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Mikko<p>Can someone recommend a <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cloudstorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloudstorage</span></a> ? </p><p>Fees ($$$) are ok, as long as nothing ludicrous amounts. </p><p>Something along 100-500GB will do I suppose. </p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Arya Miller<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://raru.re/@ocean" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ocean</span></a></span> how to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a>? Could you recommend another browser to me? Ths.👍</p>
zm<p>Does anyone have good suggestions for cloud storage for photos? </p><p>Google Photos and iCloud are common suggestions, but closed-source, and I'd really rather avoid Google.</p><p>Would love any help. Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/DeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a></p>
Heinzenstein<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@TechDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TechDesk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Techcrunch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Techcrunch</span></a></span> <br>"Google is still tracking users’ personal location, incognito searches, and voice and facial data without their permission outside of Texas."</p><p><a href="https://f-ckendehoelle.de/tags/ThatsWhatIRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThatsWhatIRead</span></a><br><a href="https://f-ckendehoelle.de/tags/deGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deGoogle</span></a></p>
Stephan Hadan 🇪🇺<p>So sieht Datenschutz in Augen von Bigtech aus. Wer diesen Unternehmen seine privaten Daten anvertraut ist selbst schuld: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/10/google-will-pay-texas-1-4-billion-to-settle-privacy-lawsuits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/05/10/goog</span><span class="invisible">le-will-pay-texas-1-4-billion-to-settle-privacy-lawsuits/</span></a> <a href="https://hadan.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://hadan.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Saaste<p>Rupesin siirtämään vanhempien sähköposteja Googlelta Mailbox.orgiin. Sain luotua vanhemmille postilaatikot ja asetin myös oman domainin käyttöön.</p><p>Mutta nyt kun kirjaudun kumman tahansa tunnuksella, niiden henkilö- ja sähköpostialiastiedot ovat samat. Kun vaihdan ne yhdellä tilillä, ne päivittyvät myös toiseen. Kuitenkin postilaatikot ovat selvästi eri ja niihin tulee myös eri postit. Mitä aktuaalista helvettiä?!</p><p>Onneksi heidän aspa on viikonloppuisin kiinni niin en saa selvitettyä tätä.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mailboxorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mailboxorg</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a></p>
Xavier Ashe :donor:<p>Are you ready to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> yet?<br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664663/google-texas-settlement-1-billion-data-privacy-violations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/664663/googl</span><span class="invisible">e-texas-settlement-1-billion-data-privacy-violations</span></a></p>
Internxt<p>This is how close to impossible it would be to read the terms &amp; conditions from social media platforms. </p><p>Do you know what you're agreeing to?</p><p>Source: <a href="https://tomliamlynch.com/2018/05/09/before-you-agree-with-terms-of-service-check-out-this-art-installation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tomliamlynch.com/2018/05/09/be</span><span class="invisible">fore-you-agree-with-terms-of-service-check-out-this-art-installation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>New blogpost, sharing my work and testing for online file management solutions. Open source mostly, here and there some things aren't. My solution for my needs may not be yours but this is just what I'm doing, or have tried, up to now. I'm liking Tiny File Manager, though I've tweaked it a bit to use ViewerJS not Google doc viewer. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filemanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filemanagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demicrosofting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demicrosofting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> </p><p>Online File Management on Limited Budgets</p><p><a href="https://penworks.net/blog/online-file-management-on-limited-budgets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">penworks.net/blog/online-file-</span><span class="invisible">management-on-limited-budgets</span></a></p>
Problem FoxSwapped out my phone's keyboard for <a class="hashtag" href="https://corteximplant.net/tag/simplekeyboard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SimpleKeyboard</a> and it is making me check my own spelling and think more about what I type.<br><br>No auto-complete, no suggestions, no spell check but a greater satisfaction in writing messages, and a noticeable improvement in memorization and learning when typing in French rather than English.<br><br>All typos are now my own.<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://corteximplant.net/tag/simplify" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#simplify</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://corteximplant.net/tag/degoogle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deGoogle</a>
Dr Pen<p>New blogpost, sharing my work and testing for online file management solutions. Open source mostly, here and there some things aren't. I'm liking Tiny File Manager, though I've tweaked it a bit. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23filemanagement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filemanagement</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23degoogle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#degoogle</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23academia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <br><br><a href="https://penworks.net/blog/online-file-management-on-limited-budgets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online File Management on Limi...</a></p>
Dr Pen<p>New blogpost, sharing my work and testing for online file management solutions. Open source mostly, here and there some things aren't. I'm liking Tiny File Manager, though I've tweaked it a bit. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23filemanagement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filemanagement</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23degoogle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#degoogle</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23academia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://penworks.net/blog/online-file-management-on-limited-budgets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://penworks.net/blog/online-file-management-on-limited-budgets</a></p>
