De-everything enough?
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Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.
I know that brave isn't good, can you just explain why?
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Netflix made the cut?
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I would see if you’re able to actually uninstall or disable the Google apps. They’re likely to still grab info otherwise
I have already disabled Google Photos, but it still manages to save my photos, and I can't revoke its permission to do so. (C'mon xiaomi, I just don't want to have all my data in the google servers)
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWAco maps over organic maps
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I know that brave isn't good, can you just explain why?
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(sadly yes)
Gotta sail the high seas, bud
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWANice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWAwrote last edited by [email protected]Remove Netflix, proprietary software.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy
I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Why?
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWANot really imo,
however doing good taking small steps OP!
Suggestions I'd make:
- Aim to use nothing/as little as possible from the Play Store (proprietary, often filled with trackers)
- Aim to use everything/as much as possible from F-Droid (open source, no or nearly no trackers)
- Switch GApps for MicroG (The open source implementation of the Google system apps to make things like notifications work, which removes spyware)
- Switch your Xiaomi OS (also spyware filled) for a more privacy friendly OS like LineageOS
I'd suggest LineageOS4MicroG:
https://lineage.microg.org/It's vanilla LineageOS,
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Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.
Don't use Firefox, the original one anymore if you're really into privacy. I haven't tried Waterfox, but I can recommend Ironfox. It's on Acrescent and Fdroid.
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Nice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?
I've tried to use it but it's way too flaky.
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Not really imo,
however doing good taking small steps OP!Suggestions I'd make:
- Aim to use nothing/as little as possible from the Play Store (proprietary, often filled with trackers)
- Aim to use everything/as much as possible from F-Droid (open source, no or nearly no trackers)
- Switch GApps for MicroG (The open source implementation of the Google system apps to make things like notifications work, which removes spyware)
- Switch your Xiaomi OS (also spyware filled) for a more privacy friendly OS like LineageOS
I'd suggest LineageOS4MicroG:
https://lineage.microg.org/It's vanilla LineageOS,
with MicroG + F-Droid pre-included.I went to almost every website that offers ROMs and couldn't find any official ROMs for my device (/e/? Doesn't work. Lineage? Nope. Graphene? Only works for pixels). I can't install apks outside playstore (So, no aurora store and no f-droid. Newpipe was an exception) Thanks btw
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Remove Netflix, proprietary software.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy
I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Why?
Parental controls, newpipe was an exception
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Nice, Jami. Have you been able to find anybody else who uses it?
I have only converted one friend and he only agreed because I mentioned the chat control. Everyone else went “OMG” and moved on with their lives.
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Firefox or Waterfox instead of Brave. Vivaldi's a good compromise if it has to be Chromium.
How about Librefox?
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(I reposted this bc some applications were missing.) I had to install some apps because of school. Btw, can you say improvements that I can make? I can't install anything that isn't from playstore.
Edit: Duolingo is now just a PWAwrote last edited by [email protected]I would recommend moving off of Duolingo if you can. What you move to depends on the language you're learning. They fired a bunch of their language developers and went hard on AI.
I help run a community for Welsh learners and we're finding more and more people coming in with questions about a Duolingo lesson where things are wrong and weird. Plus their business practices aren't great. They realized that they make money from you staying on the app, not learning a language, so your progress is artificial stunted. Plus the complete lack of grammar explanation at all we're finding hurts people more than helps
As a general recommendation, textbooks are so much better.
I also see Gmail. I don't have a recommendation for a replacement as I'm doing my research on it now, but getting away from Google is a good idea
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I would recommend moving off of Duolingo if you can. What you move to depends on the language you're learning. They fired a bunch of their language developers and went hard on AI.
I help run a community for Welsh learners and we're finding more and more people coming in with questions about a Duolingo lesson where things are wrong and weird. Plus their business practices aren't great. They realized that they make money from you staying on the app, not learning a language, so your progress is artificial stunted. Plus the complete lack of grammar explanation at all we're finding hurts people more than helps
As a general recommendation, textbooks are so much better.
I also see Gmail. I don't have a recommendation for a replacement as I'm doing my research on it now, but getting away from Google is a good idea
I've already replaced Gmail (I just can't disable it and I need for my school) with Tuta. In addition, I was forced to install Duolingo because of my Spanish teacher (at least it was with a fake email address).
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How about Librefox?
I'm on android
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I would recommend moving off of Duolingo if you can. What you move to depends on the language you're learning. They fired a bunch of their language developers and went hard on AI.
I help run a community for Welsh learners and we're finding more and more people coming in with questions about a Duolingo lesson where things are wrong and weird. Plus their business practices aren't great. They realized that they make money from you staying on the app, not learning a language, so your progress is artificial stunted. Plus the complete lack of grammar explanation at all we're finding hurts people more than helps
As a general recommendation, textbooks are so much better.
I also see Gmail. I don't have a recommendation for a replacement as I'm doing my research on it now, but getting away from Google is a good idea
I recently tried duo lingo. I have a pretty strong background in Spanish, but want to brush up. It became apparent very quickly that the app is not about learning so much as keeping you in it. The lessons don't make a ton of sense, and after not using app for a week, it demoted me to just 8 words that you would learn in your first class (hombre, el, agua, tu, etc.). There is no way to skip ahead.
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Don't use Firefox, the original one anymore if you're really into privacy. I haven't tried Waterfox, but I can recommend Ironfox. It's on Acrescent and Fdroid.
OP said they can't install from anywhere but the Play Store.
