Paris Marx6d ago

I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going.

No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-off-us-tech-is-no-easy-task

#tech #digitalsovereignty #email #socialmedia #streaming

Getting off US tech is no easy task

But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the effort

Disconnect
Show threadMark Burton6d ago
@parismarx
You seem to be making a bit of a meal of this. A few notes:
Cryptpad instead of Google docs.
LibreOffice for all MS Office functions.
Qwant isn't just Bing and I find it much better than either Google or Start Page (Google without tracking).
Try Framasoft for a range of options.
Self-host wordpress.
WhatsApp remains difficult to replace as family and friends won't move en masse.
Mastodon isn't just German: there are instances in many places. Bsky is arid and laggy in comparison.
Show threadJosh 🐧5d ago

@markhburton @parismarx

> Qwant isn't just Bing

very little evidence to support outside of the French language

Seirdy is good for this: https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/

A look at search engines with their own indexes

A cursory review of all the non-metasearch, indexing search engines I have been able to find.

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Josh 🐧5d ago
Show threadjandi

@privacydingus @markhburton @parismarx Thanks, superb link.

I came to post about Mojeek as a far better alternative for web search to those mentioned, and I see this article covers it (and much more).

Try Mojeek here: https://www.mojeek.com/

Mojeek

Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.

Jun 24 at 10:11amWeb