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Cake day: June 9th, 2023
  • bazingabot@lemmy.worldtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Google tracks your app usage and so much moreEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use a couple of counter measures and I am quite happy since years and hope to be as invisible as possible for tracking companies. I have a samsung phone, this is what I did:

    • on your pc install adb
    • when switching on the phone for the first time, dont connect to wifi, dont make or use a google account, press skip and all the fake “warnings” until you see your launcher
    • download a browser apk of your liking and install it via browser
    • activate developer mode for apk (you find the instructions online)
    • via command line remove all samsung bloatware
    • uninstall all google apps except the absolute must haves like “google play service” and so on
    • go into settings - apps in your phone and deactivate all remaining google apps that you dont dare to delete via adb
    • install an alternate app store via your newly installed browser
    • install wireguard and setup connection to your vpn at home
    • on my homeserver install pihole or adguard home to block google out completely
    • set a different search engine like qwant or so in your browser
    • install all the security add ins in your browser to your liking

    As a result, I am almost google free, except probably for samsungs trackers. Sometimes apps or commerce websites dont work as they use google captcha or things like that.

  • bazingabot@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•How do you guys have your music streaming setup?English
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    1 year ago

    I tried jellyfin with finamp, tried synology’s solution, plex, kodi. However, maitaining the library is just an endless hassle with correcting tags and pictures, genres. Tried many tools to fix it but went actually away from this a couple of years back. Now it is Internet Radio Stations in my sonos automated with motion sensors via homeassistant with volume and station depending on the time of the day and day of the week