Tools that probably no one had heard of but are extremely helpful for Degoogling:
Sustysubs.net - A list of alternative services
- A very useful tool that you can find privacy-friendly altermatives to proprietary services. You can suggest a service via Codeberg and/or Email
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Wizestream - A better NewPipe
- A NewPipe fork that intergrates Material Design 3 into the UI and includes things like ReturnYouTubeDislike, SponsorBlock, Dearrow, Learning tools, Invidious, subcription syncronization,
Repository:
IzzyOnDroid:
LibreCuts - The only FOSS Android video editor for the professionals
- A video editor for Android that supports overlays and keyframes, which in my opinion, is the minimum requirment for a video editor to be “professional”
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F-Droid:
LibreFind - Community-driven app for finding alternative apps for Android
- LibreFind is probably the most well-known project listed here, but basically, you submit a FOSS alternative to a proprietary app, then wait for it to be approved. It also lists how many of your local apps are FOSS or not
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F-Droid:
IzzyOnDroid:
(TURNS OUT IT IS NOT OPEN-SOURCE MY BAD) Pur.ili - Kagi if it was free
- Pur.ili is a private search engine that does not have big tech spy on you by secret. Unlike most “privacy friendly” search engines, like DuckDuckGo or Brave Search, this one has a completely independent index, meaning no contracts to big tech to let them spy on you by secret. The difference between this and Kagi? It doesn’t require a paid subscription, so you can use it for free
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Search query:
Disclosure: I work on one of these, so flag it as such. Adding uOS since the thread is about de-Google options: an all-in-one that runs in the browser (nothing to install), covering chat, calendar, files, docs, spreadsheets and calls under one account, end-to-end encrypted and hosted in Europe. Free for individuals. Not a FOSS Android app like most of the list, more a replacement for the Google Workspace layer, and it’s alpha by invitation rather than install-and-go today. Putting it here so people weighing a full de-Google have it on the radar.
Wow I didn’t expect my post to reach 100 upvotes and the 3rd spot in the top of this community. This is literally JUST my FIRST post. Wow
Sorry if this isn’t organized. This is my first post on Lemmy
It would be a lot more readable if each link would be just one bullet point that starts with the title and then the link, on the same line.
Has anyone been able to find a Google Maps alternative that’s good with public transit routes? That’s my last google holdout.
Comaps is enough for me when I only need the routes itenary and don’t care for the time tables. Comaps is, according to many people, the best open-source (and not company-owned) map at the moment
I need the traffic warnings, if I had that and the speed limits I could jump ship
I use Transit app for public transport
Not Foss but magic earth is pretty nice
In some places, local transit companies have their own route planning apps that are very good.
Maybe this? https://f-droid.org/packages/net.youapps.transport/ If not, check if sustysubs.net has a transport app available. From what I remember, it didn’t include this category, tho
What are other underrated projects that you have found?
