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Jun 06 - Jun 12, 2022
Alternatives / Communication
- Wire - Text, audio, and video communication with end-to-end encryption.
Apr 18 - 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 - May 30, 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 26 - May 02, 2021
Alternatives / Web Apps
- Cloverleaf - An open source app to replace your password manager without storing your passwords anywhere.
Mar 01 - Mar 07, 2021
No longer maintained / Talks
- Goblin Refuge - Video and image sharing service powered by MediaGoblin. (Wayback Machine archive)
Feb 01 - Feb 07, 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No longer maintained / Talks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)
Feb 04 - Feb 10, 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 17 - Dec 23, 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 06 - Aug 12, 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.
Jul 30 - Aug 05, 2018
Resources / Articles
- What If There Were No Ads - Daily life described in an ad-free world.
Resources / Groups
- Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire - French organization fighting the advertising system and its negative effects.
Resources / Talks
Jul 23 - Jul 29, 2018
Alternatives / Blogs
- The Minimalists - Living a meaningful life with less.
- Zen Habits - Practical advice for developing positive habits.
Jul 16 - Jul 22, 2018
Alternatives / Blogs
- The Borrowed Abode - DIY and interior design for renters.
Jun 18 - Jun 24, 2018
Alternatives / Other
- Disroot - Collection of ethical alternatives to email, cloud storage, collaborative document editing, and more.
May 14 - May 20, 2018
Alternatives / Blogs
- No Meat Athlete - Plant-based diets and fitness.
Apr 30 - May 06, 2018
Resources / Articles
Mar 12 - Mar 18, 2018
Alternatives / Communication
- FastMail - Reliable business email with no data lock-in.
Alternatives / Publications
- Popular Resistance - Independent, nonviolent, and diverse movements to end the power of concentrated wealth and put human needs before corporate greed.
Mar 05 - 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 01 - Jan 07, 2018
Alternatives / Mobile Apps
- Bible - Bible reader with many versions and languages to choose from.
Alternatives / Publications
- Armstrong Economics - Educational blog about markets and the global economy.
Resources / Ad Blockers
- Add-Art - Replaces ads with art.
Resources / Businesses
- Gandi - Domain registrar with a No Bullshit policy.
- Kakulas Legal - Law firm that you won't find in the yellow pages.
- Polyface Farms - Environmentally-friendly farm that relies on word of mouth to reach customers.
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 25 - Dec 31, 2017
Alternatives / Reference
- Weather.gov - Weather reports for places in the United States.
Resources / Groups
- Anti-Advertising Agency - Calls into question the purpose and effects of advertising in public space.
Nov 20 - Nov 26, 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.
Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017
Alternatives / Utilities
- Etherpad - Collaborative document editing in real-time.
Jul 24 - Jul 30, 2017
Alternatives / Mobile Apps
- Amaze File Manager (⭐4.1k) - Open source, Material Design file explorer for Android devices.
Alternatives / Publications
- Aeon - Digital magazine that publishes original thinking on science, philosophy, society, and the arts.
- 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 17 - 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.
Resources / Articles
- A Call for Revolt: Advertising is the Anti-Minimalism - Opt-out of the advertising game.
Jul 03 - Jul 09, 2017
Alternatives / Music
- Libre.fm - Stream, download, remix, and share music for free.
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.
Jun 26 - Jul 02, 2017
Alternatives / Communication
- Signal - Private messaging and calling for desktop, Android, and iOS.
Alternatives / Social
- GNUsocial.no - Allows users to connect and share with each other; expenses are covered by donations.
Jun 19 - Jun 25, 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.
Resources / Ad Blockers
- uBlock Origin (⭐33k) - General-purpose blocker that removes ads and privacy-invading trackers by default.
Jun 12 - Jun 18, 2017
Alternatives / Reference
- OpenStreetMap - Map of the world created by users and released under an open license.
Jun 05 - Jun 11, 2017
Alternatives / Reference
- Wiktionary - Dictionary that anyone can edit.
May 29 - 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 22 - May 28, 2017
Alternatives / Music
- mStream - Suite of software for syncing and streaming music across multiple devices.
Apr 24 - Apr 30, 2017
Alternatives / Utilities
- ProtectedText - Online encrypted notepad with storage and no sign up.