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Degoogling my Phone / Part 1 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Verax@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Phone - Pixel 9 Pro

Browser - Firefox

Search Engine - Ecosia

Keep Notes - Joplin

Tasks - Tasks.org

Password manager - Bitwarden

2FA - Aegis

Email - Posteo.de 12€ pro Jahr mit Thunderbird

Google Photos and Drive - Jottacloud Home / 70€ per Year for 1TB and 5 Users (family photos videos and documents) - awesome

Wetter - Breezy Weather

Google Photos - Aves Libre & Image toolbox

Google Play Store - Aurora Store & Droidify

Google Play Services - micro G

VPN - Mullvad VPN 5€ a month (only paid when needed) are there free good alternatives?

Google Clock - Clock App Form Droidify (Chrono from Droidify but its Bugged for now)

Gboard - Futoboard (seems finally working correctly) and Futo Voice

Phone - Fossify

Contacts - Fossify

SMS - Fossify

Google File Manager - Material Files

Shazam - Audile

Google Translate - DeepL

Quick Share - Local Send

Social - Eternity for Lemmy / Moshidon for Mastodon / Pixelix for Pixelfed / Discord

AdBlock DNS -....

Scanner - OSS Documentscanner

Docs - FreeOffice / Office NX

Google Kamera - ProShot 9€ Onetime payment

YouTube - Revanced YouTube (tried out Libretube and others but I need video watch sync between TV (SmartTube) and phone)

Yt Music - Metrolist and testing others

GMaps - Magic Earth

Google Calendar - Timetree or Fossify

Audible - Smart Audiobook and DRM free Audiobooks

Calculator - Fossify

Podcasts - Antennapod

Soundcore App for Music devices

Using the Soundcore Aeroclip. (Awesome fit and security)

Searching alternatives for Kindle. PayPal alternative that can be used everywhere. Gemini Assistant, Circle to search or Lens alternatives. No selfhosting for now.

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[–] ThraawnSolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

What calendar are you using that connects with Task.org? Great list by the way!

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago

List of current banking app compatibility with Graphene OS

For anyone not aware of this it is a good resource.

[–] cathfish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you changed android for a degoogled OS ?

[–] Verax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not for now. Want to have my appsuite ready for it. Also banking app is a problem.

[–] cathfish@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

same here... :(

[–] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Root it and hide it.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also used a custom rom. But after rooting android some apps will not work anymore. Mainly apps like Microsoft. Or okta. Or these stupid apps I need for work, which is detecting a rooted android somehow.

[–] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Use Shamiko (magisk module), XPrivacyLua and HideMyApplist (lsposed modules) (lsposed is a magisk module)

[–] pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 week ago

If you're still using stock Android then I'm sorry to say that your efforts are somewhat wasted.

Please try GrapheneOS.

As for a free VPN alternative, check out URnetwork.

[–] Balsamico@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Proton vpn is without cost for one device.

Im really struggling what to do with android itself...

[–] Verax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same. Banking apps are a problem. I wish there were proper Linux phones. Or nothing make there own os.

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Are banking websites a good replacement?

[–] rpl6475@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Best option I've found is GrapheneOS (I have a Pixel 7 which I bought second hand so Google don't get any additional money). Still Android but gives you more control over the data Google can see/use. Gives a sandboxed play store and services so banking apps still work fine.

[–] profgrumpypants@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago

https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle

Anything here? Not sure, don't have an Android anymore. 10/10 would GraphineOS if I was in the market for a new phone however.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

For a browser, Waterfox and Ironfox are better alternatives. Don't forget extensions. Might as well have Brave as a backup if you need a Chromium browser.

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I like ironfox but I have cromite if ironfox breaks

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 week ago

I indeed use waterfox. I can recommend it.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 week ago

Ad block via dns can done on your own network if you want. Like using opnsense or pihole.

[–] simonreisinger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Thalia sells DRM free Audiobooks

[–] simonreisinger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The Email - Posteo.de 12€ pro Jahr mit Thunderbird is still in german.