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decentralize and clean up your life!!!
- use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.
- use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).
- use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.
- get rid of bloatware
- use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite
- use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.
- use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.
- use storygraph instead of goodreads.
- use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions
- use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.
- use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp
- make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge
- use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google
- use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)
- use flashpoint to play archived online flash games
- find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books
- burn your music onto cds
- use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe
- use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes
- use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail
- remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X
- remove bloatware on samsung X
- use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta
- use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.
feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3
last updated: march 18th 2025




