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1. Christmas display name (nuala@toot.wales)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Mar-2022 08:45:15 UTC Christmas display name

   taken a couple more tentative steps in my de-googling journey by switching up some of the apps on my phone.

   Got F-droid which is really cool, although it feels like a different option to Google Play rather than a replacement, similar to switching TV channel or something.

   Not that that's a bad thing. Using F-droid gave me that sort of happy hopeful feeling I vaguely remember from before tech was hollowed out and monetized to oblivion

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   • :rojava: KawaiiPunk :rojava: (kawaiipunk@sunbeam.city)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Mar-2022 08:45:31 UTC :rojava: KawaiiPunk :rojava:

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     @nuala so one app I will recommend is NewPipe. It's an excellent front end for YouTube.

     But.... It's best to add the custom fdroid repo from their website as it gets updates quicker.

     Bit of an adventure for you if u want it!

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   • :rojava: KawaiiPunk :rojava: (kawaiipunk@sunbeam.city)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Mar-2022 08:45:32 UTC :rojava: KawaiiPunk :rojava:

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     @nuala that's so rad!

   • Christmas display name (nuala@toot.wales)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Mar-2022 08:45:33 UTC Christmas display name

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     I've also downloaded Organic Maps and either disabled or uninstalled Google Maps

   • Avalon (avalon@merveilles.town)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Mar-2022 08:45:46 UTC Avalon

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     @kawaiipunk @nuala
     NewPipe is awesome, but it's worth noting that if you are still running stock android, google has been known to suspend your account access for using it. It's best to save that one for after the step to an alternate rom like lineageOS.

   • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Mar-2022 08:45:46 UTC Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     @avalon @kawaiipunk @nuala

     so far none of the reports of Google suspending accounts for using NewPipe have been proven (the reports appear to come from edgelord/troll types, including some from Northern European countries where if Google *did* do that and singled out users from those countries it would create a shitstorm across the whole EU). I have it installed on multiple devices although I rarely watch videos on mobile due to the small screens..

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