Flavio Giuliani

Free apps and softwares

Take a look at the Free Software Foundation fsf.org

A guide to De-Googlization on videoteca.kenobit.it (ita) and a video by Pewdiepie (eng).

Google is limiting the freedom of Android: read keepandroidopen.org and sign the petition!

Examples of alternative softwares:

• Communications: Matrix matrix.org, an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications
• Social: Fediverse fediverso.it
• Install non-Google apps on Android: f-droid.org
• Upload Videos: joinpeertube.org
• Search engine: SearXNG, installation here github.com/searxng/searxng, and an instance here clippy.kenobit.it
• Email: Protonmail, Tutanota, kSuite, a personal website, ...
• Video calls: Jitsi Meet; an instance is vc.autistici.org
• Drive, form, shared documents, chat & videocall: Nextcloud nextcloud.com, but you need to rent/host a server (advanced)
• Browser: Fennec (Android) and Librewolf, Ungoogled Chromium (Desktop)
• Maps: Organic Maps organicmaps.app, an interface to Open Street Maps
  Contribute to the maps via StreetComplete
• Videos: NewPipe newpipe.net (youtube w/o ads & w/ playback background)
• Music: Overtune outertune.org (a client taking youtube music with spotify-like interface) or Harmony music harmony-music.org, or FunkWhale funkwhale.audio
• Podcasts: AntennaPod antennapod.org or CastoPod castopod.org
• Reading and reviewing: BookWyrm joinbookwyrm.com
• Newsletter: ListMonk listmonk.app
• Final boss: limit Google Play Services by using a Custom ROM like GrapheneOS (solo telefono Pixel; limita l'attività di GPS) oppure /e/OS, LineageOS, CalyxOS (utilizzano una riscrittura libera di GPS)

People and projects:

• (ita) Kenobit podcast.kenobit.it, videoteca.kenobit.it
• (ita) autistici.org
• (ita) devol.it, "una visione per la 'devoluzione' del grande Web centralizzato verso una rete di tanti piccoli web indipendenti."
• (ita) socialini.it "Immaginate di avere un vostro Socialino a disposizione, una istanza di Mastodon, dove poter sperimentare gli strumenti e le modalità dei social lontani da contenuti tossici, pubblicità, algoritmi inconoscibili"