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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Some of these recommendations are kinda wack...

BlueSky but no mention of Mastodon?
Deezer is primarily owned by an American investment fund
Tuta is actively enshittifying
ReVanced is still YouTube you're just adding a middleman
HERE WeGo's website doesn't even load atm but where is OpenStreetMap and its thousands of frontends?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree with all of those remarks except the last because the here we go app imo is the best google maps replacement

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

What does it do different?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

what is wrong with Tuta tho? ive not experienced anything bad yet

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

copy pasted

Every once in a while theyโ€™ll send you an email with special CSS styling so you canโ€™t avoid seeing it and you canโ€™t unsubscribe from it. They call it a newsletter. Itโ€™s advertising. Itโ€™s less news and more begging you to buy more of their stuff. Very occasionally theyโ€™ll bump new features onto a higher tier but still show that feature in your UI, with special CSS styling. God forbid if they try to upgrade your account but you deny because youโ€™re happy with the features you have now and the amount you pay; they push harder and harder the longer youโ€™re on a โ€˜legacyโ€™ tier.

It happened to me. Itโ€™ll happen to you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Blue sky is based in the US tho. There may be instances elsewhere, but it's still dependent on a US company (unlike Mastodon).

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago

i barely use X/BlueSky anyway lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't use HERE WeGo. Jus another for-profit company with closed-source maps. Use OrganicMaps. It's based on Open-Street-Maps.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Is there anyone offering a Waze alternative though? OrganicMaps is offline first and privacy focused which is not something I'm looking for in my navigation app.

I need live traffic and speed controls and so on. Haven't found an alternative yet :(

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Bluesky is just twitter 2.0, Mastodon is the better alternative

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Only just started using it, but Mullvad has open the doors to their new search engine.

https://leta.mullvad.net/

It pulls results from Google.

Mullvad Leta uses the Google Search API as a proxy, caching each search. These cached results are shared amongst all users, reducing costs and improving privacy. This service is user-supported and doesn't rely on ads or data selling.

Our browser extension simplifies access. Once your account number is set in the settings, there's no need to log in each time. To protect against correlation attacks and manage costs, searches are cached for 30 days, possibly resulting in slightly outdated results.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've moved my email and google Drive etc.to infomaniak.com and I'm very happy.

I'd like to replace google Photo's, I'm struggling to find an alternative that also allows me to search using image recognition. (like in google photos)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Try Jotta Cloud, itโ€™s originated in Norway.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Deezer is mostly owned by American funds, go on Quobuz instead !

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've heard them over and over but I will not join anyone who wants my credit card information before telling me what music is actually available.

They are a no go for me just because of this behavior.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

fair enough

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

nah i didnt know about the deezer thing. im gonna try to use soundcloud instead. Qobuz costs a bit too much imo

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nice, thanks !

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do you make that list?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I took the original image and edited it using GIMP

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh I see:) I wanted to make one and thought that maybe theres a site to make one

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

i wish hahah, wouldve been easier. and if there is idk what the name is

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I was hoping for an uber alternative with bolt and thought it looked interesting...

https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/570434/#trackers