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what’s the best search engine for studies/research that isn’t google scholar?

Has anyone used it? What was your experience with install/performance? I’m thinking of getting one because it has decent specs for $250. I don’t need banking apps or anything like that, and the only social media app I need is snapchat (I know that sort of defeats the purpose, but I just want better privacy, not perfect).

I just discovered this amazing app! It lets you remove (or just disable) preinstalled apps like Facebook, Netflix, etc. and system apps like samsung knox apps, diagnostic, bixby, and even One UI (but you must have installed other launcher). You can’t brick your device, worst case it falls into a boot loop and after 5 reboots...

This happened on all android devices I’ve owned. Once they turn about 3 years old, they start slowing down out of a sudden. Yes, software gets heavier, you need more processing power, etc. But it happens out of a sudden....

I have a samsung A22 which is not supported by any of the foss roms i would like to try, so i started to debloat my phone and logout from google, removing as much propietary software as i can from my phone and replacing by foss alternatives. The only thintg i didnt manage to do is removing google services as i live in a country...

My pixel 5 is currently running on grapheneOS and will be unsupported soon so I’m looking to switch over to CalyxOS for an extended support. Are there any other deGoogled OS’s you guys recommend?

Hello all!...

I cover alla my needs with foss but mor minimal apps would be better. PS: This was my suite of apps when I wrote the post

In the search of the Holy grail of browsers I reach Browservio that seems to be FOSS. And truth be told, have a refreshing image. Anyone test it?

I have been hesitant to add my card because of privacy. I particular the fact that my card is linked to my email. What is your take on it?

Only writing here because it seems to be GrapheneOS related, not app specifically, and I’m not award of other community dealing with this software....

Hey, I got a old phone (Motorola e5 cruise) which has a unlocked bootloader. I though about installing leneageOS on it, but it’s not on the supported device, but similar Motorola’s are supported, what do recommend to do? I definitly wanna avoid the risk making it unusuable, but I would rly like to have a alternative...

Hello lemmy!! I want to degoogle but have a few issues. My main Google uses are drive and docs. Both of which are primarily for school reasons. I need access to easy cloud saved document editing for school. And drive for saving notes and PowerPoint etc. My school offers office 365 but I would rather not go from one shit stain to...

On my chromecast i have Google and Google Assistant disabled. I also have Projectivy launcher. I want to know how to degoogle it further, i am too scared to disable google play services because i don’t have aurora store here. I also replaced Gboard with a open source alternative. Any ideas?

Is there any recommendations about lightweight browser (about ram management). I’m using Iceraven but is more a more eater. Anyone tried Naked Browser?

So my problem is that I don’t have money for a new phone and I also need my banking app. Rooting is not possible....

So here is the issue, I use Google Drive because I am a writer who does a lot of writing. And I thought the cloud was a reliable way to store my writing, however now Google is looking through it’s to train their ai. And I’m worried about that, especially since I have written a lot of questionable content, porn and the like....

Hi, I want to degoogle a Samsung Tablet I got. There is no LineageOS built out for this recent tablet, so I can only try to degoogle the stock ROM....

They got rid of the Dislike button. Fine. They changed the Homepage to 2 ginormous thumbnails per row. WTF are they thinking? They doubled down and forced that change onto the Subscription page too when people started just using that instead. Now I’v noticed a LOT of videos posted from subscribed creators do not appear on the...

This guy can be pretty harsh at times, but he’s clearly very knowledgeable.....

Does anyone know of an open-source alternative to Google’s “Messages” app, which takes care of SMS/text messages on my phone?...