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[https://pad.okfn.org/p/google_alternatives "Alternatives to Google services"] (2017)

[https://www.kuketz-blog.de/das-kranke-www-stop-using-google-web-services/ "Stop using Google Web-Services"] (2017)

[https://raventools.com/blog/google-alternatives/ "The Best Google Alternatives For Email, Search, Docs and Everything Else"] (2015)

[https://impossiblehq.com/complete-guide-leaving-google/ "How To De-Google-ify Your Life: The Complete Guide To Leaving Google"] (2014)

[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/02/how-stop-using-google-search-services "How to stop using Google - for search, email, video, maps and more"] (2013)

[https://lifehacker.com/5876794/going-google-free-the-best-alternatives-to-google-services-on-the-web "Going Google-Free: The Best Alternatives to Google Services on the Web"] (2012)

===[https://searx.info (meta-search engine, free/libre software. just one instance of many: https://searx.dk https://search.disroot.org etc. full list of instances on http://stats.searx.oe5tpo.com/)]===

Meta-search engine, free/libre software. Just one instance of many: https://searx.dk https://wwwsearch.duckduckgodisroot.org etc. Full list of instances: http://stats.searx.oe5tpo.com (centralized, US company)/

===[https://www.duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo]=== Centralized, US company. ===[https://www.metager.de (open MetaGer]=== Open source, privacy-focused search run by a non-profit NGO).

===[https://posteo.deposteo.de]===

Also see: ===[https://posteomailbox.de/en/site/features=== org mailbox.org]===

Also see: ===[https://mailboxprotonmail.org/sichere-email/===com protonmail.com]===

Also see: ===[https://protonmailriseup.comnet/en/ ===email riseup.net]===Full disk encryption, personally encrypted email storage and many more fantastic features. Check out https://riseup.net/en/email for more. Donate as you see fit for usage and apply for an account. High quality provider.

=== Usable today === [https://lineageos.org/ LineageOS] is the ===The most popular community distribution of Google's Android operating system. Using Lineage, it is possible to have a fully-functional android phone without all of the integration with google services that android ordinarily entails. Many LineageOS users choose to install things that will interact with Google services, but it is not necessary to do so.

===[https://replicant.us Replicant] — ===Android without any proprietary crap. Replicant is similar to Lineage in that it is a distribution of Android, but has a much stronger dedication to the principles of free (libre) software. In practice, this means that it doesn't work on nearly as many device models and that some drivers are missing (GPU, Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.). It is an interesting project to help demonstrate how much Android relies on proprietary software to function, to debunk Google's myth that "Android is Free/libre software". '''Please note, you can order Replicant ready phones, shipped to anywhere, from the brilliant [https://autotelic.berlin/ Autotelic].'''

===[https://sailfishos.org/ Sailfish OS] — ===Partially open source, developed by Finnish company Jolla and the Sailfish OS community. Licensed devices come with a (proprietary) Android compatibility layer as a stop-gap solution to the relatively small amount of native apps. Though it contains many proprietary parts, the community has ported the OS to a variety of existing devices beyond those sold by Jolla.

'''OpenStreetmap'''! - ===[https://www.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap]===It's just so much better than google mapsGoogle Maps! You can edit the map yourself and add roads, houses or stores. Whatever you find relevant. Have a look at: The map itself: https://www.openstreetmap.org

For comparison to Google mapsMaps: http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/

Download OpenStreetmapOpenStreetMap-Data: http://download.geofabrik.de/

Integrate OpenStreetmap OpenStreetMap in your website (wordpressWordpress): https://wordpress.org/plugins/osm/

-'''===[https://etherpad.org Etherpad''' ]===For collaborative text editing.

===[https://mailbox.org/ihr-'''office/ Mailbox Office''' ]===If you have your email account at mailbox , you also have a browser based office suite included: https://mailbox.org/ihr-office/

-'''LibreOffice Online''' Use libreoffice on the website directly:===[https://www.rollapp.com/libreofficeLibreOffice Online]===Use LibreOffice on the website directly.

-'''===[https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Using_Remote_Files_1/pl LibreOffice (offline)''' ]===The installed program libreoffice LibreOffice can open and save documents directly from servers (ssh, ftp), WebDAV ans and so onAlso see: https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Using_Remote_Files_1/pl

-'''===[https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/ Collabora Online''' ]===Run an online office suite on your own serverAlso see: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/

Using googleGoogle's sheets and docs for your organizing is literally storing all your data with them complete with edit history of all collaborators.

