Is there a good open replacement for point of interest search in the mapping space? This is the main thing I end up switching back to Google Maps for. Open Street Maps is good if I already know my address ahead of time, but at least the Android incarnation (Osmand+) has a search UI only a mother could love. Even if that worked consistently, it seems to just not have more than half of the businesses nearby. Am I missing an option somewhere?
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#62Currently shopping for an email host. For 2-3 accounts, Protonmail is pretty pricey, compared with tutanota... I've heard good things about protonmail, but does anybody have experience with tutanota or any of the other alternatives listed?
I've been happy with Microsoft Exchange for years.
Pushes straight to Apple Mail on iPhone/iPad etc
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#63I feel like all that's ever talked about here as bad about search is privacy. But what about good results? Google search results have an extremely heavy commercial bias. What would the internet look like without that? I would really like to have a say in how the ranking algorithm works. If I could, for example, exclude results from the Alexa Top 100k with a toggle, I bet I'd find interesting content a lot easier. Mos…
Why doesn't Million Short suit you? It is precisely that toggle to cut out the big commercial websites.
I didn't know about it, so big thanks. That for sure will be a useful tool. However, that was only one example of what I'd like to be able to do. I'd also really like visibility into the ranking algorithm and to be able to tweak the criteria it prioritizes to suit the interests of my search.
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#64I feel like one of these gets posted every month, and it's the same discussion every month.
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#65>Google analytics >Google fonts >Cloudflare justprivacy.org
Donald Trump literally proved, as long as you say what people want to hear, that's all that matters.
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#66Is there a good open replacement for point of interest search in the mapping space? This is the main thing I end up switching back to Google Maps for. Open Street Maps is good if I already know my address ahead of time, but at least the Android incarnation (Osmand+) has a search UI only a mother could love. Even if that worked consistently, it seems to just not have more than half of the businesses nearby. Am I missi…
Is just search broken, or is the data itself not there?
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#67All in all a decent effort at providing some Google alternatives. However, if the focus is on privacy I would not even recommend any services that are not specifically privacy-focused (IMO), even with a disclaimer. I would encourage anyone to self-review any services listed.
Godaddy is offered as a domain and website host, when they have been known to inject JavaScript tracking code unbeknownst to the user [0].
[0] https://www.igorkromin.net/index.php/2019/01/13/godaddy-is-s...
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#68Currently shopping for an email host. For 2-3 accounts, Protonmail is pretty pricey, compared with tutanota... I've heard good things about protonmail, but does anybody have experience with tutanota or any of the other alternatives listed?
I like Fastmail. Longevity is important to me in an email provider. They've been around for 20+ years and seem to be well liked.
Same. Switched a couple years ago.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
you can '!g search' in ddg to search google instead
That adds more time since the query is sent to DDG and then bounces the browser to Google. For searches where one prefers Google, using it directly (which is easier in Firefox for me) is a better option.
Do you really notice the extra milliseconds?
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#70All in all a decent effort at providing some Google alternatives. However, if the focus is on privacy I would not even recommend any services that are not specifically privacy-focused (IMO), even with a disclaimer. I would encourage anyone to self-review any services listed. Godaddy is offered as a domain and website host, when they have been known to inject JavaScript tracking code unbeknownst to the user [0]. [0] h…
That’s only if use their name servers right? I’ve used godaddy for 13-14 years on personal sites and I just point the domains to my own ip.