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These are just alternatives to Google. Some are privacy-oriented, but others are just not Google. They may, in fact, be worse than Google.
That's not a bad list. Even if the alternatives are not "private", not putting all your eggs in one basket may be a good idea.
Noteworthy is the lack of Microsoft products in that list. Sure Microsoft isn't known for being the champion of privacy, but neither are Dropbox and Slack.
How are these alternatives "privacy-friendly"? I'm pretty sure Opera, Vimeo and many others are monetized and include advertising. Also, why does something like Google Authenticator need a "privacy-friendly" alternative when it doesn't even need Internet connectivity to work? Don't get me wrong, we should put down Google products, but are the ones listed here really any better for privacy and security?
https://alternativeto.net/ not all results will be privacy focused. some other alternatives Browser waterfox and other forks search yacy email self hosted various vps serves sheets/docs own/next cloud. libre/open office video hooktube invidius adwords a-ads dns opennic drive sia ipfs storj... hangouts keybase bitmessage tox images pixeldrain(sia)
Don’t host your own email. Unless you don’t want anyone to be able receive your emails.
[0] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page [1] https://canweimage.com
We just added the 'rclone'[2] binary executable to our (very strictly limited) environment which basically allows you to send/recv to and from any cloud service.
So, not just a good alternative to google drive (et. al) but a very useful "cloud storage swiss army knife" in general.
[1] https://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/canary.txt [2] https://rclone.org/
Please consider adding rsync.net as a privacy friendly[1] alternative to gdrive, etc. We just added the 'rclone'[2] binary executable to our (very strictly limited) environment which basically allows you to send/recv to and from any cloud service . So, not just a good alternative to google drive (et. al) but a very useful "cloud storage swiss army knife" in general. [1] https://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/canary.…
I've been looking for an alternative to Google Docs/Sheets/Slides/etc for a while and I've seen these couple of suggestions come up a few times. Each time I look at them, I find their websites to be incomprehensible to what their product actually _is_. The worst of them is Coda. Looking at their landing page, I have NO idea what Coda is or does. None of the other alternatives seem to do what I want easily. I want to…
As far as I know there is only iOS and Android forks. Android forks are an option if your phone supports it, but living without Google Play (Services) limits your app choices a lot.
Windows Phone and Blackberry sadly gave up the battle. Others like Ubuntu phone and Firefox OS never really materialised.
As far as Google Play alternatives go, there is the Amazon store and F-droid, but good luck finding even the most basic Android apps on either.
Honestly, I'd settle for a dumbphone with WhatsApp(extremely widely used here) and a browser. Almost feels like we're coming full-circle to the first iPhone with very few native apps and powerful web app capabilities.
For me the biggest problem is Youtube. The other solutions are not in the same level of quality/quantity. DuckDuckGo feels way better as a product to me (using sometimes the bang to use google in privacy mode). And ProtonMail is good enough.
How are these alternatives "privacy-friendly"? I'm pretty sure Opera, Vimeo and many others are monetized and include advertising. Also, why does something like Google Authenticator need a "privacy-friendly" alternative when it doesn't even need Internet connectivity to work? Don't get me wrong, we should put down Google products, but are the ones listed here really any better for privacy and security?
Yet Google Authenticator requests full network access. An alternative like AndOTP doesn't.