Damn it’s been a while since I’ve been online on here, Life’s been a bit hectic. One cool thing is I got my gf onto Signal finally๐Ÿ˜Ž :catjam:

Anyone know of a privacy friendly alternative to Kindle?
I was just going to buy one, never register and keep it on airplane mode then sideload books via calibre from my pc but after reading this article I don’t want to run the risk of having all my data still being stored & then sent when i forget to keep airplane mode off

I recently noticed both Whatsapp & Instagram :instagram: have been down. Is meta struggling to maintain their platforms :ablobthinking:? Heh doesn’t matter if their company crashes its a W for

Privacy friendly and open-source alternatives for your favourite platforms

Youtube
Privacy front-ends:Invidious
Privacy-friendly Desktop client:Freetube
Privacy-friendly Mobile app:Newpipe
Alternatives: Peertube & Odysee

Instant messaging (whatsapp,imessenger etc)
Signal
Session

Instagram
Alternatives: Pixelfed
Privacy front-end: Imginn [since bibliogram is shutdown :( ] to view accounts without an account

Reddit
Alternatives: Lemmy
Privacy front-ends: Libreddit (modern UI) & Teddit (old UI)

Twitter:
Privacy front-end for web: Nitter
privacy-friendly Twitter frontend for mobile devices: Fritter
Alternatives:Mastodon

Discord
Alternatives: Revolt & Element

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