Important. