some friends dont or cant avoid google so I install:
Gapps Browser by Toby Kurien if they want a de-googled phone
Its a sandboxed web apps for google stuff. So you can use google maps, gmail ext without having any google on your phone. Its on F-Droid.
Replace youtube with:
plenty of open source apps to view youtube
newpipe for android. no ads, no waiting, no data collection
or use an:
invidious front end instance.
I use the LibDirect addon for firefox.
you can set it to redirect away from most annoying big tech sites.
once set, you can choose many links, you choose, if you click any link it autoimatically rediects to the site you want:
I have set it like this:
reddit goes to https://reddit.simo.sh
youtube goes to https://invidious.private.coffee
goodreads goes to https://biblioreads.ml
IMDB to goes https://libremdb.iket.me
Stack overflow goes to https://libremdb.iket.me
a much cleaner experience
some friends dont or cant avoid google so I install:
Gapps Browser by Toby Kurien if they want a de-googled phone
Its a sandboxed web apps for google stuff. So you can use google maps, gmail ext without having any google on your phone. Its on F-Droid.
Replace youtube with:
plenty of open source apps to view youtube
newpipe for android. no ads, no waiting, no data collection
or use an:
invidious front end instance.
I use the LibDirect addon for firefox.
you can set it to redirect away from most annoying big tech sites.
once set, you can choose many links, you choose, if you click any link it autoimatically rediects to the site you want:
I have set it like this:
reddit goes to https://reddit.simo.sh
youtube goes to https://invidious.private.coffee
goodreads goes to https://biblioreads.ml
IMDB to goes https://libremdb.iket.me
Stack overflow goes to https://libremdb.iket.me
a much cleaner experience