- cross-posted to:
- degoogle@lemmy.ml
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- degoogle@lemmy.ml
My website has grown to 20 categories.
Please check it out. Which important categories and alternatives are missing? What should be removed again?
(I’ve noted earlier feedback to consider removing Proton, Brave, Signal. Which I will try to address by next month.)
I’ve added the controversial topic of AI chatbots. While I think there can’t be truly sustainable options, I think it makes a difference whether you enter your prompts on privacy-threatening, intentionally biased and military supporting providers or with providers who adhere to rules regarding fair use of AI and privacy.
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What about self hosted options for some of these categories? For search you could do SearXNG, for music streaming plexamp, jellyfin, navidrome. Maps I’d add Gnome Maps (openstreetmap) for desktop and tablet use, obviously not a great choice for phones.
Regarding interesting messengers, there’s also briar (remember somewhat recent stuff with normie news outlets being unable to shut up about some apparently famous dude making a messenger that works over Bluetooth? Briar is that, but quite a bit more mature, and also capable of working over WiFi and tor). Then, simplex, which builds upon the idea of not having a permanent id. Finally, there are reticulum meshchat, sideband and nomadnet, which are similar in purpose to briar, but take the idea to the extreme (being reticulum-based, they potentially work over anything capable of transmitting binary, from sound to entangled particles)
I’m always missing Conversations/Dino (XMPP) from chat apps. It does (almost) everything Signal/Matrix does but without a phone number and it can run on a potato.
@kjtrnc Do you want to add things like @yunohost and other PaaS solutions as well as tools like @davx5app or @fdroidorg dont forget @civicrm as well so much good software @friendi.ca the list goes on
Yes, will definitely look into those. Thanks for suggesting. Social Media will be one of the next categories. Didn’t know of civicrm, looks great at first glance.
@kjtrnc You will find plenty on @degoogle and other degoogle and #demeta groups.
Or just look at the list of supported apps for #yunoshost
I am new to the topic, so I can’t really contribute. But I love to see other people help the boycott.
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Switched to Vivaldi. Awesome browser on all plattforms IMO.
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Switched to Proton Mail, and feel good about it. Why is Proton bad?
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And Big Win: I now host my own Nextcloud, Kalender and paperless-ngx. Highly recommend these, from a usability point of view. Can’t say much about the technical or security perspective.
Great to hear! I can’t say anything bad about the Proton Mail product. I noted the criticism of the Trump-friendly comments by Proton’s CEO and got aware of false claims regarding the privacy of its newly released Proton Meet.
Things like this drive me crazy, especially in light of a conversation I had yesterday, because I don’t think people realize how damaging it is to overall privacy.
I have a friend who has been all in on Google for years. Yesterday he mentioned to me that he started playing with Proton Mail and wanted to talk to me about it, as he knows I switched last year. He said he linked it but comments he’s been reading online have him skeptical about trusting them.
I went through the process I followed, and the 12 different providers I tested, before I chose Proton. We discussed the difference between privacy and anonymity and that there are avenues to do both with Proton should he want to. I also showed him the comment that the Proton CEO posted about supporting Trump’s choice for a cabinet member who has a history of preferring small businesses over large corporations with Proton’s defense.
I also stopped simping for Proton and offered a number of other alternatives he could try like my second choice, Tuta, and the number of improvements they have done since I first tested them. I even suggested FastMail because it at least sets the stage to get off a more privacy-invasive vendor.
In the end, his comment was that this was all overwhelming and that it’s best to stick with “the devil you know.” So now, he will remain with Google because there is too much controversy in the privacy world, and I suspect this is true for a lot of “normal” people who are just now starting to consider improving their overall privacy and security.
With every tool, someone is going to have a problem. We let perfection become the enemy of good, and this helps people feel comfortable in deciding to stay with large American tech.
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Why isn’t ICECAT in your list while BRAVE and VIVALDI are?
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Sounds like one of those Why Waa Waa questions. There’s currently only six browsers listed, at the moment. It’s not some all inclusive thing.
Where’s Fennec, where’s IronFox, where’s WebLibre, where’s Cromite or Helium or Tor Browser or or…?
Give these kinds of lists and the organizers time to check and test things or get additional feedback.
