awesome-ad-free
Curated list of ad-free alternatives to popular services on the web.
https://github.com/johnjago/awesome-ad-free
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Alternatives
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Blogs
- The Minimalists - Living a meaningful life with less.
- Zen Habits - Practical advice for developing positive habits.
- No Meat Athlete - Plant-based diets and fitness.
- The Borrowed Abode - DIY and interior design for renters.
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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.
- 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.
- Write.as - Blogging platform that allows you to publish ideas without distraction.
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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.
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Mobile Apps
- Bible - Bible reader with many versions and languages to choose from.
- Simple Mobile Tools - Open source Android utilities: gallery, contacts, calendar, and more.
- Amaze File Manager - Open source, Material Design file explorer for Android devices.
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Music
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Other
- Disroot - Collection of ethical alternatives to email, cloud storage, collaborative document editing, and more.
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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.
- 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.
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Reference
- Wikipedia - Encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
- Wiktionary - Dictionary that anyone can edit.
- OpenStreetMap - Map of the world created by users and released under an open license.
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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.
- 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.
- PixelFed - Essentially Instagram without ads, trackers, or modified timelines.
- Mastodon - Decentralized microblogging platform similar to Twitter.
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Utilities
- Etherpad - Collaborative document editing in real-time.
- ProtectedText - Online encrypted notepad with storage and no sign up.
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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.
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Talks
- No More Ads - Practical advice for an ad-free internet. ([Wayback Machine archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20190121234844/https://nomoreads.org/))
- 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](http://web.archive.org/web/20190111233537/http://artnotads.org/))
- Goblin Refuge - Video and image sharing service powered by MediaGoblin. ([Wayback Machine archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20190512071500/https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/))
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Resources
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Ad Blockers
- Add-Art - Replaces ads with art.
- pay to have their ads whitelisted
- uBlock Origin - General-purpose blocker that removes ads and privacy-invading trackers by default.
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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
- Criticism of Advertising on Wikipedia - Overview of common criticisms of advertising.
- Human Ad Block: A Tutorial - Creative ways to block ads in public.
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Businesses
- 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.
- Gandi - Domain registrar with a No Bullshit policy.
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Groups
- Anti-Advertising Agency - Calls into question the purpose and effects of advertising in public space.
- Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire - French organization fighting the advertising system and its negative effects.
- Digital Public Library Project - Promotes a Digital Public Library system that can replace advertising funded media.
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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.
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