All Ethical Products and Services

Check out ethical and sustainable products and services that help you avoiding Big Tech.

Email

Sustainable alternatives to Gmail and other US-based email services, focusing on privacy and security.

CoMaps

CoMaps is a community-driven, open-source navigation app that prioritises privacy and offline usability.

CoMaps is open-source and developed by a community-driven project, ensuring transparency and user involvement.
CoMaps does not collect user data or track locations, ensuring strong privacy protections.
CoMaps allows users to download maps for offline use, enabling navigation without an internet connection and avoiding location data to be transmitted through the net.
CoMaps contains no ads, providing a clean and uninterrupted user experience.
CoMaps is free to use, with no hidden costs or subscriptions.
CoMaps is optimised for battery efficiency, reducing device energy consumption during navigation.
CoMaps does not require registration, ensuring user anonymity.
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Threema

Threema is a Swiss end-to-end encrypted messaging app with a focus on privacy and metadata minimization.

Threema client apps are fully open-source, allowing for independent audits and reproducible builds.
Threema uses end-to-end encryption by default for all communications, ensuring user privacy.
Threema is ad-free and does not engage in data mining or targeted advertising.
Threema does not use third-party trackers, ensuring user data is not shared with external parties.
Threema is based in Switzerland, ensuring compliance with strict Swiss privacy laws.
Threema does not require a phone number or email address for registration, allowing anonymous use.
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Posteo

Posteo is a German eco-friendly email provider with optional encryption.

Posteo is based in Germany, ensuring compliance with GDPR and strong privacy laws.
Posteo is completely ad free.
Posteo uses renewable energy to power its servers, reducing its carbon footprint.
Posteo does not track users or display personalised ads. It offers encrypted mailboxes and allows anonymous registration.
Posteo supports open-source standards and transparency, allowing independent audits.
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GOOD

GOOD is a non-profit search engine from Germany. All of its revenue is donated to charity.

GOOD claims to be climate positive. It uses carbon-neutral data centres but calculate emissions as if the data-centres wouldn't be. These calculated emissions are then offset by investing in environment friendly projects. Source: Our Contribution to Climate Protection [German]
GOOD is based in Germany, ensuring compliance with GDPR and strong privacy laws.
GOOD does not track users or display personalised ads, ensuring a private search experience. Source: HOW GOOD WORKS
GOOD provides a completely ad-free search experience, focusing on user needs rather than advertising revenue.Source: HOW GOOD WORKS
GOOD is supported by voluntary donations, encouraging users to contribute to its mission to support projects that meet UN's Sustainable Development Goals.Source: Your Impact
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LibreWolf

LibreWolf is a fork of Firefox, with enhanced security and privacy settings.

LibreWolf is mostly ad-free, ensuring a cleaner and more private user experience.Source: LibreWolf Features
LibreWolf blocks trackers, ads, and fingerprinting by default, with enhanced protections like uBlock Origin pre-installed and stricter privacy settings.Source: LibreWolf Features
LibreWolf is fully open-source, allowing for community audits, contributions, and transparency in its development.Source: Codeberg Repos
LibreWolf does not allow third-party cookies or share user data with external parties.Source: LibreWolf Features
LibreWolfs’s built-in ad and tracker blocking reduces unnecessary data and energy consumption. The decision to avoid AI bloat in its browser saves even more resources.
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Mullvad Browser

Mullvad Browser is privacy-focused with Tor Project Collaboration.

Mullvad Browser blocks trackers, ads, and fingerprinting by default, with pre-installed uBlock Origin.
Mullvad Browser removes most ads and sponsored content, ensuring a clean and distraction-free browsing experience.
Mullvad Browser does not allow third-party trackers or share user data with external parties.
Mullvad’s built-in ad and tracker blocking reduces unnecessary data and energy consumption, making it more efficient for users on limited data plans or battery-powered devices.
Mullvad is a based in Sweden.
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Tuta

Tuta Mail is a German email provider with encryption by default powered by green energy.

All Tuta clients are open-source, allowing for transparency and community contributions.
Tuta uses green energy to power its servers, reducing its environmental impact.
Tuta does not track users or display personalised ads, it offers end-to-end, quantum-safe encryption, ensuring a private email experience.
Tuta is based in Germany, ensuring compliance with strong privacy laws and ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centers.
Tuta offers one email address with 1GB of storage free of charge and promises that this will not change.
Tuta is ad-free, providing a clean and distraction-free email experience.
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Mailbox

Mailbox is a German email provider with optional encryption running on renewable energy.

