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I am a victim of the network effect who wishes to degoogle. What do I do? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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This post is going to be a bit personal (and maybe a little bit out of context, it's not just Google software I want to remove) but I'm tired of not knowing what to do about it. I want and have wanted to get rid of a bunch of proprietary software in my life, including but not limited to Google's software, for quite a while now, and I even got a Pixel 7A with hopes of installing GrapheneOS. But there are a few problems. First, my parents are understandably concerned and need me to use Google Maps' location sharing whenever I go to school. All my classmates use Instagram and we have that as our only messaging platform. I currently use DFInstagram, but I feel that it is not free from spyware. Finally, I also own a DJI Mini 3 Pro, and the associated DJI Fly app just refuses to work under GrapheneOS (I tested). Is there anything I can do to replace or limit the access of these aforementioned proprietary apps?

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[–] 0 points 2 years ago

Oh i agree on that, but matrix itself is open source, that's why i listed it too. The 3 options are good, but the more secure the more complicated.

Beeper is the easiest, with the con of closed-source client (the server is open source and they contribute a lot to the matrix ecosystem, thus my trust in them). This is what I'm currently recommening to most people as a lesser bad just because how easy it is to use.

Public matrix instances are good too, i personally use frei.chat, but most of them use unmodified matrix servers and there's a bunch of open source clients available. Bridges with other networks are configures through bots.

Then you can self-host your own server, but it can get messy and expensive. I usually prefer to self-host everything, but decided to pass on matrix for now.

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