#antigoogle

patricospatricos
2025-09-13

I want to degoogle my phone. I am running linux mint on my PC and i have a long term plan to degoogle my digital life from google, meta and microsoft. So next, smartphone. Currently looking for two options and saving money for it.

Murena fairphone (some cheaper model)
Or
Volla phone running ubuntu touch

Anyone has any experience with either one? Are these devices and OS really in USERS controll? Can you uninstal and modify EVERYTHING?


Art: あかねかい

Uma panicking with new smartphone
patricospatricos
2025-08-27

3/4

And not to mention other outside world like work. I get work related info in whatsapp. Big company will not hear my whining about privacy and choice.

So to the surtain extend whatsapp will be still mandatory. So sad...

How ever, i am still going to use signal and will push its use for my friend groups.

But what to do about whatsapp? Leave it be? Erase somehow my acount and use another bullshit one? I really don't know at the moment.

Gold ship holding signall vs whatsapp sign 3/4
patricospatricos
2025-08-27

2/4

So, even if I change to signal some of my friends won't. They don't see anything wrong with whatapp. They are happy little products to be mined for data and they know it. It is a choice and everyone has to have that right. If we where to mandate people to use surtain services we would not be any better than shitty corpos we try to avoid. Its all about choice.

My choice will ve Signal. But i don't want to lose contact just because of one service...

Gold ship holding whatsapp vs signal sign 2/4
patricospatricos
2025-08-27

Long post so 1/4

I have a plan to gradually faceout all meta and google from my day to day use. And eventually discord as well. And now i arrive at whatsapp vs signal.

I prefer signal due to its open source and anti corporate structure. Easy win right?

Not so fast. This is not my PC that is now running Linux mint, this is communication tool that is only good as people i communicate with. So in this case i am going to have to be signal evangelist 😅

Gold ship holding whatsapp vs Signal sign 1/4
Micdan Latinoaméricamicdan5
2025-08-25

Google bloqueará instalar aplicaciones de terceros pronto... ¡Cada vez más parecido a Apple!

@arstechnica mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

patricospatricos
2025-08-25

Since google always scans everything people put on google drive i won't be using it any more. Sure i can have my burner account with VPN and bullshit info about me so that i can download something other people will send me. But i won't put anything there my self.

In the end i don't even need cloud storage. If i havent made backups thats on me. Just good data managements and some hard drives on multible locations is good enough.

Art by @briggbragg and me.

Gold ship uma musume scolding google
2025-08-22

@tranquil_cassowary @paul_dalemans @beep
100%, Google's Trusted Device API is a system designed for monopolization of the app store masquerading, and marketed, as security. A device running GrapheneOS, especially used with Auditor, are more secure than any other Android device. Furthermore, there is no sacrifice in integrity using official apps installed from sources like Obtanium with verified signatures using AppVerifier.
I just made this argument with a banking institution I use that updated their app to use the trusted device API. I will be moving my money.
#degoogle #antigoogle #privacy #security

2025-04-27

Mulla oli luurissa (Android) ongelma, että Teams-linkit eivät auenneet sovelluksessa vaan selaimessa, mikä puolestaan herjasi asentamaan sovelluksen. Voi liittyä siihen, että olen poistanut Play Storen käytöstä ja asentanut kaikki sovellukset ilman G-tiliä Aurora Storen kautta.

Joka tapauksessa ongelma ratkesi sillä, että kävi kytkemässä kokouslinkkien domainin päälle polusta Sovellukset -> Oletussovellukset -> Linkkien avaaminen -> Teams -> Tuetut verkko-osoitteet.

#antigoogle #teams #vinkit

2025-04-16

💖😋 Dos cosas para esta semana (anunciando en plan influencer):

👉 Concierto de Fundación Francisco Frankenstein 🧟 + Los Sacramentos (Bcn) en Mutante 🎸🎹. Jueves 17 a las 20h.
Entradas 🎟️: ticketib.com/es/events/el-gran

👉 Hacklab en L'Elèctrica ⚡el sábado 19 con @ricky de L'Elèctrica y peñita de @BULMALliure de 10 a 14h.

La semana que viene más 🤭.

Cartel del evento "El Gran Juernes" que anuncia los conciertos de dos bandas, Fundación Francisco Frankenstein (de Mallorca) y Los Sacramentos (de Barcelona), y tres pinchadiscos (Retroman, Principe Diegales y Finito de Nou Barris). Esto es el jueves 17 a las 20h en el Club Mutante de Palma. Entrada anticipada 12€, en taquilla 15€. El cartel muestra un dibujo de un señor en amarillos y rojo sujetando un vinilo negro y blanco.Cartel del Hacklab de L'Elèctrica donde se informa de que el tercer sábado de cada mes habrá hacklab en el Ateneo Popular L'Elèctrica. Se ve una ilustración de un pingüino (referenciando Linux) con un portátil y los logos de BULMA y L'Elèctrica, también un trocito de sandía estilo pixel (referenciando la lucha Palestina). Pone que la primera sesión será este sábado 19 y que tratará de alternativas libres a Google Workspace y Microsoft 365.
2025-04-10

In diesem Tutorial erfährst du, wie du deine Kontakte und Termine vor Verlust schützen und gleichzeitig deine Privatsphäre bewahren kannst. Du solltest nicht nur aus Angst vor Datenverlust an ein Google-Konto gebunden sein!

blog.iode.tech/de/degoogle-dei

#degoogle #antigoogle #googlefrei #ungoogle #kontakte #kalender #google #datenschutz #cybersecurity #opensource

2025-04-10

This tutorial will explain how to secure your contacts and your appointments from loss while maintaining your privacy. You shouldn't be stuck with a Google account merely for fear of losing data!

blog.iode.tech/degoogle-your-l

#degoogle #antigoogle #ungoogle #contacts #calendar #google #privacy #cybersecurity #opensource

Google Calendar
2025-03-28

Whether you're concerned about the lack of control over your data, invasive advertising or surveillance, there are many reasons to shake off big tech services. This is a series of tutorials to help you get Google out of your private life and make it easier for your friends and family to do so as well.

blog.iode.tech/degoogle-your-l

#degoogle #antigoogle #ungoogle #email #privacy #cybersecurity #opensource

Gmail
Gik :prami: | 💙➡️🇺🇦gikiski@social.lol
2025-02-28

I had almost asked about this.

If you need google something something just to use your browser, you still need google (alphabet, etc.).

#AntiGoogle
mastodon.social/@yoasif/113670

2025-02-16

My anti-Google crusade continues and here are some good alternatives. Also, they are European so what's better.

I know, these are small man's insignificant actions but at the moment I can do no more than decide what to do myself.

european-alternatives.eu/categ

#antigoogle #european

2024-12-19

just been working on
mailbywolves.com

a new email service, we are not making any fancy any promises that we know we can't keep up, just a good third party email to keep your data away from #bigtech!

Ran and managed by a #lgbtq #did #system

Launching Early January 2025.
#email #tech #ad #mailbywolves #nogoogle #noai #antigoogle #privacy
#Privacy

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-08-12

@pluralistic It would also force @mozilla to actually give a shit and improve products, instead of blowing money on execs and #AI-based #Enshittification!

Justisengardjustisengard
2024-06-20

Any one have any thoughts on moving from Google and increasing and ? Thanks for the ideas and feedback.

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