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alf<p>"How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app"</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/google_android/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/04/goo</span><span class="invisible">gle_android/</span></a></p><p>I'm using an old Sony Xperia Z3 compact with CarbonROM so this doesn't affect me.</p><p>It doesn't come as a surprise, but it still sad and mad that this is the new norm i todays tech.</p><p>Screw them! Really</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/deletegoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deletegoogle</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/surveilance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveilance</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a></p>
CharLES ☭ H<p>I'm trying not to use Google Docs.</p><p>But I need a sign up sheet where people can list themselves as volunteers for recurring events.</p><p>Ideally, this would live on a wordpress site and have a layout that is not worse than a shared Google sheet.</p><p>I'd also prefer not to pay £40 for the privilege of running this.</p><p>Suggestions?</p><p><a href="https://lgbt.io/tags/wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordpress</span></a> <a href="https://lgbt.io/tags/WordpressPlugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordpressPlugin</span></a> <a href="https://lgbt.io/tags/DeleteGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://lgbt.io/tags/FuckGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckGoogle</span></a></p>
xinit ☕<p>Google decided to let me know today that I don't want to pay for YouTube Premium anymore. €25.99 per month?</p><p>Honestly, I'm surprised I didn't kill it after the last bump in price last year. </p><p>I've been moving most of my music back to my home Plex server anyhow, so I don't really even need YouTube Music anymore.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/DeleteGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteGoogle</span></a></p>
Linux ☑️<p>Jolla | Original Finnish management takes the company to a fresh start 📲 :linux:</p><p>Jolla's Sailfish OS: The #1 mobile operating system - free from the likes of google - powered by Linux. </p><p>Sailfish OS runs on existing devices - check it out whether it can be installed and run on your phone? <a href="https://shop.jolla.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shop.jolla.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> | Or just get a ready device: <a href="https://buy.jolla-devices.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buy.jolla-devices.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>►<a href="https://jolla.com/content/uploads/2023/11/Former_leadership_buys_Jolla_Business_Pressrelease_271123_.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jolla.com/content/uploads/2023</span><span class="invisible">/11/Former_leadership_buys_Jolla_Business_Pressrelease_271123_.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Jolla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jolla</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/tablets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tablets</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/SailfishOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SailfishOS</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Sailfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sailfish</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>company</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/deleteGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deleteGoogle</span></a></p>
Linux ☑️<p>::: Steam to ditch Google Analytics! :erogun: :google: </p><p>Valve's own replacement coming in - another reason to favor Steam in gaming :thinkhappy: </p><p>PLAYER PRIVACY FIRST:</p><p>"As time has gone on we’ve come to realize that Google’s tracking solutions don’t align well with our approach to customer privacy, and so with the migration to GA4 we’ve made the decision to end our support of Google’s analytics systems on Steam."</p><p>Valve is one of the prime supporters of Linux too - SteamOS powers their also "Microsoft-free" handheld Steam Deck. </p><p>=&gt; <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/3719453992486109638" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/news/gr</span><span class="invisible">oup/4145017/view/3719453992486109638</span></a></p><p><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/deleteGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deleteGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/SteamOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteamOS</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Analytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analytics</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/player" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>player</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a></p>
FediThing<p>Bought a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.weho.st/@Fairphone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Fairphone</span></a></span> 4 and installed the de-Googled Android OS <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@e_mydata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>e_mydata</span></a></span> on it, worked very well!</p><p>The official "easy installer" app was very slick, no command lines or anything techy needed. You just plug the phone into your laptop, run the app and do what it tells you to do.</p><p>It did have a lot of steps, but all of them were through the graphic interface on the phone, and it was much, much less scary than a typical manual installation procedure for alternative phone OSes.</p><p>However, you don't even have to do an installation, you can buy phones with the /E/ operating system pre-installed at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@murena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>murena</span></a></span>.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DeGoogling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogling</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DeleteGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a></p>
Snafu :wiphala:<p>Haven't yet understood why people are running their own <a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/Instance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instance</span></a>, thus participating actively in the decentralized <a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> (great, highly appreciated!) and then recommend putting everything behind <a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> or use Cloudflare as CDN, which to me is just another spreading web cancer like G00gle and the opposite of decentralization. What is the reason? Cost (-&gt;B2)? Comfort? Potential <a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>? Any other reason?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/DeleteGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/DeleteCloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeleteCloudflare</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.pachamamita.de/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a></p>
5ch<p>I used Facebook as a source of news the last years. As the toxic environment there became unbearable I moved to google news. In 2022 I finally found out about RSS readers being exactly what I was looking for 😀<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deletefacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deletefacebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deletegoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deletegoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lateadopter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lateadopter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slowontheuptake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slowontheuptake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netnewswire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netnewswire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rss</span></a></p>