Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
I realized this as well when I read the privacy policy for a video game made by Bandai Namco for the PS4. The thing read like absolute dreck. I noticed most of the protections afforded consumers come from EU laws. No mention of American laws. I thought to myself, "if you live in America, you're screwed."
This is why I have been trying to generate a list of Digital Service Providers Outside U.S. Jurisdiction
@parismarx Good guide! 👍 a note: Startpage also offers email, appropriately named StartMail & it's really easy, even comes with a native Gmail importer.
Also, there are simple consumer NextCloud solutions to be found, e.g. The Good Cloud, which requires no self-hosting & come cheap, or even free.
Also, check out the Zen browser.
@parismarx There is also a nice list from @Taffer
@parismarx I think I just looked at the list of providers on their site, https://nextcloud.com/partners/ - apparently long enough ago to forget TheGood.Cloud are Dutch, not Swiss. My mistake. 🙈
As far as I recall I tried one of the ones with a Platinum partner badge, reasoning they’d probably know the most. Only tried the one so I can’t vouch for the rest.
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I recently became a member as welll. I’m thinking of moving from Proton mail to @disroot
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@parismarx This is a great article - very useful, thank you.
The only thing I'd add (subtract, actually) is not to bother with #PCloud. I tried it on MacOS and it didn't work effectively. When I tried to uninstall it I found that it requires a considerable level of technical knowledge to completely remove it from your computer. The software's developer doesn't offer effective uninstallation instructions.
@parismarx awesome, thanks for the list, sharing.
for privacy messaging cases (not saying you should add to your general purpose list, just FYI), I know as I helped co-found it, @cwtch is Canadian, and I'm fairly confident @briar is not american but cannot confirm
@parismarx ah, I apologise. I stand corrected. Was not being rude by the way. It’s a very comprehensive and useful list. So thank you. particularly glad you mentioned Anytime player which I’ll use for podcasts now.
I’m just so ticked off with Substack who take zero effort to moderate or flag derogatory and offensive content coming from right-wing so called “independent journalists”. I’m losing dear friends who’re stuck in such an echo chamber. Just feeling heartbroken 💔
@parismarx A caveat.It's NOT about "US tech".
It's about "large corporations who WILL lick fascist scrote at the slightest provocation".
Including the Yurpian ones, which have also a time-honored tradition of doing just that.
Let me add one more recommendation: disroot
"Disroot is a platform providing online services based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralization. No tracking, no ads, no profiling, no data mining!"
They offer email, cloud, file sharing and much more. Donation funded. Based in Amsterdam.
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