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People are discussing NotebookLM primarily in terms of privacy and data-sharing concerns, and looking for an open-source alternative to avoid giving Google their information. The conversation is framed around finding a tool that replicates the usefulness of NotebookLM without relying on Google’s data practices.

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Key Takeaway NotebookLM’s appeal is tempered by privacy concerns, prompting users to seek open-source options that don’t require giving Google their data.
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NotebookLM’s appeal is tempered by privacy concerns, prompting users to seek open-source options that don’t require giving Google their data.

People are discussing NotebookLM primarily in terms of privacy and data-sharing concerns, and looking for an open-source alternative to avoid giving Google their information. The conversation is framed around finding a tool that replicates the usefulness of NotebookLM without relying on Google’s data practices.

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Top 1 signals · NotebookLM’s appeal is tempered
Android Authority · 3d ago
Love NotebookLM but hate giving Google your data? I found a great open-source alternative

Briefing Findings · NotebookLM’s appeal is tempered

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Main complaint Hate giving Google your data
NotebookLM status Some love NotebookLM despite the data concerns

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  • Love NotebookLM but hate giving Google your data? I found a great open-source alternative Android Authority
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Love NotebookLM but hate giving Google your data? I found a great open-source alternative

NotebookLM is great, but its ties to Google are less so. Open Notebook could be the alternative you've been looking for.

3d ago Andrew Grush
xda-developers.com

This self-hosted research tool does what NotebookLM does, but without the daily limits

NotebookLM set the standard, but this open-source alternative came closer than I expected.

3d ago Yash Patel
androidpolice.com

I ignored NotebookLM's customization tools for months, and it was a mistake

I was leaving NotebookLM's best feature unused

19h ago Anu Joy
xda-developers.com

I let NotebookLM build my source list, and it found sources I missed

Source Discovery in NotebookLM helped me find sources I would've missed on my own and gave me an even better starting point.

1d ago Judy Sanhz
xda-developers.com

I spent an afternoon trying to make NotebookLM hallucinate, and I was genuinely impressed

I really, really tried

2d ago Mahnoor Faisal

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Could NotebookLM be next?

There's literally a website called Killed by Google dedicated to tracking every product the company has discontinued, and at this point, the list is long enough to make anyone hesitant about getting too attached to a Google product (no matter how good it may be). Given that NotebookLM spent months as an experiment in Labs, then graduated from it and became a full-fledged product and is where it is today, I don't really think it'll get killed off. But what I covered in the section above does seem plausible. NotebookLM could stop being its own thing, and just become a tab inside Gemini. All that

Google's silence on NotebookLM at I/O proves why people don't trust their products
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