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(had to add some of my own through GIMP bc the website doesnt have alot of choice)

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[-] birdwing 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Other alternatives:

Mail: Tuta, Mailbox.

Search Engines: SearXNG, Mullvad

Alternative to Signal: SimpleX Chat

AI: Ollama, Kobold.cpp, Llamafix

Browsers: LibreWolf, Tor, Mullvad

Navigation: OsmAnd, Organic Maps

Also, recommended for everyone regardless of threat model...

a paid VPN. And not one of the flagship ones either. Pay attention to the VPN's jurisdiction. If it's US-based or Swiss-based, it's imo a no-go.

Whatever goes on stock market can be discarded. If it's on stocks, it'll be far more profit-oriented and that's a problem.

[-] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

Calling Molly an alternative to Signal is a bit much. It's, as far as I understand it, a recompile of Signal with Google Service intergations replaced by Open Source integrations

[-] birdwing 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yikes, didn't know that. Removed it, thanks.

[-] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's still a good alternative to the signal client, just no alternative to Signal as a messaging platform

[-] jmaris@eupolicy.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

@birdwing @blinfabian is SimpleX fully open source ?

I personally really like delta chat and element. Both are fully open source and federated

[-] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago
[-] morethanevil@lemmy.fedifriends.social 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They even suspended journalist accounts this month

I don't recommend Proton anymore

[-] roserose56@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There are a lot of EU emails providers not just proton.
Just to list some:
mailbox.org
posteo.de
soverin.com
tutanota.com
infomaniak.com
mailo.com

Also this https://european-alternatives.eu/

edit: general speaking, too much proton.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

AFAIR none of those allow sending and receiving calendar invitations, that interfunction with outside services (eg Outlook.com, Gmail, Apple). Proton does. Send a calendar invitation from gmail/outlook/Apple to a Proton user; they can accept it and it will automatically add to their calendar and send back an acceptance email that gmail/etc understands. Vice-versa also true.

I trialled almost all of those before I ended with Proton, because it was the only one that felt like they actually tried to get calendar and email functionality on par with major (non-privacy focussed) service providers, and in general was the most polished.

They are all fine if literally all you need is simple email though.

[-] roserose56@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the info!

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Tuta does.

Source: I use Tuta as my main driver.

[-] als 19 points 3 weeks ago

Why'd you choose HERE WeGo over a FOSS option like CoMaps?

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 8 points 3 weeks ago

because i like a maps app that functions

[-] Kalon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It would be nice to see that in F-Droid. I assume they are working on that.

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Kalon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I realize now that it is on F-droid. I needed to change display options so I could see it.

[-] az04@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like Google Photos -> TrueNAS is too vague, TrueNAS is just an operating system, and it's creator, iXsystems, is American so it doesn't fit here at all.

My solution is Immich running on a docker container in OpenMediaVault. OpenMediaVault is German and Immich is multinational FOSS.

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

i use a smb share on truenas. truenas is opensource thats why i included it

[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 17 points 3 weeks ago

How about from ChatGPT to nothing?

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 7 points 3 weeks ago
[-] bigchunga@feddit.online 13 points 3 weeks ago

Too much Proton for my taste.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Iโ€™m currently moving from Proton to Tuta. The fiasco with shutting off journalists accounts without recourse was one straw too far.

[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Missing Photoshop --> GNU Image Manipulation Program (doing business as GIMP)

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 5 points 3 weeks ago

ikr? although, GIMP is not the replacement. GIMP is first choice๐Ÿ”ฅ

[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

Would be nice if they added Social Media in there

aka.
Reddit --> PieFed

[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I like it. Well done! Didn't even know proton has that many things.

[-] Szewek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

I used to search with Ecosia, but the Bing-sourced results were sometimes really poor quality. I've recently gave one more try to Karma Search. While it worked really poorly earlier this year, I am very positively surprised by the quality of the results! (Of course, the "quality" is my vibe at the moment, and idk if there are good ways to benchmark search engines)

[-] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

How good is here we go with non car locations? Also does it have trains and buses?

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago

walking/cycling its pretty bad imo, but i never have issues with the trains, buses and the car

[-] the_beach_lasagna@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

For AI Language models, I have been happy with Mistral's Le Chat. For VPNs, use NordVPN. Both are great European alternatives for US-based tech giants.

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