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Alternatives
A curated list of ad-free alternatives to popular services on the web
Curated list of ad-free alternatives to popular services on the web
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Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Blogs | |||
No Meat Athlete | Plant-based diets and fitness | ||
The Borrowed Abode | DIY and interior design for renters | ||
The Minimalists | Living a meaningful life with less | ||
Zen Habits | Practical advice for developing positive habits | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Communication | |||
FastMail | Reliable business email with no data lock-in | ||
Jami | Telephone, teleconferencing, and media sharing through a distributed service | ||
Jitsi Meet | Secure video conferencing and desktop sharing using WebRTC | ||
ProtonMail | Free encrypted email | ||
Signal | Private messaging and calling for desktop, Android, and iOS | ||
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 | ||
Wire | Text, audio, and video communication with end-to-end encryption | ||
Write.as | Blogging platform that allows you to publish ideas without distraction | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / 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 | ||
qBittorrent | Free and open source BitTorrent client | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Mobile Apps | |||
Amaze File Manager | 5,334 | 6 days ago | Open source, Material Design file explorer for Android devices |
Bible | Bible reader with many versions and languages to choose from | ||
Simple Mobile Tools | Open source Android utilities: gallery, contacts, calendar, and more | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Music | |||
Libre.fm | Stream, download, remix, and share music for free | ||
mStream | Suite of software for syncing and streaming music across multiple devices | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Other | |||
Disroot | Collection of ethical alternatives to email, cloud storage, collaborative document editing, and more | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Publications | |||
Adbusters | Magazine about the takeover of psychological, physical, and cultural environments by commercial forces | ||
Aeon | Digital magazine that publishes original thinking on science, philosophy, society, and the arts | ||
Armstrong Economics | Educational blog about markets and the global economy | ||
Common Dreams | Progressive news website | ||
Consumerist | Independent source of consumer news and information | ||
Ello | Media platform for creators and artists that does not sell user data | ||
Popular Resistance | Independent, nonviolent, and diverse movements to end the power of concentrated wealth and put human needs before corporate greed | ||
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 | ||
The Conversation | High quality, authenticated, explanatory journalism funded by universities | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Reference | |||
OpenStreetMap | Map of the world created by users and released under an open license | ||
Wikipedia | Encyclopedia that anyone can edit | ||
Wiktionary | Dictionary that anyone can edit | ||
Weather.gov | Weather reports for places in the United States | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Social | |||
Are.na | Visual platform to help you think about and organize online content | ||
diaspora* | Feeds, likes, profiles, and tags; you are in control of your data | ||
GNUsocial.no | Allows users to connect and share with each other; expenses are covered by donations | ||
Libranet | Popular site running friendica, a federated Facebook-style social network | ||
Lobsters | Simple link aggregation site with explanations required to downvote | ||
Manyverse | Off the grid social network | ||
Mastodon | Decentralized microblogging platform similar to Twitter | ||
PixelFed | Essentially Instagram without ads, trackers, or modified timelines | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Utilities | |||
Etherpad | Collaborative document editing in real-time | ||
ProtectedText | Online encrypted notepad with storage and no sign up | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Alternatives / Web Apps | |||
Cloverleaf | An open source app to replace your password manager without storing your passwords anywhere | ||
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 | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Resources / Ad Blockers | |||
Add-Art | Replaces ads with art | ||
uBlock Origin | 47,504 | 5 days ago | General-purpose blocker that removes ads and privacy-invading trackers by default |
Awesome Ad-Free / Resources / Articles | |||
A Call for Revolt: Advertising is the Anti-Minimalism | Opt-out of the advertising game | ||
Can We Have an Honest Conversation About Advertisements? | |||
Clean City Law: Secrets of São Paulo Uncovered by Outdoor Advertising Ban | |||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
What If There Were No Ads | Daily life described in an ad-free world | ||
Why no advertising? | Through the perspective of the perfect-world ideal | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / 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 | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Resources / Groups | |||
Anti-Advertising Agency | Calls into question the purpose and effects of advertising in public space | ||
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 | ||
Digital Public Library Project | Promotes a Digital Public Library system that can replace advertising funded media | ||
Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire | French organization fighting the advertising system and its negative effects | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / 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 | ||
Awesome Ad-Free / Resources / Talks | |||
We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | |||
What if there was no advertising? | |||
Awesome Ad-Free / No longer maintained | |||
No More Ads | Practical advice for an ad-free internet. ( ) | ||
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. ( ) | ||
Goblin Refuge | Video and image sharing service powered by MediaGoblin. ( ) |