What do you think about these alternatives?
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
February 10, 2026
- X / Threads / Instagram –> Nitter / imginn
- Youtube –> PipePipe / Grayjay / Feeder + Brave
- Reddit –> Redlib + RedReader
- Netflix / Disney+ –> FMHY (or Filmin)
- Google Meet / Zoom –> Signal (or WhatsApp with E2EE)
- Google Docs –> OnlyOffice or LibreOffice
- Google Search –> DDG / Startpage / Brave Search
- Google Drive –> Proton Drive for Windows or Filen (Linux/Mac/Windows/Android)
- Google Photos –> Ente or Proton Drive for backup + Aves Gallery
- iCloud –> Filen
- Google Chrome –> Brave / Firefox (ArkenFox) / Mullvad / Tor
- All messaging apps (Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.) –> Signal
- Google Home –> Nothing
- Amazon Alexa –> Nothing
- Play Store / App Store –> Sandboxed Play Services in GrapheneOS or Accrescent / Obtainium / F-Droid
- Android / iOS –> GrapheneOS
- Windows / MacOS –> Fedora / Ubuntu / Pop!_OS / OpenSUSE
I would add:
- Spotify / Apple Music –> Monochrome Music / Youtube Music in Brave or Local Music with Poweramp or Auxio
- Apple Notes / Google Keep –> EasyNotes / Notesnook / Joplin / Standard Notes
- GMail –> Proton Drive or Tuta
- ChatGPT / DeepSeek / Qwen / Grok –> Local or if needed NanoGPT or Claude
- Play Books –> Readest
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