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Infographic on Google Alternatives: Feedback? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I created an infographic of privacy-forward alternatives to Google products...and would love your feedback.

Is it easy to use? Enough white space? Intuitive? Sharable? Is there anything I'm missing?

The infographic image in this post is NOT clickable. The link above will give you a downloadable PDF with working hyperlinks.

Re: the legend, "easy set-up/use" means either that this is a big part of the alternative product's branding, or I've used it myself and found it easy.

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[–] goldfndr@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The capitalization for OsmAnd should be corrected. Please?

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Of course! Thanks!

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For news I would advice using the newstool MiniFlux.

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

MiniFlux

That looks awesome...but also complicated. I'm looking for things that, say, my mom could figure out. (She can't understand how to copy/paste, but would like to leave the Google ecosystem.0 :) Maybe someone should create a similar graphic for more tech-savvy people?

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, rss isn't for everyone.

[–] ZogeLebac@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the map area, I have been trying all of the proposed alternatives but ended up using Magic Earth as my main alternative on Android. For walking, I use OsmAnd+.

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thanks, I'll check out Magic Earth!

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[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Since you included decentralized solutions like Peertube, maybe add SearXNG instances for searches ?

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[–] breadguy@kbin.earth -1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

mullvad browser was discontinued but ironfox is an up to date fork

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 0 points 2 months ago

It looks like Mullvad still exists ...but last time I checked, it was free and now it's around $5/month?

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 0 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the info!

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 0 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out!

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