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Digital independence (from Google & others) #10

Open joonas-fi opened 5 years ago

joonas-fi commented 5 years ago

"If you don't pay for a service, you're the product"

joonas-fi commented 5 years ago

Related: #11

joonas-fi commented 5 years ago

Solutions:

joonas-fi commented 3 years ago

Awesome list of alternatives for different use cases https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/g1yu01/google_alternatives_huge_list_restore_your_privacy/

joonas-fi commented 3 years ago

Google killed off phone recorder apps: https://nllapps.com/apps/acr/google-denies-phone-number-accesss.htm

Also:

Unfortunately Google Play Store policy prevents us from providing direct apk downloads from our website.

WTF

joonas-fi commented 3 years ago

Google/Android removed yet another great use case

https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/12/sms-backup-is-now-broken-due-to-gmails-api-changes-but-theres-a-workaround/