Stock Googled Android stores multiple cookies and identifiers in the OS (outside the browser) even when no #bigtech apps have ever been opened. No consent is sought for storing any of this data and there is no opt out, in violation of privacy regulations:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016740482600026X

To #degoogle it is not enough to simply disable all of the #google software, one must use a fully degoogled OS, like iodéOS.
#digitalsovereignty #yourdatayourrules #privacymatters

🥳 Save the date to welcome /e/OS 4.0! 🥳

Discover what’s new with /e/OS 4.0 during our live stream on June 11!

Save the date: https://murena.com/e-os-v4-live-launch/

Today's Featured Video Game Releases:

- Farever (Windows)
- Hypnos (Windows)
- Warped Universe (Windows)

Stop Killing Games, Mozilla, EFF and others release statement urging UK policymakers to keep the web open https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/stop-killing-games-mozilla-eff-and-others-release-statement-urging-uk-policymakers-to-keep-the-web-open/

#PCGaming #Gaming #UK #EFF #Mozilla #StopKillingGames

I posted this on Lemmy, but think it's worth reposting here. With the news that Google is locking down Android more, and making it more difficult to install apps of ones own choosing, there is likely going to be more interest in alternatives to Google branded Android.

The best general resource for instructions on how to unlock your phone's bootloader and flash alternate AOSP ROM's or non-Android OS's is https://xdaforums.com/

Please note that not all carriers and oem's allow you to unlock the bootloader though, so choose your device carefully for this.

You will also most likely need a PC (desktop or laptop) with adb & fastboot on it. These are apps used in the terminal, but you only need to copy and paste a few commands into them to use it.

If you have a Google Pixel then best option is Graphene - https://grapheneos.org/

For other devices you can use a "degoogled" Android ROM and get apps from the open source F-Droid app store - https://f-droid.org/

Some choices for this are:

Lineage - https://lineageos.org/

crDroid - https://crdroid.net/

/e/os - https://e.foundation/e-os/

Iode - https://iode.tech/iodeos/

OR use a a true alternative mobile OS. Options for this are:

Ubuntu Touch - https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/

Sailfish OS - https://sailfishos.org/

Mobian - https://mobian-project.org/

Postmarket OS - https://postmarketos.org/

Plasma Mobile - https://plasma-mobile.org/

Droidian - https://droidian.org/

You can also purchase devices with alternative OS's already preinstalled from:

Volla - https://volla.online/en/devices/

Jolla - https://jolla.com/

Fairphone - https://fairphone.com/

Murena - https://murena.com/

Furilabs - https://furilabs.com/

Brax - https://www.braxtech.net/

#Alternative à #GooglePhotos : Empêchez l'IA Gemini de scanner vos photos. #degoogliser

1. Zeitkapsl : européen et respectueux de la vie privée
2. Ente Photos : Facile à utiliser et gratuit
3. Immich : Auto-hébergé et riche en fonctionnalités

https://tuta.com/fr/blog/google-photos-alternative