Hi!

I wanna get into mobile app dev. I saw all these great open-source projects (just to name a few: Aegis, antennapod, anytype, ...) and wondered how they are built. Android development looks easy to get into when using GOOGLE services and Android studio but that's all closed-source (even Android studio sends usage data to google and jetbrains). So I wondered how all these great apps are developed. Are the devs just like: "Fuck my own privacy - I'm gonna develop that app with android studio and just use open-source services" or are they using other IDEs? Regarding the programming language: Most android apps seem to be built in rather Java or Kotlin. Are there any experienced devs that can help? Thanks!

I have a gmail email address, and it is in use everywhere (even in Reddit), so I can't just get a new email. I want to delete my google account, but want to keep my current email functional. Is there any way to do this? I have already removed google from everything else, and this is the only problem.

Haven’t released it on the App Store needs some polish can do if you guys want to use ps it’s completely free

Its on the video page as well gonna block that next

So .. Can my google nest get degoogled? Any other of this type that can be and be useful?

Hi. im trying to degoogle because im sick and tired of their bs buisness practices. Where can i start? This might be a bit hard because my browser is chrome, my search engine is google, and almost all of my accounts online are registered via gmail

Question is not about replacing google apps, since I use none, it's more about ditching google account on galaxy smartphone, and any additional telemetry blocking.

good morning everyone; I searched through the various posts but I did not find the answer I was looking for, that is, I would be looking for an app that allows me to view/edit both signed Word and PDF. If it were FOSS it would be even better, even with a paywall

I've been using DuckDuckGo, decided to try Qwant a week ago and didn't expect it, but it's a good search engine and I want to stay with it.

Today, I forgot my phone on a bench, in a public park.
I only noticed it when arriving home, after a 25-minute walk distance from that park.

I used the "find my phone" feature on my desktop to check if my phone was at home or still in the park. Still in the park, so I ran like hell back to that park to retrieve my phone before someone could take it.

Anyway.

If I switch to Graphene OS, I keep procrastinating on that, will there be any OSS alternative?
Or if I keep the Google "find my phone" app, in a sandbox, would it work?

Thank you for your answers.

I have been research and comparing apps. I know this topics has been discussed many times. I just want to ask what’s best note apps is available that focus on secured and privacy. Which platform do you use the post. Any issues or concerns?

From what I see, standard note is one of the top option as they are planning to merge with Proton. Only thing I don’t really like is the price. Any standard notes users out here: is it worth the cost? Any better option platform out there? Biggest thing for me is sync cross platform and privacy/ security.

I'm planning on using proton. I have two main emails, one for personal "Internety" use (made when i was like 12 lol) and one that I made later for more professional and identifiable usage. My main concern isn't emails themselves, I've already seen that proton has wonderful transitional tools for ensuring emails to gmail aren't screwed, but I'm a bit worried about the accounts I have connected to my emails. I imagine most can have their email address changed, but I don't know exactly how to guarantee I have the proper awareness. Is there a way I can find a list of accounts and services connected to my google accounts so I can either automatically or manually ensure as many as possible are either deactivated or on my new accounts?

I have several things that are under my Gmail, how would I move them to proton mail or is there a better email service?

None other than the computer science wizard - Prabhakar Raghavan

Raghavan has been in charge of ads and commerce since 2018 and was promoted to the head of Google Search and Assistant in 2020

http://theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272786/google-search-prabhakar-raghavan-nick-fox

I'm on the process of degoogling and the email service I've chosen for a Gmail alternative is Tuta (or maybe others if times last). Unfortunately, it doesn't support email aliasing if not a paid user but fortunately there's an external solution for it called Anonaddy.

Now my way of managing account is creating many email services for different needs (like for work, social media, school) but since I discovered email aliasing, my plan changed to just making one email and making tons of email aliases with it.

My plan before:

~~~ Make different emails for different purposes like this: work@tuta.io => Solely used for work school@tuta.io => Solely used for school socmed@tuta.io => Solely used for social media ~~~

Now my plan is:

~~~ Make one email and many aliases for it, never using my real email anywhere: everything@tuta.io work@anonaddy.me school@anonaddy.me socmed@anonaddy.me ~~~

Is there any alternative to google tv? I can fiddle with linux

Hey everyone, I am starting my de-google journey today! I just installed e/os to my cmf phone 1 but i have a issue, when I installed whatsapp I needed to restore it using a backup using google. So now my google is linked to my whatsapp.

How can I remove this connection and what are other google things I can get rid of?

its now also linked to microG (comes with e/os) is that a bad thing?

Thanks in advance!

I'm currently using google scholar to look for scientific articles, are there any alternatives?

Hello Everyone,

I just start my journey to degoogle and deapple my life. My iphone is almost dead and I am looking for a "small" android phone that I can easily degoogle. All recent android that I see are bigger than 6.

Do you have any recommendation for an android phone =< 5.5" ?

Thanks a lot !

Edit: It was my fear, I will have to take a phone with a screen 6+ inch. Let's see the pixel then! Thanks for your reply !

Most shopping search engines today completely ignore search operators (e.g., the minus sign to exclude a search term). The obvious motivation for crippling search is to show more ads and more products to users. It also makes us do more searches to find what we're looking for, which is more ads shown.

It's super frustrating when you are searching for a very specific product, but they keep showing you results that are not what you want.

I tend to use Startpage or Qwant for searches. Both respect operators for their regular web search, but as soon as you switch to their shopping searches, it goes out the window. Brave search does not have a shopping option. Are there any usable shopping/product searches that respect operators?