[Politics] Disentangling from the Tech Oligarchs and Trump lickers!

[BadFish]

I am starting this process today and looking for email and calendar provider alternatives to Google.

Any suggestions?

X and Insta will also go today.

Facebook is going to take a bit longer.

Any other suggestions for this?

 

[Bold Seagull]

I am starting this process today and looking for email and calendar provider alternatives to Google.

Any suggestions?

X and Insta will also go today.

Facebook is going to take a bit longer.

Any other suggestions for this?

Bluesky is an adequate replacement for X.

I did use Thunderbird email as an alternative to Apple mail or gmail for a longtime.

 

[BadFish]

Bluesky is an adequate replacement for X.

I did use Thunderbird email as an alternative to Apple mail or gmail for a longtime.

Yeah i like Bluesky for sharing photos.

Isn't thunderbird just the email client?

I am looking at Nextcloud and riseup for email.

Nextcloud has other stuff like calendar and storage too.

 

[Sea Cider]

Just started using Signal instead of WhatsApp. Hoping to completely disengage from that spineless wanker Zuckerberg

 

[BadFish]

Does anyone use https://tuta.com/ for email and calendar ?

 

[chickens]

I am starting this process today and looking for email and calendar provider alternatives to Google.

Any suggestions?

X and Insta will also go today.

Facebook is going to take a bit longer.

Any other suggestions for this?

I posted this list elsewhere, but it may be useful here too.

GitHub - anitwek/alternatives-to-us: A curated list of non-U.S.-based alternatives to popular services, focusing on privacy and global accessibility.

A curated list of non-U.S.-based alternatives to popular services, focusing on privacy and global accessibility. - anitwek/alternatives-to-us

github.com

 

[BadFish]

I posted this list elsewhere, but it may be useful here too.

GitHub - anitwek/alternatives-to-us: A curated list of non-U.S.-based alternatives to popular services, focusing on privacy and global accessibility.

A curated list of non-U.S.-based alternatives to popular services, focusing on privacy and global accessibility. - anitwek/alternatives-to-us

github.com

Brilliant thank you

 

[Home and Away]

Are there European alternatives for whatsapp?

 

[spence]

I am starting this process today and looking for email and calendar provider alternatives to Google.

Any suggestions?

X and Insta will also go today.

Facebook is going to take a bit longer.

Any other suggestions for this?

Good luck.

 

[BadFish]

Good luck.

Thanks Spence, that means alot

 

[BadFish]

Are there European alternatives for whatsapp?

From Chickens' website

• Threema : Secure and privacy-friendly. Website
• Element : Decentralised, built on the Matrix protocol. Website
• Wire : Enterprise-grade secure messaging. Website

 

[Sea Cider]

Are there European alternatives for whatsapp?

Although Signal is US, it's a not for profit fwiw

 

[spence]

Thanks Spence, that means alot

You are welcome mate. Pop in the battle of Trafalgar and I'll buy you a pint. I have no beef,with you,

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

From Chickens' website

• Threema : Secure and privacy-friendly. Website
• Element : Decentralised, built on the Matrix protocol. Website
• Wire : Enterprise-grade secure messaging. Website

This is why the internet and curated longstanding chat groups is brilliant.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Oh, and to add, I am not anti-American.

Meanwhile, a degree of commercial disengagement that is firmly linked to Trumposkepticism is perfectly reasonable.

Just as America boycotting nations with unfair trade tariffs is perfectly reasonable.
As is America expecting her allies to pay a fair slice towards 'western' defense.

And out of the churn will realignment emerge.

 

[Eeyore]

Bluesky is an adequate replacement for X.

I did use Thunderbird email as an alternative to Apple mail or gmail for a longtime.

I think there is a myth developing about Blue Sky. To me it is another version of Twitter but without the right wing political elements. I went on there and then wondered why I was bothering. It's just as toxic and full of rants and raves. Okay, it may not be as toxic, but I doubt it will be too long.

The question I asked is whether it adds anything wholesome to my life. It doesn't. So i deleted it.

Facebook I have only missed a little. I took off all the details of folk I know and requested contact details from those I wanted to keep from Messenger. But for the most part I am now forgetting about it. It's a bit like giving up smoking really. I'm through the nicotine craving bit and just dealing with what was habit.

 

[BadFish]

Oh, and to add, I am not anti-American.

Meanwhile, a degree of commercial disengagement that is firmly linked to Trumposkepticism is perfectly reasonable.

Just as America boycotting nations with unfair trade tariffs is perfectly reasonable.
As is America expecting her allies to pay a fair slice towards 'western' defense.

And out of the churn will realignment emerge.

I am not anti-American in the slightest, I hope that my actions are not coming across as such.

I am anti-billionaire, anti-oligarch and anti-Trump and it is these that I am trying to disentangle myself from. Amongst all this.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I think there is a myth developing about Blue Sky. To me it is another version of Twitter but without the right wing political elements. I went on there and then wondered why I was bothering. It's just as toxic and full of rants and raves. Okay, it may not be as toxic, but I doubt it will be too long.

The question I asked is whether it adds anything wholesome to my life. It doesn't. So i deleted it.

Facebook I have only missed a little. I took off all the details of folk I know and requested contact details from those I wanted to keep from Messenger. But for the most part I am now forgetting about it. It's a bit like giving up smoking really. I'm through the nicotine craving bit and just dealing with what was habit.

NSC is the only social media I need.

 

[BadFish]

I think there is a myth developing about Blue Sky. To me it is another version of Twitter but without the right wing political elements. I went on there and then wondered why I was bothering. It's just as toxic and full of rants and raves. Okay, it may not be as toxic, but I doubt it will be too long.

The question I asked is whether it adds anything wholesome to my life. It doesn't. So i deleted it.

Facebook I have only missed a little. I took off all the details of folk I know and requested contact details from those I wanted to keep from Messenger. But for the most part I am now forgetting about it. It's a bit like giving up smoking really. I'm through the nicotine craving bit and just dealing with what was habit.

The best thing about Bluesky is that you can flick across from the 'discover' tab to one of your chosen ones. This (so far) filters out all the shit that you don't want to see. So far I have found people mostly both respectful and 'people'.

For me in the same way Facebook would be okay with the option to remove all the "suggested posts' and associated goons.