I feel like a version of this guide gets reposted weekly, but it’s always out of date.
u/theFallenWalnut over on that other site updates these regularly.
They also now link to !purchasewithpurpose@lemmy.world but I don’t see anything posted there. Maybe a better place to start reposting these
Windows, MacOS -> Linux
Librewolf?
Oh yeah, that’s the stuff.IceRaven for android?
Obligatory (though not asked for or even mentioned) Any VPN -> Mullvad (Proton VPN uses Mullvad as a backend)
Once question I have as Firefox seems to be playing with fire is what is a good alternative for Firefox relay that isn’t iCloud?
Do you have any suggestions for an alternative to Google photos?
I’ve heard of Ente, it’s made in the US, but you can self-host it and it’s encrypted
Thank you. To be honest I don’t have time for self hosting, I’d prefer a commercial service. Ideally a service that offers mail, calendar and some kind of remote drive too.
Then you’ll probably want both the Proton suite (or similar) and Ente
Immich!
I’m just using Nextcloud’s Memories app. I prefer to keep my photo backups in the same place as everything else in my cloud storage anyway, so it works nicely
Seconded. Its a great experience, my only complains is that photo synchronization with my phone isn’t stellar. Best solution I’ve found thus far is a proprietary app called FolderSync
Interesting, maybe I should look for a next cloud provider that offers email too
For mail, there’s also Disroot, free, based in tbe Netherlands. Not as much free storage as the mainstream providers, but it does let you send incripted mails, and unlike Tuta and Proton, they let you use a client like Thunderbird!
You can use proton in an email client, but you have to install their bridge service first. This is the only way I use it personally
I personally wouldn’t recommend proton mail https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/
Libby is amazing! If you frequent the library, I highly recommend!
Also https://librivox.org/ Just free public domain audio books.
Kagi is actively funding the Russian government as they use, and pay for, their search provider Yandex. It’s not the only one they are using, but it’s one of them.
Fastmail is Australia based. They have atrocious privacy laws.
I would never use anything Australia based. It’s all gone to shit.
Safari is a great browser
browser and search guides links don’t work btw
Both work for me, redirects to Reddit. Check you adblocker?
Edit: Browser direct, Email direct
Note, the redirect links in theory can update when OOP updates, these direct links will eventually be outdated.
i do infact have an adblocker, thanks for the direct links👍
You get a lot of cool shit as a Vivaldi user. I have a free 10 GB email address there, free Mastodon account (not that it cost money to begin with, but they have their own mastodon instance for all their users), and just a couple of days ago they introduced free VPN protection through ProtonVPN. It’s mostly an ad campaign as you can’t select country when connecting to it, but you are tunneled through a vpn that’s closest to you out of the “free pool”. I suppose if blogging is your passion they have free blogging space as well, so yeah, lots of reasons to like Vivaldi.
But! When manifest v3 gets enforced come June and Vivaldi’s adblocker can’t perform to the same standard as uBlock Origin, maybe the Vivaldi browser is a dead end?I’m curious how they get enough money to support all of this?
At one point “brave” and “crypto” seemed to appear in the same sentence too often. Put me off Brave. Everything needs funding, but I don’t want in on Ponzis.
This is their business model, at least the one they’ve published.
Yay! Vivaldi made it.
