joelvdc

joined 1 year ago
[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I didn’t know about sink it, will have a look! I currently use hydra to access Reddit on iOS.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As I mentioned in other comments, I didn’t buy a new phone to degoogle. I’m sure there are more people on the same boat. And this is a degoogle group.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Fuck that, next step is linux 🚀

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Please no… I hope it can be disabled.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I have had the same phone for the past 3 years, so the degoogle process started a couple of years after I got it.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wow, thenewoil website is great. Thanks for sharing.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gotta start with what you have 🤷

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

YouTube player app. Open source, no ads, no login, just import your subscriptions and playlists and you're ready to go.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I have not tried other clients. I am quite happy with Voyager, but maybe I will give the others a shot :)

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I didn't like the statements regarding Trump either, but he deleted it and made some comment/post on reddit distancing himself from Trump and right wing politics. So I made peace with that, but yeah, people won't forget.

[–] joelvdc@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I mean, it the end it’s all up to personal preferences. I’m strongly considering to delete Bluesky due to the latest controversy. But would you care to elaborate?

 

A process that started roughly a year ago with just changing browser and search engine, now feeling that I got somewhere. The journey ended up being more than just degoogle, but also demetaing and taking more control over my data and privacy.

Before and after picture with notes:

Chrome -> Zen browser (Firefox on iOS)

Google -> Qwant

Gmail -> Proton Mail

NordVPN -> Proton VPN (I don’t use VPN very often, but have NordVPN through another subscription, now replaced with Proton across my devices)

Google Drive / Photos -> Proton Drive

Google Password Manager -> Proton Pass

Google Authenticator -> Proton Pass / Ente (Ente Auth is only used to store my 2FA keys for the Proton account, other keys are stored in Proton Pass)

Google Translator -> DeepL

YouTube -> FreeTube (Unwatched on iOS)

Google Maps -> Magic Earth (OSM on desktop)

WhatsApp -> Signal

Notion -> Anytype

Keep / Notes -> Notesnook

X -> Mastodon / Bluesky

Reddit -> Lemmy (Voyager on iOS, dreaming of an eventual complete migration)

Instagram -> Pixelfed

Facebook -> stopped using

Windows 11 -> Ubuntu (Only personal laptop, work laptop still windows)

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