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Jun 12, 2022
Alternatives / Communication
- Wire - Text, audio, and video communication with end-to-end encryption.
Apr 24, 2022
Alternatives / Web Apps
- bundlejs - A quick and easy way to bundle, minify, and compress (gzip and brotli) your ts, js, jsx and npm projects all online, while returning the final bundle file size.
May 24, 2021
Alternatives / File Sharing
- Mega - 50 GB of secure free storage (in which 35 GB will expire after 30 days). Files are encrypted client-side. More (non-permanent) space can be claimed from achievements.
Apr 28, 2021
Alternatives / Web Apps
- Cloverleaf - An open source app to replace your password manager without storing your passwords anywhere.
Mar 05, 2021
No longer maintained / Talks
- Goblin Refuge - Video and image sharing service powered by MediaGoblin. (Wayback Machine archive)
Feb 03, 2021
No longer maintained / Talks
- No More Ads - Practical advice for an ad-free internet. (Wayback Machine archive)
- Voltra - DRM-free music listening and discovery software that supports artists directly.
- Art Not Ads - Artists creating change in the urban landscape, but not by going after the ads themselves. (Wayback Machine archive)
Jan 29, 2019
Alternatives / Communication
- Jami - Telephone, teleconferencing, and media sharing through a distributed service.
Alternatives / Social
- Are.na - Visual platform to help you think about and organize online content.
Resources / Articles
- Why no advertising? - Through the perspective of the perfect-world ideal.
Dec 22, 2018
Alternatives / Mobile Apps
- Simple Mobile Tools - Open source Android utilities: gallery, contacts, calendar, and more.
Alternatives / Social
- diaspora* - Feeds, likes, profiles, and tags; you are in control of your data.
- Libranet - Popular site running friendica, a federated Facebook-style social network.
- Manyverse - Off the grid social network.
- Mastodon - Decentralized microblogging platform similar to Twitter.
- PixelFed - Essentially Instagram without ads, trackers, or modified timelines.
Aug 09, 2018
Resources / Articles
- Human Ad Block: A Tutorial - Creative ways to block ads in public.
- Public Spaces - Artist imagines what it would be like if we could have a real life ad blocker.
Aug 05, 2018
Resources / Articles
- What If There Were No Ads - Daily life described in an ad-free world.
Aug 04, 2018
Resources / Groups
- Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire - French organization fighting the advertising system and its negative effects.
Resources / Talks
Jul 27, 2018
Alternatives / Blogs
- The Minimalists - Living a meaningful life with less.
- Zen Habits - Practical advice for developing positive habits.
Jul 21, 2018
Alternatives / Blogs
- The Borrowed Abode - DIY and interior design for renters.
Jun 24, 2018
Alternatives / Other
- Disroot - Collection of ethical alternatives to email, cloud storage, collaborative document editing, and more.
May 15, 2018
Alternatives / Blogs
- No Meat Athlete - Plant-based diets and fitness.
May 02, 2018
Resources / Articles
Mar 15, 2018
Alternatives / Publications
- Popular Resistance - Independent, nonviolent, and diverse movements to end the power of concentrated wealth and put human needs before corporate greed.
Mar 13, 2018
Alternatives / Communication
- FastMail - Reliable business email with no data lock-in.
Mar 11, 2018
Alternatives / Communication
- Write.as - Blogging platform that allows you to publish ideas without distraction.
Resources / Groups
- Digital Public Library Project - Promotes a Digital Public Library system that can replace advertising funded media.
Jan 05, 2018
Alternatives / Mobile Apps
- Bible - Bible reader with many versions and languages to choose from.
Jan 04, 2018
Alternatives / Publications
- Armstrong Economics - Educational blog about markets and the global economy.
Resources / Businesses
- Kakulas Legal - Law firm that you won't find in the yellow pages.
Jan 03, 2018
Resources / Ad Blockers
- Add-Art - Replaces ads with art.
Resources / Businesses
- Gandi - Domain registrar with a No Bullshit policy.
