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I use windscribe VPN and I use sync.com. What other softwares do you have a Canadian alternative for?

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[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

I was considering sync.com, but after seeing Facebook ads for it, I decided to not give them my money if they're going to pay for Facebook ads. I would still use them over Google or Apple Cloud though.

I would like to try Windscribe at some point, and also 1Password, whatbox.ca for seeding.

GrapheneOS is Canadian. I'm hoping to buy a Fairphone 6 at some point, and put Graphene on it

https://www.clove.co.uk/collections/mid-range-smartphones/products/fairphone-gen-6

Wealthsimple Tax (free)

CohereAI instead of MistralAI whenever I can.

Qobuz is partially Quebec invested.

On Bandcamp Fridays, where Bandcamp takes 0℅ of the revenue and gives them to the artist, I include well deserved Canadian artists -- especially since I've been boycotting Ticketmaster and their large quantity of subsidary companies.

Using interac when I can. Will even message Canadian companies if I can pay via interac e-transfer instead. Its been warmly welcomed so far.

https://patrii.cloud/ has been e-transfer by default,

a bike shop in a remote province was willing to do e-transfer.

Some other hosting providers https://colocataires.dev/

Tailscale VPN is Canadian and has a free tier.

voip.ms is Canadian if you wanted a cheap phone number over voip.

[–] CurbCuts@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

GrapheneOS only works on a Pixel and Motorola in the future if the rumors are true. With the fairphone you can do some linux OSs but not GrapheneOS.

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 8 points 2 days ago

GrapheneOS is Canadian.

Oh wow I didnt realize that. That’s awesome

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I went with Sync.com because I needed something affordable quickly, but it is awful. I don't know much about the behind-the-scenes stuff but the everything about the front end feels like it was made by amateurs. You can't even search for files on the browser; you only have the ability to filter within the folder.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can search in the app. Just tried it.

I hadn't searched before. I had the service, I use it for storage (30G of stuff) but I'm not a heavy user. I moved from apple to grapheneOS.

I like them.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

The app, yes, but not web, which is what I need to use on Linux because they don't even have an API for third-party clients.

The app has its problems too. Like no video thumbnails, can't filter in folder (lol), auto camera backup backs up all images in the DCIM folder and not the DCIM/Camera.

I'm happy that you like the service, but it's definitely not for me.

[–] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How do you access CohereAI? I don't think they have a commercial LLM like chatgpt or anything. I don't think so.

[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Exactly. I would connect FOSS software I have it I ever want an external AI and it was available.

Concerning a Chatbot, I really wish they had one. The best I could do is connect something like AnythingLLM, Open WebUI, Goose, Zed if they support it.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I went with sync.com, but do not plan on renewing my subscription I only went with them because they offered a Nextcloud setup. I will be going with a self hosted Nextcloud setup when the time comes, or whenever I get around to getting a working NVMe drive for the pi 5 that does not have one.

I use 1Password, it is great no complaints. I do however plan on moving to Bitwarden in the future.

On Monday I am signing up for the CRA program that does your taxes for you. I do not make lots of money so it is a simple choice for me.

I use etransfer when possible as well.

I use wireguard for my VPN into my LAN so that I can use pihole to block ads. I also use unbound so that my ISP sees less of where my traffic is going.

[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use Bitwarden because it's free and they support FOSS.

I do plan on trying 1Password at some point, but its expensive.

Something like this might help you setup Nextcloud via Docker, and also other services https://github.com/mother-of-all-self-hosting/mash-playbook

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I am leaning towards going to Bitwarden, because it is FOSS as I have discovered that I may lean further left than a socialist. The mash-playbook you are suggesting has Vaultwarden in it, looking at the differences someone says Bitwarden is audited but Vaultwarden is not.

I apologize I did not look to far into the other apps.