Use Firefox, for example, to avoid worst Google-Spying on you. The Chrome Browser has several tracking functionalities that spy on user browsing behaviour:===[https://enwww.wikipediamozilla.org/wikien-US/Google_Chrome#User_tracking Google also connects data generated from the Google browser with other personal data it has gathered with other Google services.firefox/ Firefox]===

-'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/ Privacy Badger]''':

- '''HTTPS Everywhere''':[https://www.eff.org/https-everywhereHTTPS Everywhere]''':

- '''uBlock Origin''':[https://www.ublock.org/uBlock Origin]''':

-'''[https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/ User Agent Switcher]''':

===[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events Wikipedia Current Events] displays ===Displays the day's headlines and gives both source links and Wikipedia articles for context. It is hand-curated rather than automatic, which means it's quite low volume.

===[https://newstral.com/ Newstral] is very ===Very similar to Google News. It is a news search engine with a homepage that displays the most viewed content by topic and person mentioned. You can pin searches to the top of your dashboard without needing to sign up for an account. Available in German, Spanish, Dutch, and English.

===[http://www.freshnews.org/ Freshnews] is a ===A customizable dashboard of tech news headlines, organized by outlet. With an account, you can choose which sources are omitted from the dashboard, and blacklist keywords.

===[https://legiblenews.com/ Legible News] scrapes ===Scrapes the Wikipedia current events portal for new links, and displays them on the site.

===[https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/news Nextcloud] has a ===Has news RSS app you can self-host to build your own Google News alternative.

===[https://github.com/huginn/huginn Huginn] is a ===A hackable version of Zapier/IFTTT that can be connected to APIs like DuckDuckGo and Twitter to listen for a keyword and send you alerts when that keyword is mentioned on the platform. [Here https://blog.andrewcantino.com/blog/2014/03/17/know-when-the-world-changes-with-huginn/] is a guide on setting up a self-hosted alert monitor with the tool.

===[https://www.talkwalker.com/alerts Talkwalker Alerts] is a ===A free alternative to Google Alerts which tracks mentions of a keyword across news sites, blogs, and social media, and sends you an email digest of the mentions. Good for passively tracking a company's activity, like Google! The [https://www.talkwalker.com/privacy-policy privacy policy] shows that your data could be shared with third parties if you connect external services to the platform, but this only applies to other Talkwalker products; Talkwalker Alerts is a standalone service. The ethics of the company aren't ideal, but it is at least not Google. You can feed the alerts into your RSS reader rather than email, too.

===[https://tt-rss.org/ Tiny Tiny RSS] is a === A self-hosted feed aggregator which is [https://tt-rss.org/oldforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2892 theoretically extensible] to listen for keywords within your added feeds. Possible to hack together your own version of Google Alerts by adding a lot of active feeds and writing your own plugin. Will take work, not ideal.

===[https://deepl.com/translator Deepl translator] ===Works MUCH better than Google Translate, and is accessible via torTor.

===[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software) Marble - It's a ]===A globe like Google Earth but with multiple maps you can choose from. For example historic maps, OpenStreetmapOpenStreetMap. You can even change the globe to moon or Venus or other planets. Great piece of software!Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software)

-Google Earth is a closed source software -Google Earth collects data about what people search and combines this information with the general personal-data-database

-'''Diaspora''' ===[https://dir.friendica.social/servers Friendica]===A decentralized social network. Open Source. Works perfectly. Compatible with FriendicaDiaspora. Find servers you can sign on:https://podupti.me/

===[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Social Gnu-'''Friendica''' Social]===A decentralized social network. Open Source. Works perfectly. Compatible with Diaspora. Find servers you can sign on:https://dir.friendica.social/servers

-'''Gnu-Social''' A decentralized social network. Open Source. Works perfectly.Also see: ===[https://de.wikipediajoinmastodon.org/wiki/GNU_SocialMastodon]=== -'''Mastodon''' A decentralized social network with an active user base spread out over many instances. Open Source. Works perfectly.Also see: https://joinmastodon.org  Alternatives to Google+ (and Facebook): ===Arguments===