Hi, I'm new at degoogling and would like to start with two main things. I'm looking for alternatives to Google photos and Google drive.

I need a photo app/website that can automatically backup the photos from my android phone.

For the substitute for drive what I need is a website/app that I can store itens online but also have access to it offline in my computer, similar to how Google drive does it.

Any suggestions? I don't even know where to start

Hey guys,

on degoogle journey and I am looking for a note app. Is anyone using Mimiri notes? How is it to use it? Github looking nice.
I was selfhosting Joplin in the past but I always disliked the app. Little to heavy for my usage.

Which note app are you using in your degoogled setups?

I just downloaded Collabora on my Android to read MS Office documents. Thoughts on it? Little by little, I’m breaking away from the Google ecosystem.

après avoir desinstaller le play store via adb sur un pc linux aurora store c mit a ne plus marcher je ne peux maintenant plus installer d’app

I tried making a list of privacy friendly alternatives [ many of them open source ] with a truly clean reputation as far as we know. Please comment below if some entries are inaccurate. Here's the list:

KeePass password manager

Quad9 DNS

LibreOffice

Signal app, Session, SimpleX chat

Joplin Notes

LibreWolf Browser

Thunderbird Email Client

IVPN

The Tor Browser

CoMaps - a fork of Organic Maps

Tuta Mail

SearXNG [ Open Source self hosted search engine]

Linux distros like Linux Mint

Fossify suite of basic android apps like Phone, Gallery, Contacts

Please comment below if I have missed out on any good options.

Privacy friendly alternatives with some controversies:

Proton Ecosystem

Brave Browser

Mullvad VPN

GrapheneOS

FUTO Software [ FUTO Keyboard, GrayJay app ]

DuckDuckGo [ Microsoft tracker controversy in 2022 that was later fixed ]

I'm on the same wifi, added my phone number, and changed password. I just formatted my device. Please help, i want to delete my account

So i made switch XMAS 2025 from Gmail, degoogled mostly now everything.

Yesterday came my Google Pixel, installed GrapheneOS ( so ironic xD).

But still i got a google Account for youtube, for having Subscriptions, so i have all new videos there.

Is there an alternative for doing this?

And can someone link the chart for degoogled alternatives for apps?

I am not a tech person. Over this past year, apps have been eating my storage alive. Is there any way a cavewoman like me can easily reduce or eliminate these apps eating up storage on my phone? I have a Galaxy A54 5G.

I came across this post from Proton about European search engines. They seem to rate Mojeek most highly for privacy. Does anyone have any experiences with Mojeek? I have switched to it. If there is interest, I may post a review once I've used it for a while. I've been a DDG user for years now, but I know their track record isn't as great as their marketing would suggest.

I'm looking for a good alternative to google keyboard that supports these four languages well. I would appreciate any help. English, Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish.

Thank you

What options are out there? Has anyone actually gotten a custom ROM running on a Note 14?

Serious question, of which I don't know an answer. In what way Signal is better than say, Telegram?

While I'm drifting away from Telegram myself, I really wouldn't want to try to convince people to use an equivalent alternative that can potentially go bad in the future.

And why not other messaging apps?

Just a first step but trying to get there!