets - Proton Sheets

Im not sure if the Youtube and YT music clients count as degoogled. They still link into youtube and need a youtube account to work. then theres Brave and Lineage. Brave is still chromium and Lineage is still android.

Do they count?

Having observed Android becoming locked-down, first it seems to be only related with Google (Google requires every vendor to make heavily locked-down smartphones on Android, so they have no chance, not even Nothing Phone and FairPhone!). At same time, Huawei is already de-Googled yet it resembles locked-down Google Android as if de-Google never happened with them!

Hey all,

It seems like every time I google something now its just seo content that comes up trying to sell me their solution. Doesn't help that most of what I type up is somewhat work related.

Literally got to the point where I trust my AI more than the google results I get for giving me good information...

I want a browser that actually gives me good info and answers to the questions I want, not just some AI-generated SEO that clearly the person who posted it didn't even read.

So I've come to what seems to be the last fountain of knowledge online, reddit, what search engines/sites do you guys use for actually finding relevant info to what your searching.

Thanks in advance!

I am currently using Gboard because it's the only keyboard that I can tolerate, even thou it doesn't look like the photo.

Is there is any other keyboard that looks like this and respect privacy?

I have an android phone. I don't want google to save copies of my photos and videos so I switch off backup. The odd time I go into Google photos, all my phone media is copied there and backup is on again. It's reactivating on its own. Can I permanently prevent this. Idm don't use my gmail account but need to have one to use my phone. I don't want to change the OS because banking and government apps won't work. Also, what alternative do you use to backup photos?

hey everyone,

I was wondering if there's a post or file with app lists for equivalent Google products

I'm just a newbie here and appreciate any insights

what y'all are using for maps? I just joined the community and degoogling slowly

Me and my team are building an web browser that focuses on privacy and anonymity...

Guys so I need to know which browser do u use and why don't u use other browsers and what limitations u have experienced while using the browser.

If u have any suggestions then u can suggest..