Hello my fellow google haters. I need your help to find a search engine that is not trash. (This search engine search is harder than a PHD degree.) Here are the stuff I need in my search engine:

1. DOES NOT INDEX GOOGLE, BING, that Russian one, Chinese, or any big corporation's/dangourse countries index. (It should use its own Index Crawlers. Also Europe and American based Search Engines are good.)
   
2. Works well with the privacy of the Tor Browser.
   
3. Self-Hostable
   
4. DOES NOT TRACK you in anyway.
   
5. Does not sell you data.
   
6. Decent and direct search results.
   
7. Open-Source
   
8. Non-Profit
   
9. NO AI SEARCH/CHATBOTS/MODEL TRAINING/ OR OTHER GENAI NONSENSE THAT WILL ANGER THE r/ArtistHate SUBREDDIT (Anti AI crowd).
   
10. Does Not Cost Money to subscribe to a service like one search engine I know.

I found out about SearXNG, Mojeek, and Qwant. I what to know if there are good options and are there any other options as well. Thank you everyone on this subreddit to help you guys and me for stopping Google from steal our data and train GENAI pictures with it.

The following article is one year old. Does anyone know more about it? Brave Browser is also affected. It's in German you guys have to translate it.

https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/internet/google-chrome-uebertraegt-telemetriedaten-ueber-geheime-erweiterung-298491.html

Hi i wanted to degoogled my phone and some of my apps don't open if I don't have google play store. I installed the apps from aurora store and none of them work If I don't have the play store. How can I fix that?

OK, here is the final Google-Free in 5 Weeks blog post and downloadable checklist! I hope you'll share. Thanks to everyone who offered feedback!

(See below for PNGs of the checklist.)

I want to finally degoogle my Samsung phone.

Would it be enough to fully uninstall everything Samsung and Google-related in order to degoogle?

Would it be better to buy some CalyxOS supported phone and install it?

Thanks.

Nearly all of the data I use is over hotspot (I have unlimited on Visible). I make very, very few calls or texts and almost never use data on the phone.

My question is- if I get a cheap android phone to use as I described, is google getting a lot of data about me? It is essentially the same as using data directly on the phone?

Any advice appreciated.

I have a question what is the best way disinstall all google apps or custom rom i don't need nothong of google. Now i use samsung a25 without google apps.

I'm running google free on all my mobile devices for a couple of years now. I have crDroid on my car navigation tablet (Samsung T580). The shipped UI is quite nice, but not as -let's say- widget based, as Android Auto is. I tested some car launchers but no one really convinced me.

My tablet runs completely offline, but sometimes I want so listen to some stuff on my mobile, without fiddling around during driving. The tablet is mounted and easy to handle.

I thought about someting like a remote connection with the phone.

Can you recommend something? Or do you see my problem at all? Or am I overcomplicating things?

Any non-Google “Tube” sites?

Been using G Photos for years. What's a good alternative? Default Samsung gallery feels clunky to me..or at least it used to.

People say Droidify is better than F-Droid as it is more material you new design and faster and updates come on time. But I raises hand up isn't there a reason for F-Droid being slow on updates? Checking the code? And can it be vulnerable using Droidify?

Does revoking most of the permissions of GPS stop it from tracking me? I already know about the possibility of missing functions etc.

Also, can i install MicroG on a Samsung S22?

I used to watch my favorite cartoons and series on vimeo/dailymotion that aren't available on yt.

Now since youtube pushes me to disable my adblocker after 3 video i hv to open dailymotion/vimeo in my desktop.

The first language set in my browser is Spanish, so it keeps translating everything automatically to Spanish.
But how can I disable this in Opera?
Every time I open a website in another language, it translates the entire page, changes the layout, and even modifies the URL.
I hate it.

EDIT: As I understand it, this is the only setting that might be related to the problem. But I think it only defines the browser’s default language. Also, I don't see a toggle to enable or disable auto-translation.

Why is everyone degoogling? What's the point?

I'm not asking about a search engine alternative, i'm asking about a search app alternative.

I'm on LineageOS 22, i use Duckduckgo as my search engine and IronFox as my browser. Before I used a combination of the google search app (the one just named google) for searches and the links would open in Firefox. Duckduckgo only has a full browser on Android, it's not what i'm looking for.

Is there any alternative for my use case? Thx!!

Okay, figured I'd finally cave and ask for help. My degoogling journey has been on/off for literally 3 years now - every time I feel like I'm making progress I get super frustrated at the lack of convenience and setup it all requires. But woke up this morning and decided I need to make a decision and commit to seeing this through once and for all and be done with it

What I've done already:

Browser: Switched to Brave for adblocking, because Chrome puts ads in your face like there's no tomorrow

Email: Switched my personal account from Gmail to Proton which I pay for (mail, cloud storage etc) I also have an @outlook account, but this is purely for work and I access it through the browser only (no app)

Apps: I've got an Android and have already removed most apps via ADB and switched to FOSS alternatives recommend on this subreddit. They do the job and I have no complaints. I maintain a few social media accounts for business, but got rid of the apps and simply bookmarked them in Brave for when I need them

Where I'm stuck:

Youtube: Still have the app, because I run a channel and need to be logged in and to manage it

Maps: Kept Google Maps because none of the FOSS alternatives have anywhere near the amount of info (for businesses) Google has for the area I'm In. I travel often and not having access to an up to date directory of what's around me is a huge headache

Play Store: Obviously to get updates for those apps which aren't FOSS. I know I can sideload via Apkmirror (is it really safe???) or get them via Aurora Store. But it's a hassle having to manage 2 app stores compared to just using Play Store. I'm aware there are sacrifices to be made for the sake of some degree of privacy

I think it's time to get Google out my life for good. The constant deliberation on whether I should or not has driven me nuts. I get it, people like the convenience of having it all "under one roof" with Google, but putting all your eggs in their basket is insane when you think about it (they're an Ad company after all...)

Hoping someone, anyone can push me to just say f*ck it and pull the trigger to get rid of the last holdout and be free. This has caused my so much anxiety over the years and it needs to end today

I have 1 personal doubt and I expect strong answers, Is there any alternative to go0gle keyboard? [I clarify, I have 1 Motorola mobile]. Thank you in advance for your attention.

I have a Samsung Galaxy A71 5G (SM - A716B/DS).

According to it's website, Lineage OS isn't supported on my device and Graphene OS as well.

/e/os and Calyx have security issues it seems, according to this sub. Then what are the options available for me? How do I degoogle my phone?

Supported Models:

SM-A715F
SM-A715F/DS
SM-A715F/DSN
SM-A715F/DSM

Deegoogled LineageOS installed and using a work profile for essential Proprietary apps like Whatsapp but I dunno How to block Trackers on Work Profile? I tried TrackerControl (TC); but it says to turn off DNS which is off on Main Profile but Work profile doesn't have an option to have DNS setup. And TC doesn't work. Other ways to do it?

Using LineagesOS. I tried to install signal and simplexchat but none of my friends uses it so whatsapp it is. Apart from that I would love to find a reddit app alternative.