These services are free, gratis, open to all (insofar as our technical and financial capabilities allow us), as <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons" title="digital commons">digital commons</a></strong>. With the goal of decentralising the Internet and promoting self-hosting, we will do our best to ensure that everyone can install their own services (for themselves, for their organisation, or their company).
Of course, We are not aiming <em>to compete with</em> these services, We merely wish to offer a space that is neutral, non-commercial, and in no way aggressive towards its users.
@:meta.F aims to <a href="@:link.dio"> offer around thirty free alternative services</a> to provide a substitute for those services which, once they get hold of us, proceed to feed upon our data.<br /> But there are many other players working to de-google-ify Internet and many other such services.
You will find <a href="#tips" rel="nofollow">below</a>, a list summarizing and supplementing the alternatives presented on the map. It is inspired by <a href="https://prism-break.org/en/">Prism-Break</a> which promotes other software in more specialized areas.
In the list, each service generally includes a <b>complex website</b><span aria-hidden="true">(<i class="fa fa-fw fa-cloud"></i>)</span> communicating with <b>software installed on a computer</b><span aria-hidden="true">(<i class="fa fa-fw fa-server"></i>)</span> which stores personal data and which can be accessed through various <b>home-based tools</b><span aria-hidden="true">(<i class="fa fa-fw fa-house"></i>)</span>.
So when we use Internet, we must necessarily <b>trust several links in the chain</b> joining us to our personal data online. Unless we self-host, <b>the <i lang="en">cloud</i> is always someone else"e;s computer</b>. It is therefore important to know who we are being asked to trust and what their software is doing with our data.
De-googl-ify Internet is a campaign that lasted three years (Oct. 2014 - Oct. 2017), but which is part of a more general Framasoft journey.<br /> Browse through the fresco below to discover the key dates (full screen <a href="@:link.dio/@:lang/timeline">available here</a>).
The visuals below are under free license, the credits are specified under each tab.<br /> These visuals are in large size (contrary to appearances). However, if you need a higher resolution, feel free to <a href="@:link.contact/#presse">contact us</a>.