If you're looking to switch away from fascist enabling unaccountable tech giants these directories are all pretty good in their own way:

1. https://switching.software/
2. https://www.privacyguides.org/
3. https://alternativeto.net/
4. https://ethical.net/resources/
5. https://selfh.st/apps/
6. https://european-alternatives.eu/
7. https://prism-break.org/en/

There is also e.g. this nice bit of guidance too https://www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cleanse-take-back-your-digital-footprint/

Mastodon isn't perfect.

But the fact a social network exists that is completely free to use

has no venture capital investors

has no shareholders to answer to

has no growth targets

with a web interface with zero tracking cookies

and mobile apps with zero trackers at all

with ten thousand server administrators who donate their time for user safety

is - in my opinion - mindbogglingly cool, given the state of the world we live in. Not everything has to be shit. People make things better.