Another deGoogled iPhone

https://lemmy.world/post/28512638

De-Googling Update: That’s it, I’ve done it. I’ve officially broken up with Google.

No more Gmail, no more Google services. I wasn’t exactly a superfan to begin with, but even so, I was still surprised to see just how much of my data had accumulated there over the years.

It's a clean break, a small act of rebellion, if you will. And it feels good.

Google screwed up so badly over the years that there's now a wikipedia page about degoogling

https://lemmy.ca/post/42634077

mein #degoogle und #unplugtrump schreitet voran: alle Dateien von Google, Microsoft und Apple zu #koofr transferiert, alle Bilder von der iCloud zu #ente.io, Mailaccount bei #tutamail eingerichtet und alles von Meta gelöscht und gekündigt. Fühlt sich gut an, sehr gut sogar.
to be continued….

Hi, I’m new here on raphus.social and Mastodon in general—still getting my bearings, but ready to raise some hell. I’m diving headfirst into Linux, privacy, open source, and learning how to code so I can fight back with tech. DeGoogling my life one step at a time.

I may be 5'4", but every inch of me is furious about the direction the US is heading. I refuse to sit back and watch The Handmaid’s Tale become a documentary. I’m here to connect with others who believe in digital resistance, community defense, and building something better.

How to get friends to switch over?

https://lemm.ee/post/61828787

Latest nerd accomplishment: flashed Ubuntu Touch onto this newly acquired second hand Poco XF3-NFC. Need to test the newly added feature of VoLTE support on this (for calling over 4g, a requirement here in the USA now), if that is working then I could actually use this as a daily driver. #linuxmobile #ubuntutouch #ubports #foss #smartphones #degoogle #android #privacy

In preparation for the #degoogle workshop at #eh22 i installed #eos on my (luckily old) OnePlus N10. After the initial installation seemed to have been successful I tried to lock the bootloader again

Now I get an "your device is corrupt" error and it won't boot. Unlocking the bootloader via fastboot doesn't work because it is locked

Is there anyone at #eh22 who can help me to unbrick the phone?

First step de-googling done - now hosting teaching videos for one of my Masters' courses in 3D Content Creation myself using hyper8 -
https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/ - by @freebliss

Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling.html

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling.html

Switch to Qwant

https://lemm.ee/post/61716662

Another app to help with #DeGoogle Catima https://catima.app/

Google has illegal monopoly in online ad tech, U.S. judge rules

https://lemmy.ca/post/42456836

Oh, also, @nextcloud looks like it could well be a viable replacement for Dropbox - in fact, having now installed the NC app on my phone & laptop there's a direct through-line from my phone's camera to the computer

Ever the IT skeptic there will be an evaluation period but it's looking pretty good & so far setup has been almost comically smooth...

https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114349486747928382 #tech #DeGoogle #ux

Turns out I would, in fact, like to have a Google Docs alternative, so now I'm trying out @nextcloud via a personal (free) account at The Good Cloud - gotta say, looks pretty promising...

If it works out I may even consider buying some more storage & using it for photos etc.; already tested uploading from my phone & there seems to be an auto-sync function - might alleviate my problems getting pics & vids off the iPhone

I spent some time on whether I can #deGoogle my android 10 phone, I find that it not listed among the supported models at sites of e/OS or GrapheneOS.
I guess that I don't have too much of options here.
May be I should just use current phone until it breaks into pieces or until I will not be able to install an impoertant app (as it happened with my former tablet with android 4.4.4).

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Ich komme ja mit #OsmAnd als Navigator echt nicht gut zurecht.

Ich find nicht, wo ich die schnellste Route wählen kann, statt die kürzeste. Ich teste es gerade an Vorschlägen für Routen, die ich kenne, und die Vorschläge sind ausnahmslos entweder die umständlichsten oder Strecken durch Kruzeldörfer mit Schrottstraßen, die nun wirklich nicht den Berufsverkehr tragen können , wenn eine Bundesstraße daneben zur Verfügung steht.

Kann die App das nicht, oder find ich das nur nicht?