Mailbox uses renewable energy to power its servers, reducing its carbon footprint.
Mailbox offers self-hosting options for enterprises, giving full control over data.
Mailbox does not track users or display personalised ads. It offers optional PGP Email encryption.
Mailbox is based in Germany, ensuring compliance with strong privacy laws.
Mailbox is ad-free, providing a clean and distraction-free email experience.
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Signal

Signal is a privacy-focused messaging app with end-to-end encryption and open-source transparency.

Signal is fully open-source, allowing for independent audits and community contributions to its codebase.
Signal uses end-to-end encryption by default for all communications, ensuring user privacy.
Signal is ad-free and does not engage in data mining or targeted advertising.
Signal does not use third-party trackers, ensuring user data is not shared with external parties.
Signal is free to use for all users, with no premium features locked behind paywalls (yet).
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OsmAnd

OsmAnd is an open-source navigation app with offline maps and no tracking.

OsmAnd does not require registration, ensuring user anonymity.
OSMAnd works entirely offline, allowing users to download maps and navigate without an internet connection.
OSMAnd is free and open-source software, developed with community involvement.
OSMAnd does not collect user data, ensuring strong privacy protections.
OSMAnd contains no ads, providing a clean and uninterrupted user experience.
OSMAnd is optimised for battery efficiency, extending device life during navigation.
OSMAnd offers a free version with core features, and a paid version with additional options.
OSMAnd is developed by OsmAnd B.V., a company based in the Netherlands, ensuring compliance with European privacy and data protection regulations.
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Firefox

Firefox is a popular open-source web browser developed by Mozilla.

Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection blocks third-party trackers and fingerprinting scripts by default, especially in Private Browsing Mode and Strict mode.Source: Firefox blocks fingerprinting
Firefox is fully open-source, allowing for community audits, contributions, and transparency in its development.Source: Github Repo
Firefox does not allow third-party trackers in its default browsing experience.Source: Third-party cookies and Firefox tracking protection
Firefox’s built-in ad and tracker blocking reduces unnecessary data and energy consumption, making it more efficient for users on limited data plans or battery-powered devices, especially when combined with the uBlock Origin Plugin.
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Qwant

Qwant is a French privacy-first search engine that does not track users.

Qwant is based in France, ensuring compliance with GDPR and strong privacy laws.
Qwant does not track users or resell personal data. For now, it forwards personal information to Bing though.
Qwant’s browser extension and some privacy tools are open-source, allowing for public review and transparency.
Qwant doesn't cost anything. Although one could argue that users pay with their personal data since IP address and search queries are shared with Big Tech.
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Olvid

Olvid is a French secure messaging app with no phone number required and high security.

Olvid client apps are fully open-source, allowing for independent audits and reproducible builds.
Olvid uses end-to-end encryption by default for all communications, ensuring user privacy.
Olvid is ad-free and does not engage in data mining or targeted advertising.
Olvid does not use third-party trackers, ensuring user data is not shared with external parties.
Olvid is based in France, ensuring compliance with EU privacy laws.
Olvid does not require a phone number or email address for registration, allowing anonymous use.
Olvid offers free use of its basic features. For individuals it costs 4.99€ per month if they want secure audio/video calls and multi-device support.
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Soverin

Soverin is an ISO-certified Dutch email provider with optional encryption.

Soverin is ad-free, providing a clean and distraction-free email experience.
Soverin is ISO 14001 certified. No evidence could be found that its servers are powered by renewable energy though.
Soverin does not track users or display personalised ads and allows encryption via PGP.
Soverin supports open-source standards and transparency, allowing independent audits.
Soverin is based in the Netherlands, ensuring compliance with strong European privacy laws.
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Organic Maps

Organic Maps is a privacy-focused navigation app with no tracking and minimal battery usage.

Organic Maps doesn't require you to create an account.
Organic Maps works entirely offline, allowing users to download maps and navigate without an internet connection.
Organic Maps does not collect personal data or track user locations, ensuring strong privacy protections.
Organic Maps contains no ads, providing a clean and uninterrupted user experience.
Organic Maps is free to use, with no hidden costs or subscriptions.
Organic Maps is optimised for minimal battery usage during navigation, extending device life.
Organic Maps is developed by a community-driven project based in Estonia, ensuring compliance with European privacy laws and GDPR.
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Session

Session is a decentralised, anonymous messaging app with a focus on privacy.