Adam Millerchip<p>What <a href="https://toots.adamu.jp/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> client do people use on Android that's not Gmail? I'm attempting to <a href="https://toots.adamu.jp/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> and using their Mail app for non-gmail accounts kind of defeats the point. Tried protomail but it only supports their own accounts.</p>
Magical Cat<p>Started moving from gmail of personal email account from gmail to Mailbox.org</p><p>Normally I am do not "scream aloud" about changes like that. But this time I got experience I want to share.<br>What I decided to do is to make sort of task, or plan, of what should be updated and update it gradually, like 1-2 item of the list per day.<br>Also "shocked" to see how many things are bound to our emails, and this is only what I was able to remember.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/buyEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DecoupleSSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DecoupleSSA</span></a></p>
iodé<p>Navigation is a necessary feature in our modern lives and the good news is that there are privacy-respecting alternatives that provide excellent navigation capabilities without invasive tracking. Let's explore some of these alternatives.</p><p><a href="https://blog.iode.tech/degoogle-your-private-life-3-maps-and-navigation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.iode.tech/degoogle-your-p</span><span class="invisible">rivate-life-3-maps-and-navigation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ungoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ungoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Gaukler Faun<p>Gerade das Update von FOSS Browser veröffentlicht. Hier die Änderungen:</p><p><b>v 20 Bertha von Suttner (Die Waffen nieder):</b></p><ul><li>neu: Webview-Diagnosedaten deaktiviert</li><li>neu: Renderpriorität auf hoch setzen</li><li>neu: Umschalten auf Standardprofil aktivieren/deaktivieren (auch im FastToggleDialog)</li><li>neu: Umleitungen im FastToggleDialog aktivieren/deaktivieren</li><li>neu: FastSearchDialog alphabetisch sortieren</li><li>neu: einige App-Einstellungen im FastToggleDialog</li><li>fix: unbenutzten Code entfernt</li><li>fix: Drittanbieter-Cookies</li><li>fix: Tracking-URL-Dialog</li><li>fix: HTTP-Dialog</li><li>fix: unbenutzte Strings entfernt</li><li>fix: (Workaround): Codeberg JavaScript-Fehler nur im FOSS Browser <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=1231" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1231</span></a></li></ul><p>Das Update sollte die Tage auf F-Droid erscheinen. Hier kann die Debug-Version heruntergeladen werden: <a href="https://codeberg.org/Gaukler_Faun/FOSS_Browser/releases/tag/v20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">codeberg.org/Gaukler_Faun/FOSS…</a></p><p><b>Beim Übersetzen geholfen werden kann hier: <a href="https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/foss-browser/strings/%5B/b%5D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/foss-browser/strings/</a></b></p> <p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=FOSSBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=freieSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freieSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=freeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=deGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deGoogle</span></a></p>
Danny Garside<p>I'm looking for suggestions for a <a href="https://social.coop/tags/GoogleCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleCalendar</span></a> alternative - ideally needs to be able to host a calendar with which: <br>- I can invite people to events<br>- people could import it into whatever calendar software they were using<br>- I can share with specific people who would be able to edit it (ideally using their preferred software)</p><p>So far I've tried <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Cryptpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptpad</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NextCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NextCloud</span></a> (hosted by thegood.cloud), and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Framagenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Framagenda</span></a> (which is also NextCloud under the hood, it turns out).</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/DeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a></p>
Rachel Cholst<p>Trying to <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> but I'm not sure what to do about my SMS app. I assume at this point all of them but Signal are data harvesting or selling data to AI, and I'm not going to get my friends and loved ones to download Signal just to send let photos. Thoughts?</p>
Eelco Mulder :mastodon:<p>Saved another 2019 Oneplus 7 that got stuck on Android 12 with a security update of somewhere in 2022.</p><p>It is now running Android 14 with the latest security update, thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@murena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>murena</span></a></span> /e/os.</p><p>Biggest hurdle was to downgrade to Android 11, as Oneplus has created an issue with Oxygen OS -Android 12, where the OEM unlock has disappeared. Moreover, their downgrade links were obsolete. What a mess. </p><p>Installing /e/os was a breeze once unlocked.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/murena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murena</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gael</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rikviergever" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rikviergever</span></a></span></p>
Stealthy<p>Hello everyone,<br>Soon, I need to look into getting another phone, as Android updates for my phone have stopped, so it's just security updates.<br>Unsure what the cutoff is, but I assume it's in the next year or two.<br>I'm lookingat potentially getting a <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairphone</span></a> <br>What do people think of it? Any particular issues?</p><p><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <br><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/calyx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calyx</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/lineage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lineage</span></a></p>
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