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- [UntrackMe](https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizeme/) - Transform Youtube, Twitter & Instagram links to their free and open source alternatives.
### Instagram
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_219.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/219)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Don't use Instagram (or at least the official client). Instagram is a very privacy-invasive app with biased results and feeds based on user profiles, it is also used as a manipulation tool and has a lot of censorship going against free speech. Lastly, it has an addictive and toxic UI design.
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use**
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- [Librarian](https://codeberg.org/librarian/librarian) - An alternative frontend for LBRY/Odysee. Inspired by Invidious and Libreddit.
### YouTube
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_274.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/274)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Don't use YouTube (or at least the official client). YouTube is very privacy invasive, it generates a very accurate profile based on your interests. Also it is a [radicalization tool](https://www.pcmag.com/news/does-youtubes-algorithm-lead-to-radicalization) which shows [biased content to users](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.08313.pdf) in order to get more engagement and to get them to watch more and more content creating an [addiction](https://medium.com/dataseries/how-youtube-is-addictive-259d5c575883). It never shows you [alternative opinions](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.08313.pdf) to your ideology/bias. YouTube censors a lot. YouTube collects a LOT of your data: interests, free time, ideology, likes, dislikes, music taste, etc.
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Instead use**
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### TikTok
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_1448.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/1448)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Avoid using TikTok, it is a toxic-designed application that harms not only the user privacy but also user integrity. You can take a read on [these several posts](https://libreddit.kavin.rocks/r/privacy/search?q=tiktok&restrict_sr=on&sort=top&t=all).
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **TikTok alternative frontends (web-based):**
- [ProxiTok](https://github.com/pablouser1/ProxiTok) - Open source alternative frontend for TikTok
### Twitter
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_195.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/195)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Avoid using Twitter official app / website. It tracks users and creates user profiles based on what they follow, retweet and like. Twitter harms and violates user privacy with their policies.
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Alternatives to Twitter:**
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- [Kizie](https://kizie.co) - Cleaner, better and privacy focussed Twitter client for Web.
### Reddit
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_194.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/194)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Try to avoid using Reddit or at least avoid their official clients as they are plenty of trackers, ads and share unnecessary user data with their servers.
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Reddit alternatives:**
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- <img width="16" src="misc/apple.png"> <img width="16" src="misc/android.png"> [Slide](https://github.com/ccrama/Slide) - Slide is an open sourced, ad free Reddit browser for Android and iOS.
### Streaming Platforms (Twitch)
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_200.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/200)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Avoid using platforms as Twitch, Patreon, YouTube as they are very privacy-invasive with your viewers (and you!). Instead, you can try using some self-hosted platforms that do take care of everyone's privacy.
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Alternatives:**
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- [livego](https://github.com/gwuhaolin/livego) - Live video streaming server in golang.
### Wikipedia
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_265.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/265)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Read more about the issue with Wikipedia on the [Wikiless manifesto](https://codeberg.org/orenom/wikiless#why-i-should-use-wikiless-instead-of-wikipedia).
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Alternatives:**
- [Wikiless](https://wikiless.org/) - A free open source alternative Wikipedia front-end focused on privacy [Source Code](https://codeberg.org/orenom/wikiless).
### Imgur
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_325.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/325)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Imgur website is plenty of bloat, gifs, cookies, javascript and trackers.
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Alternatives:**
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### Medium
[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_1003.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/1003)
<img width="16" src="misc/forbidden.png"> </img> Medium website has Google trackers and ads.
<img width="16" src="misc/check.png"> </img> **Alternative frontends:**