If you could pick one non-U.S. tech, product, or service to switch to, what would you recommend, and why? Open-source and self-hosting options welcome!
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@zackwhittaker there are some great alternatives here: https://european-alternatives.eu/ and here: https://euro-stack.com/
@zackwhittaker Qobuz instead of Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal etc.
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codeberg
syncthing
onlyoffice
navidrome
only one?
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even i think one is too few.
i think replacing googled android or iphone with un-googled android or operating system goes as one. there are non-u.s. manufacturers and android variants.
normie smartphones are privacy nightmares.
serious contender is linux distribution. replace windows machine with linux.
@zackwhittaker I’m happy with the service I get from Fastmail. However they’re Australian and email privacy laws there are … so-so.
@zackwhittaker I use Delta Chat for keeping in touch with my contacts. Simple, effective and European.
@zackwhittaker shout out to @doncow for the all-in-one containerized mail server suite
@zackwhittaker I’ve been collecting Canadian alternatives to US tech: https://worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alternatives
@zackwhittaker rather than picking one, here's a site to choose from:
https://european-alternatives.eu/
@zackwhittaker GrapheneOS, Proton mail, Vaultwarden.
@zackwhittaker Codeberg instead of Github
@zackwhittaker Nextcloud. Works great. Can be self hosted. Lots of add ons
Sorry... Can't pick just one...
Have been on year-long (+) journey to disengage from any/all US-based so-called Big Tech in each and every way possible...
Kagi search, Tuta mail, Open Street Maps, Card-a-base,...
On-going... 🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Immich for photos. Nothing else I've seen comes close in features. Requires self hosting but once it's up and running, it's wonderful.
@zackwhittaker yah, in my local area (us), there are a few engineers started to replace every big tech stuff with foss services and offering them to my local communty.
situation is pretty bad that one journalist friend became too worried and asked me to give access to my own hosted stuff, like matrix, nextcloud, blog, kiwix, etc.
@zackwhittaker Nextcloud
Also Vivaldi as a web browser
@zackwhittaker Mastodon ;P
- Nextcloud calendar, contacts, files storage, etc. and with Collabora to work on documents online.
- Mox self hosted mailserver.
- LibreOffice to work on documents offline.
- Home Assistant for home automation.
- Codeberg git server.
- DNS4EU, Quad9, and OpenDNS as DNS servers. LuaDNS and desec.io DNS for own domains.
- Fairphone
- OsmAnd, or TomTom navigation.
- GrapheneOS phone OS.
@zackwhittaker Univention Corporate Server to replace Microsoft Active Directory. Just ask the Germans.
@zackwhittaker Nextcloud, because almost everyone needs some sort of file sync, and you get calendars, notes, tasks, a collaborative office suite, cookbook, password manager and so much more easily installed.
Yes, there are better standalone options for many of those things, but the ease of setup and use in Nextcloud directly is really nice.
@zackwhittaker #NextCloud by a mile.
Pictures from your phone go where YOU save them, not icloud/gcloud whatever.
Calendar and contacts? Same deal, your hardware. Share them with your spouse! All bog standards
Dropbox? fuck that, YOUR hardware! Syncing clients for every desktop OS and phone.
Sharepoint? no more need.
Collaborative office suite opendocument compatible? Also yes.
Framework for even more shit (matrix, openstreetmaps, mastodon)? AGAIN, YES
100% FOSS, self-hostable, scales? 👍
@zackwhittaker NEXTCLOUD, by a mile.
Pictures from your phone go where YOU save them, not icloud/gcloud whatever.
calendar and contacts? same deal, your hardware. Share them with your spouse! All bog standards
Dropbox? fuck that, YOUR hardware! Syncing clients for every desktop OS and phone.
Sharepoint? no more need.
Collaborative office suite opendocument compatible? Also yes.
Framework for even more shit (matrix, openstreetmaps, mastodon)? AGAIN, YES
100% FOSS, self-hostable, scales? 👍
I ditched Gmail for @Tutanota with my own domain and I'm never looking back.
@zackwhittaker started looking at Nextcloud to replace M365 for the family. Can’t recommend yet cause we haven’t switched. Already have some Linux in place.
@zackwhittaker Proton app suite is great and replaces a lot of Google app functions (drive, mail, calendar, password locker + VPN as the cherry on top) but with an inbuilt privacy focus and hosting in Europe
Fastmail! Great open source developers, a worker-owned co-op, and it works really, really well!
Yeah they are great service, keep in mind however their servers are hosted in the US.
Fairphone (E/os version)
with
Proton Mail/Drive
@zackwhittaker Signal because it 
#awesome :D