A huge list of alternatives to Google products. Privacy tips, tricks, and links.

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<a href="https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle">View the Project on GitHub tycrek/degoogle </a>

I don’t have anything to hide, but I don’t have anything to show you either.

<ol><li><a href="#contributing">Contributing </a> </li><li><a href="#browser-extensions">Browser extensions </a> </li><li><a href="#replacementsalternatives">Replacements/alternatives </a> <ol><li><a href="#disclaimer">Disclaimer </a> </li><li><a href="#web-based-products">Web-based products </a> </li><li><a href="#operating-systems">Operating systems </a> </li><li><a href="#desktop-apps">Desktop applications </a> </li><li><a href="#mobile-apps">Mobile applications </a> </li><li><a href="#hardware">Hardware </a> </li> </ol> </li><li><a href="#useful-links-tools-and-advice">Useful links, tools, and advice </a><ol><li><a href="#resources">Resources </a> </li><li><a href="#books">Books </a> </li><li><a href="#blog-posts">Blog posts </a> </li><li><a href="#news-articles">News articles </a> </li> </ol> </li><li><a href="#the-lighter-side">The lighter side </a> </li><li><a href="#closing-remarks">Closing remarks </a> </li> </ol>

If you want to help out with the project, here are some ideas (submit Issues & Pull Requests on the <a href="https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle">GitHub page </a>):

<ul><li>iOS app alternatives! I don’t have an iOS device to find alternatives with. I would highly appreciate any help with this. </li><li>Clean up/improve the Markdown. </li><li>Provide more information on services with little info or where help requested! is shown. </li><li>Suggest new services or provide info for removing existing services. </li><li>Host a mirror or clone the <a href="https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle">repo </a>. If you host a mirror, let me know and I can add it to the mirrors list. </li><li>Anything else relating to any part of this guide, whether it’s Google related or not. </li> </ul>

When contributing, please follow the rules outlined in <a href="https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">CONTRIBUTING.md </a> .

<ol><li>Only privacy/security focused alternatives will be suggested. </li><li>Many replacements are based off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products">this Wikipedia article (List of Google products) </a> </li><li>Products from companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Amazon, etc. will not be recommended unless there is a very good reason to. This includes companies/apps/services they own. </li><li>Controversial services will have a disclaimer attached if needed. </li><li><a href="https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/#h-five-eyes">5-eyes, 9-eyes, and 14-eyes </a>services will be listed and marked as such. Both the location the company is registered and the server IP are taken into consideration. </li> </ol>

<ul><li>Use other forum sites relating to specific topics. This is a very broad service. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>See <a href="https://outline.com/BK8f7h">this article </a>for why I didn’t include WhatsApp and why you should NOT use it (if someone has a better Outline link, that would be much appreciated). </li><li>I have also removed Telegram. See <a href="https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/29">Issue #29 </a>from @arsv. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>This is just for the Gmail service, not a client </li> </ul>

<ul><li>I can no longer recommend <a href="https://emby.media/">Emby </a>as they are <a href="https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/12/jellyfin-free-software-emby-media.html">no longer open source </a>. </li><li>Thanks to u/eA8KESARaW6iqCpHsbE4 for suggesting Jellyfin and pointing out that Emby isn’t open source. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>You’ll either need a rooted device with an unlocked bootloader, or a specific device depending on which OS you like. </li><li>Please see <a href="https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle/issues/55">Issue #55 </a>for details on /e/. </li><li>You can use <a href="https://plexus.techlore.tech/">Plexus </a>to check android app compatibility on degoogled Android operating systems. </li> </ul>

Editor note: I could not get this working on a UEFI Dell laptop. The group behind PureOS does not provide any UEFI support.

Android Studio (not specifically for Android development, just in general)

<ul><li>When searching for replacements, check the alternative stores (such as F-Droid) before checking the Play Store. </li> </ul>

Android Messages (specifically SMS/MMS, not IM)

<ul><li>Realistically, there most likely is not a privacy friendly alternative to Google Pay. Get a wallet with RFID protection and keep your cards with you. </li> </ul>

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