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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 | 5,382 | 12 months 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 | 47,986 | 11 months 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. ( ) | ||
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