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 Oooh, tough, would have to be either @protonprivacy or @signalapp and I can't decide which.
Either way the world needs more privacy as the current manifestation of surveillance capitalism is doing very few people any favours.
@zackwhittaker kanidm.
Wonderful and simple identity management platform, written in rust, open source of course.
@zackwhittaker Using LibreOffice and SyncThing side by side replaces Office and OneDrive.
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Well, they should move away from using American Certificate Authorities as quite a high priority and should be treated as a national security issue. So perhaps GlobalSign.
For consumers, Affinity by Canva and Davinci Resolve instead of Adobe.
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Nextcloud for calendar, contacts, files, photos and many more, depending on installed add ons. Did self hosting on a raspberry pi4 for years, then switched to a German provider
@klic big fan of self-hosting.
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Raspberry 4 with 8G and external HD. Still runs pi-hole, MediaWiki, a lyrion music server (ex squeezebox server) and a snowflake proxy.
Just moved nextcloud off site because I switched the pi of when in holidays....
@zackwhittaker #Fairphone5 (with e/OS) has probably been my favourite non-US hardware purchase.
For non-US software alone I'd say #protonmail (or their whole suite)
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OpenBSD, not the least because it ships with a powerful crypto stack due to Canada's relatively sensible export controls.
https://www.openbsd.org/crypto.html
You can hire an OpenBSD VPS from OpenBSD Amsterdam. This EU company donates a decent chunk of its revenue to the OpenBSD Foundation.
There are other hosts, but I can no longer recommend Vultr since it started calling itself "The AI-first Global Cloud Platform." <Gagging sounds>
@zackwhittaker OpenBSD, the largest non-US Open Source OS.
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#Linux. It's a good first step to get you out of the #Microsoft ecosystem. (Though probably a big one.)
@zackwhittaker #Nextcloud self hosted for calendars, address books and files. #GrapheneOS without Google Play Services and Google Accounts. Family approved, three devices so far, more to come. Works like a charm. 💪
@zackwhittaker Brush up your German skills 😅 https://di.day
@zackwhittaker Immich is an amazing replacement for Google/Apple Photos and for storage Opendrive/Nextcloud and these i was able to fully host myself with little knowledge of doing that. For mail/calendar etc. Protonmail.
@zackwhittaker and yeah, Mastodon!
@zackwhittaker as a European I've been using OVH for years. My own mastodon and Nextcloud instance are installed on a physical machine I rent from them and my Tor exit node on one of their cheap VPS. They also have all my domains. Stable and practical, 100% uptime in > decade of use.
I moved away from Gmail to Proton mail in 2021. I'm a bit scared by their CEO but he kept quiet eventually. Good suite.
@zackwhittaker Linux, a good alternative for your computer and soon for your phone !
@zackwhittaker My recommendation is @nextcloud because it's open, rock sold - never let me down in ~10y of usage - and it's backed by a sustainable business model.
#yunohost , an easy to maintain platform for selhosting (at home) stuff like #nextcloud , mails, #matrix , #vaultwarden for family and friends (creation of users is easy)
Easy to install, and easy to maintain, thank you all @yunohost
@zackwhittaker Mailbox from germany, because They use Green Energy and value data Protection
@zackwhittaker n8n for Workflow Automation. Great software from Berlin.
@zackwhittaker Google Workspace and M365 -> Nextcloud
@zackwhittaker immich instead of all the cloud image services.
@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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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
