Hey thanks for sharing this! I’ll try Bimba. I’m planning on switching to GrapheneOS soon so the less stuff reliant on G services the better, as much as I like the Transit app.

Edit seems like it’s a bit limited on its coverage, with little to speak of in the US :(

Was hoping to get Chicagoland metro area transit.

I’m not sure this is possible without crowd sourced data

The transit app is for public transit. Trains buses etc. I probably should have specified sorry!

But yeah there really isn’t a way around reviews I think I’m going to have to come to peace with that.

By your logic the *arr suite isn’t self hosted either since they rely on metadata cache servers.

In fact Jellyfin relies on external services for their metadata too!

Bit weird to pin it on an age generation

Like you, I value my relationships and by extension my mental health more than which messaging app I use.

I hate Meta with a passion and them acquiring Whatsapp is probably the most disappointing acquisition of all time to me, but I’m going to continue using it because my wife, family in Latin America, and world friends all use it. And being lonely and out of touch isn’t worth the satisfaction of knowing my data isn’t being scraped to me. Others in these threads always seems to disagree here, and they’re free to do that but it’s not a lifestyle I’m interested in.

I’m making changes where I can; I self host a server for my media, photos, files. I’m going to install Graphene on my phone soon. I’m interested in picking up a cheaper older phone to try a Linux mobile OS on. I have my phone auto connect to my pihole to block trackers when I’m out of the house, etc. But I know as soon as it’s something I have to inconvenience others with, it’s not going to work.

Pick your battles.

I’m on Mint.

T-Mobile acquired them, per the usual bullshit, but I get 15GB a month with unlimited talk and text for “$20” a month. The catch is that you pay yearly in bulk for that price. Had it a year and change. Been solid.

Streaming is unfortunately a pretty weak hole in my Degoogling adventure. There’s really no perfect solution.

CCwGTV … what I have. But it’s no longer supported, pretty slow. Launcher is bloaty af by default but I use a custom one. And of course… it’s Google. I can side load for now but that’s going away soon so I need an alternative.

Shield. I also have one but take all the above issues and add that it’s a bit faster.

Apple TV. No side loading. Jellyfin support is janky still. Fastest and most elegant though.

Fire TV. Fuck Amazon.

I’d love some small Linux mini PC I can just build myself.