A pretty hard challenge on here seems to be, refraining from telling people about *alternatives* that aren't really *alternatives*.
If someone asks about a service they don't have to self-host, a self-hostable service is *not an alternative*.
If your *alternative* doesn't have at least 75% of the features that the other app has it's *not an alternative*.
Most people aren't actually searching for another puzzle they have to decrypt, they're searching for apps that do the same or similar things without destroying the world more or making some rich asshole eternally richer.