- Polyface Farms - Environmentally-friendly farm that relies on word of mouth to reach customers.
Jan 01, 2018
Resources / Groups
- Brandalism - International street art collective that subverts advertising in urban space.
- Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight - Defending the urban landscape of Los Angeles from a proliferation of billboards.
Resources / Talks
Dec 30, 2017
Alternatives / Reference
- Weather.gov - Weather reports for places in the United States.
Dec 28, 2017
Resources / Groups
- Anti-Advertising Agency - Calls into question the purpose and effects of advertising in public space.
Nov 24, 2017
Alternatives / Publications
- Common Dreams - Progressive news website.
- Consumerist - Independent source of consumer news and information.
Alternatives / Social
- Lobsters - Simple link aggregation site with explanations required to downvote.
Aug 05, 2017
Alternatives / Utilities
- Etherpad - Collaborative document editing in real-time.
Jul 30, 2017
Alternatives / Publications
- Aeon - Digital magazine that publishes original thinking on science, philosophy, society, and the arts.
Jul 28, 2017
Alternatives / Publications
- Ello - Media platform for creators and artists that does not sell user data.
- RealSport - Fans write articles on football, basketball, cricket, e-sports, motorsports, and most other sports out there. This site is committed to maintaining an experience free of pop-ups, fake news, click-bait, and ads.
Jul 26, 2017
Alternatives / Mobile Apps
- Amaze File Manager (⭐4.1k) - Open source, Material Design file explorer for Android devices.
Jul 23, 2017
Alternatives / File Sharing
- qBittorrent - Free and open source BitTorrent client.
Alternatives / Publications
- The Conversation - High quality, authenticated, explanatory journalism funded by universities.
Jul 22, 2017
Resources / Articles
- A Call for Revolt: Advertising is the Anti-Minimalism - Opt-out of the advertising game.
Jul 09, 2017
Resources / Articles
- Conscious Success - Explores the idea of conscious success rather than accidental success, using ads as an example.
- Criticism of Advertising on Wikipedia - Overview of common criticisms of advertising.
- Saying Goodbye to $100K Per Year in Easy Income - Story of a blogger who chose a better way to make a living.
- Vote With Your Wallet, Not Your Ad Blocker - Paying for ad-free services casts a bigger vote.
Resources / Make Money Without Ads
- Flattr - Browser add-on that distributes a monthly budget to websites you engage with the most.
- Liberapay - Open source recurring donations platform.
- OpenCollective - Enables groups to set up a collective, raise funds, and manage them transparently.
- Patreon - Recurring funding for artists and creators on either a monthly basis or per creation.
Jul 04, 2017
Alternatives / Music
- Libre.fm - Stream, download, remix, and share music for free.
Jul 01, 2017
Alternatives / Social
- GNUsocial.no - Allows users to connect and share with each other; expenses are covered by donations.
Jun 26, 2017
Alternatives / Communication
- Signal - Private messaging and calling for desktop, Android, and iOS.
Jun 24, 2017
Alternatives / Communication
- Jitsi Meet - Secure video conferencing and desktop sharing using WebRTC.
- ProtonMail - Free encrypted email.
- Telegram - Cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.
- Tox - Encrypted and distributed messaging platform with voice, video, and screen sharing.
Jun 22, 2017
Resources / Ad Blockers
- uBlock Origin (⭐33k) - General-purpose blocker that removes ads and privacy-invading trackers by default.
Jun 14, 2017
Alternatives / Reference
- OpenStreetMap - Map of the world created by users and released under an open license.
Jun 08, 2017
Alternatives / Reference
- Wiktionary - Dictionary that anyone can edit.
Jun 04, 2017
Alternatives / Publications
- Adbusters - Magazine about the takeover of psychological, physical, and cultural environments by commercial forces.
Alternatives / Reference
- Wikipedia - Encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
May 27, 2017
Alternatives / Music
- mStream - Suite of software for syncing and streaming music across multiple devices.
Apr 26, 2017
Alternatives / Utilities
- ProtectedText - Online encrypted notepad with storage and no sign up.