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r/degoogle Rules
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Stay on Topic
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Stay on Topic
Keep your posts and comments on the topic of removing Google from our life.
We also recommend that you don't rely on other freedom and privacy-invading corporations, but we're not enforcing this. If you're looking for such a subreddit, then r/CorpFree is the right place for you!
Content must be related to the following:
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How to DeGoogle
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DeGoogling Resources
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DeGoogling Tutorials
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DeGoogling Questions
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DeGoogling Progress
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Respect and Reddiquette
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Respect and Reddiquette
You can be angry yet polite. You can pass the same respect to other users and people of different race, gender or background as you want to be given to you. Respect the conversation and Reddiquette.
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Spam or Marketing
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Spam or Marketing
Project promotions belong in the Degoogle Showcase megathread, pinned at the top of the sub.
If you are affiliated with a project (developer, employee, or otherwise representing the company), please prefix your comment with [DEV] so the mod team can vet it before it goes live.
Independent users sharing projects they've found can post freely.
Repeated promotion of the same product across the sub is not allowed.
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Low Quality Discussion or sh*tposts
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Low Quality Discussion or sh*tposts
For posts which are related to the DeGoogling process yet lack any thought or care of research before posting. Memes and pictures fall under this rule.
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No First Party Google Hosted Links (AMP/Youtube/Google)
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No First Party Google Hosted Links (AMP/Youtube/Google)
Please do not post links to AMP articles or YouTube. Use alternative frontends like Invidious or Piped, or video hosts like PeerTube where possible.
A list of working Invidious instances can be found at https://redirect.invidious.io/.
Our wiki has a guide on alternative frontends.
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Unfounded allegations & accusations are not allowed
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Unfounded allegations & accusations are not allowed
Any allegations, blanket statements, or accusations require proof/cites/evidence. Everyone must be informed properly to make their own decisions and that includes citing proper sources.
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Avoid closed-source and centralized software
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Avoid closed-source and centralized software
We should strive to use more libre and decentralized software whenever possible
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Don't post blacklisted links
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Don't post blacklisted links
We blacklist websites that usually generate low-quality content. Currently: x.com, medium.com. For X/Twitter content, please use a Nitter instance instead.
Exceptions are made for posts that provide genuine value and are of high quality.
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ROM question not in Megathread
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ROM question not in Megathread
All rom related questions must be posted in the current ROM megathread.
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Low Effort
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Low Effort
Users must put in at least a little research and describe the research they performed in order to help the community answer their questions. Our users are not google
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No Duplicate Posts
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No Duplicate Posts
Please check the sub before posting to avoid reposting recent content. This includes different sources covering the same story without adding new information or perspective.
Updates to ongoing stories are welcome if they include new details.
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Disclose AI Generated Content
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Disclose AI Generated Content
If your post or project includes AI-generated code, content, or recommendations, please disclose it.
This helps the community evaluate the source and quality of the information.
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No Affiliate Links
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No Affiliate Links
Posts and comments containing affiliate links, referral codes, or monetized URLs will be removed.
Share clean links so the community benefits, not your wallet.
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Alternatives
Recommended alternatives for all the Google products, software and services
NOTE: We're trying to recommend you alternatives which are FOSS (or mostly so) and privacy-respecting. This is by no means an exhaustive list of alternatives, if you're looking for one, then check out our community-sourced wiki page (if you'd like to become an approved wiki contributor for that page - contact us).
Notable
'Google Search' alternatives:
- DuckDuckGo
- StartPage
- Brave Search
- Mojeek
- SearXNG. Find an instance here, or use any of these:
- Kagi Search (paid only)
'Google Chrome' alternatives:
Based on Gecko (Firefox):
Based on Blink (Chromium):
'Gmail' alternatives:
- Proton Mail
- Tuta Mail
- Mailbox (paid only)
- Posteo (paid only)
- Disroot
'YouTube' alternatives:
Alternative platforms:
Ad-free YouTube apps / clients:
- NewPipe (Android)
- Tubular (Android)
- PipePipe (Android)
- Grayjay (Android / Windows / macOS / Linux)
- FreeTube (Android / Windows / macOS / Linux)
- SmartTube (Android TV / Google TV / Android-based Amazon Fire TV)
Ad-free YouTube web frontend:
'YouTube Music' alternatives:
Alternative platforms:
Ad-free YouTube Music apps / clients:
'Google Maps' and 'Waze' alternatives:
'Google Drive' alternatives:
- Proton Drive
- Filen
- Nextcloud (self-hosted)
'Google Photos' alternatives:
- Ente Photos (optionally self-hosted)
- Immich (self-hosted)
'Google Password Manager' alternatives:
- Bitwarden (optionally self-hosted)
- Proton Pass
- KeePassDX
'Google Authenticator' alternatives:
'Gboard' alternatives:
'Google Home' alternatives:
'Google Play Store' alternatives:
- Aurora Store (Play Store client)
- F-Droid clients / apps:
- Obtainium
- Accrescent
'Google Earth' alternatives:
'Chromebook' alternatives:
- MNT Reform
- Olimex DIY Laptop
- Vikings X200 - RYF (Respects Your Freedom) edition
- Purism Librem 14
- System76's laptops
- Pinebook Pro
- KDE Slimbook 14
- ThinkPenguin's laptops
- TUXEDO's laptops
- Star Labs' laptops
- Technoethical's laptops
'Chrome OS' alternatives:
'Android', 'Google Pixel' and 'Google Nexus' alternatives:
Dumbphones (feature phones). There are a lot of them, some of the most notorious ones are:
- Mudita Pure
- WiPhone (4G will be available via add-ons)
- Punkt MP02
- Nokia 3310
- Nokia 220 4G
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- Fairphone (you'll have to remove the Android OS and install a FOSS one)
- Volla Phone
- XDA & F(x)tec's Pro1-X
Regular Smartphones on which you can install a privacy-respecting OS:
'Google Analytics' alternatives
The Mod Team has not vetted any of the above services, these are only recommendations based on user feedback. It is recommended you properly and thoroughly research any product or service you are interested in using.
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