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What apps have you tried to "de-google" yourself? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Right now a lot of us are trying to divest and diversify from having our entire lives on Google both because of the way Google spends its money and the long-standing privacy concerns seeming a bit more scary now.

What services have you switched to and what has your experience been? What do you like, what don't you like, would you recommend them?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

I am absolutely dumb with this stuff so I have one question: how do I get all of my photos off Google cloud? That's the only thing stopping me from shitting it down.

I also have a google pixel phone but that will be destroyed once my contract is up and I can afford something not google related

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Don't destroy your phone, you can install grapheneos(a privacy focused android distro) and it's working great on pixels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting. Is that an app or do I need some technical know-how to implement it on my device?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Here's the official guide https://grapheneos.org/install It's a bit technical, but very detailed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

Awesome. Thanks friend. Just like cooking: if I follow the recipe to the tee then it should have great results

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