• Hichiro@jlai.luEnglish
      2·
      19 days ago

      sometime it’s better, for example signal is more popular as an alternative and value more privacy. But if you want to go a step further then you can go use less popular tools.

      I didn’t switch yet because I don’t own replace messenger and whatsapp by 3-4 new product…

  • pantherina@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    19 days ago

    Some really weird suggestions.

    Free Software does not have a country of origin.

    • NixOS, uBlue, AerynOS poorly all rely on Github (Microsoft), but are far better distros than Ubuntu or Mint
    • Librewolf is better than Waterfox and way more common
    • Ecosia uses Bing, Kagi uses Yandex and is shady. Metager, SearX, Swisscows and more are actually good
    • Android, iOS -> GrapheneOS. No iodeOS, they are insecure and not comparable. Same for Fairphone and /e/OS. GrapheneOS is free software but also mainly in the US
  • Shtef@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    20 days ago

    I think federated vs cetralised should be a classification for social media platforms

  • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    20 days ago

    the legend is incomplete. what’s red? what’s the globe icon? how come some products marked not majority EU owned have the EU flag?

  • Undertaker@feddit.orgEnglish
    21·
    20 days ago

    The incomplete guide…
    Cryptpad, ONLYOFFICE, Fennec, Mullvad Browser, Librewolf, Thunderbird, FairEmail, SimpleX, Lemmy, Peertube

    Bluesky? Wtf

  • wanderColossus@lemmy.ptEnglish
    1·
    21 days ago

    Isn’t Waterfox quite slow on the updates?

    I’ve been using LibreWolf, but I’ve been meaning to try out Zen

    • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      Zen has quite a steep learning curve, especially wjith workspaces and such. It’s a cool concept, but I switched back to Librewolf out of convenience and a leaner ux.

  • Snoopy@piefed.socialEnglish
    0·
    21 days ago

    I think the hardest part are mobile OS 😔
    Beside : eOS, sailfish and postmarket we have a long way…

    • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      21 days ago

      Yes, but it turns out you can do a lot of ‘switching’ even if you can give up on android or iOS straight away. I follesdd this guide for degoogling my Samsung, not done yet but feels like I made some good changes: https://androides.nl/degoogle-guide/

      Though large part is already covered by switching services / apps

  • RedPandaRaider@feddit.orgEnglish
    01·
    21 days ago

    I do not want to start a discussion about Linux since I’m no expert and a million of Linux experts will know better.

    But don’t all the suggested distros here (as well any user friendly ones in general) rely on the kernel written by Torvald’s team. With that team being based in the US and at least Linus himself having acted as a three letter agency asset before, can they really be called privacy friendly or even secure? (I’m talking about the CIA or NSA having had a backdoor into Linux in the past and Linus also having banned Russian contributions last year while not banning American contributions, much less moving the operation outside of the US)

  • Wrdlbrmpfd@feddit.orgEnglish
    02·
    20 days ago

    I prefer Only Office (Desktop Version) to Libre Office, because

    • it does not look like over 20 year old Office 2003
    • it uses docx and xlsx as native format which makes it easier for noobs

    I heared Only Office has some Russian connections. Otherwise it still is Open Source.

    • pantherina@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      19 days ago

      Onlyoffice uses Electron, which uses an outdated and seldomly updated version of Chromium 😵

      It would be good if they could support QtWebengine or WebkitGTK, or if the Linux Desktops could start to support a single webview-like runtime

        • pantherina@feddit.orgEnglish
          1·
          16 days ago

          Yeah mainly it ships often outdated versions of chromium, and duplicates of it (if you have Element, Onlyoffice and Signal Desktop, you have 3 versions of Chromium). So big bandwidth, RAM and storage waste.

      • Wrdlbrmpfd@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        19 days ago

        Seems ok, but it seems to be a dowgraded version from a commercial product. If there is a good Open Soruce product, I prefer that.