It's contacts syncing that I'm stuck on. Hoping to do something with a box running OMV but I've never come across anything so simple as Google Contacts π
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Since you included decentralized solutions like Peertube, maybe add SearXNG instances for searches ?
Hmm...Peertube was so easy for me to search and useβI think a lot of people wouldn't even know it's decentralizedβbut the SearXNG website is much more complicated. I'm looking for non-Google products that are easy for the average, non-tech person. Think SearXNG would work?
All they need to know is basically "Just pick an instance close to you and be done, and if it ever stops working well just pick another", which is the same thing as when creating an account on the Fediverse except that instances come and go a lot more.
So it would depends entirely on whether they can find the list of public instances easily... which is admittedly a problem π
You're right about the website, there is a link to the list of public instances on https://docs.searxng.org/ but it's a bit drowned amidst all the other stuff. If I was a regular user I would take one look at the website and run away really fast.
The Wikipedia page on SearXNG does link it, in the section about instances, but I'm not sure how many people would check the wikipedia page rather than the website
As a software dev... im still too stupid to use searxng. Guess its more of a "If its not that easy I wont go further learning it".
Maybe it was a lot of features missing that I missed from Duckduckgo.
OK, I'm glad it's not just me. :D
In the map area, I have been trying all of the proposed alternatives but ended up using Magic Earth as my main alternative on Android. For walking, I use OsmAnd+.
Thanks, I'll check out Magic Earth!
nah With all respect, as a proton user, proton docs sucks ass. but that may change in the future
Now make a EU version.
Maybe after this!
For news I would advice using the newstool MiniFlux.
MiniFlux
That looks awesome...but also complicated. I'm looking for things that, say, my mom could figure out. (She can't understand how to copy/paste, but would like to leave the Google ecosystem.0 :) Maybe someone should create a similar graphic for more tech-savvy people?
Yeah, rss isn't for everyone.
The capitalization for OsmAnd should be corrected. Please?
Of course! Thanks!
I see Ground News recommended all the time but for some reason i cannot trust it, idk why
I mean it's heavily advertised by YouTubers. And basically everything that sponsors YouTube videos is a scam.
Isn't Grayjay a frontend for YouTube?
Aha! Yes, it is. Any suggestions for non-YouTube video platforms?
Maybe Peertube or Odyssey.
Thanks!
It is. Same as NewPipe but they are using different extraction methods I think.
Nextcloud replaces Photo's, Drive and docs.
And more
Grr, I'm trying to sign up for an account to try it out and it keeps failing! I'll try again later, it sounds even better than I thought.
Oh, perfect!
mullvad browser was discontinued but ironfox is an up to date fork
It looks like Mullvad still exists ...but last time I checked, it was free and now it's around $5/month?
Thanks for the info, I'll check it out!
Thanks for the info!
Are you sure it was discontinued? Mullvad is not Mull.
you're right I'm trippin
I get these confused all the time.
Open source licensing, offline-only usability, and self-hostable are the only important criteria to me, and they are not listed here.
Yes, I'd say this is for beginnersβsay, my momβwho are heavily in the Google ecosystem and don't know how to get out. Maybe I should change the focus away from privacy, since Google has many other issues besides privacy that made me leave.
Thank you!
Not listing Organic Maps is a travesty. Possibly mention Immich, though I see you're going more for SaaS and not really self hosted
Yes, this is definitely more for beginners (like myself. :) I will check out Organic Maps and maybe add them in, thanks!
If you try Organic Maps yourself, try using Sherpa Onnx TTS with it. It's a great open source match and really makes the experience of navigation top tier
Thanks!
Disregard my OM suggestion. I just became aware of recent drama within It's community and there looks to be a fork coming soon.
https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c
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