Session is fully open-source, allowing for independent audits and community contributions.
Session uses end-to-end encryption by default for all communications, ensuring user privacy.
Session is ad-free and does not engage in data mining or targeted advertising.
Session does not use third-party trackers, ensuring user data is not shared with external parties.
Session operates on a decentralized network, reducing reliance on single points of control and enhancing user privacy.
Session does not require a phone number or email address for registration, allowing anonymous use.
Session is available for free, with optional premium features (Session Pro) that require payment.
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Vivaldi

Vivaldi is a highly customisable ad- and AI-free web browser based on Chromium.

Vivaldi is mostly ad-free, ensuring a cleaner and more private user experience.
Vivaldi blocks ads and trackers by default, with a privacy dashboard for visibility into blocked content.Source: Fighting for a better web
Vivaldi’s built-in ad and tracker blocking reduces unnecessary data usage and saves energy. Additional energy is saved by avoiding AI bloat in its browser.
By default Vivaldi does not allow third-party cookies.
Vivaldi Technologies is based in Norway.
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HERE WeGo

HERE WeGo is a Dutch navigation app and a popular competitor to Google Maps.

HERE WeGo does not require registration, ensuring user anonymity.
HERE WeGo allows users to download maps for offline use, enabling navigation without an internet connection.
HERE WeGo is developed by HERE Technologies, a company based in the Netherlands, ensuring compliance with European privacy regulations.
HERE WeGo provides users with control over data sharing and does not require an account for basic navigation features, though some technical and location data is collected for service improvement.
HERE WeGo does not display ads during navigation or map use, offering a clean user interface.
HERE WeGo is free to use for core navigation and map features, with no subscription required.
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Mojeek

Mojeek is a UK-based independent search engine with strict privacy policies.

Mojeek is based in the UK, ensuring compliance with European privacy regulations.
Mojeek does not track users or store personal data, ensuring a private search experience through its independent non-third-party search index.
Mojeek provides open-source tools and APIs for developers.
Mojeek does not load or store any third-party resources. It does integrate external LLMs for its summaries though.
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Element (Matrix)

Element is an open-source, federated messaging app based on the Matrix protocol.

Element is fully open-source, including both client and server code, allowing for independent audits and community contributions.
Element uses end-to-end encryption by default for all communications, ensuring user privacy.
Element is ad-free and does not engage in data mining or targeted advertising.
Element does not use third-party trackers, ensuring user data is not shared with external parties.
Element operates on a decentralized network (Matrix), reducing reliance on single points of control and enhancing user privacy.
Element can be self-hosted, giving users full control over their data and communication infrastructure.
Element offers a free tier, though there are optional paid features for organisations.
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Ecosia

Ecosia is a German search engine with a focus on sustainability, donating all of its surplus revenue.

Ecosia is based in Germany, ensuring compliance with GDPR and strong privacy laws.
Ecosia produces and uses renewable energy to power its servers, reducing its carbon footprint.
Ecosia works anonymously. But users can create an account in order to track their implicit contributions to climate projects.
Ecosia donates all of its surplus revenue to conservation projects, supporting reforestation and climate action.
Ecosia doesn't cost anything. Although one could argue that users pay with their personal data since IP address and search queries are shared with Big Tech.
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Proton Mail

Proton Mail is an encrypted email service based in Switzerland.

Proton Mail clients are open-source, allowing for community audits and transparency.
Proton Mail offers self-hosting options for enterprises, giving full control over data.
Proton Mail does not track users or display personalised ads, ensuring a private email experience.
Proton Mail is based in Switzerland, it's relocating its infrastructure to other more privacy-friendly European countries.
Proton Mail does not show ads to their users apart from upgrade suggestions for their own services.
Proton Mail offers one email address with 1GB of storage free of charge.
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Brave

Brave is a privacy-focused web browser based on Chromium.

Brave is ad-free by default, ensuring a cleaner and more private user experience.
Brave blocks ads, trackers, and third-party cookies by default, reducing exposure to online tracking and fingerprinting.
Brave does not use third-party trackers or allow external parties to collect user data.
Brave’s built-in ad and tracker blocking reduces unnecessary data and energy consumption, making it more efficient for users on limited data plans or battery-powered devices.
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