Privacy

Below you can find a list of go-to alternatives for enshitified and privacy-intrusive apps/services:

• app store (google play) > F-droid hosts FOSS apps

• blog (wordpress) > static web pages generated via Sphinx and served via My WebApp (like this blog!)

• communicators (whatsapp) >

  • Signal (Molly via F-droid)

  • SimpleX (decentralised, but with many CEO-related controversies)

  • Wire (EU-based)

  • Delta Chat (haven’t used it yet)

• code (github) >

  • codeberg

  • or start your own forgejo instance

• cloud (google contacts/calendar/docs/drive/photos, dropbox) > nextcloud will sync/store you data (files, calendars, contacts, photos), allow communication (Talk), co-working (docs, spreadsheets, presentations) and much more

• domains (amazon, google) > OVH is EU-based and offers .ovh domains for 2€ (3€ renewal) annually

• e-mail (google mail) > ???

• hosting > YunoHost

• search engine (google) > SearXNG, DuckDuckGo or Stract

• social media > numerous alternatives supporting ActivityPub:

  • facebook > friendica

  • instagram > pixelfeld for photos, loops for short videos (tiktok alternative below)

  • twitter > Mastodon or GoToSocial

  • tiktok > loops

  • youtube > peertube

• streaming:

  • movies (netflix) > Jellyfin

  • music (spotify, tidal) > Navidrome

• teaching > Moodle,

• web browser (chrome, firefox) > Vivaldi or Zen Browser

• video conferences (Zoom, Teams) > Nextcloud Talk or Jitsi Meet

Apps (all below are available via F-droid):

• general apps (calendar, clock, files, launcher, messages, music, phone, recorder) > Fossify apps

• authenticator > Aegis

• books > Myrne

• calendar/contact sync > Dav5

• card/ticket manager (wallet) > Catima

• maps > OSM or Organic Maps

• multimedia (music, video) > vlc

• music streamin (spotify, tidal) >

  • mobile (Android): tempo

  • web or local app (Linux, Windows, iOS): feishin

• podcasts > AntennaPod

• radio > RadioDroid

Consider privacy oriented mobile operating system: - GrapheneOS <https://grapheneos.org/>_ - currently working only on Pixel phones (Motorolla support coming in 2027)

Bonuses:

• degoogle your life - this was rather hard for me…

• let AI burn in hell a.k.a nepenthes tarpit

The idea is to expand every recommendation to a full post, hopefully starting with the most urgent ones. I’ll be recommending FOSS alternatives, especially apps that can be installed via F-droid and/or services that can be easily self-hosted.

Just keep in mind, those are my subjective preferences. You can see/propose changes in yachay repository.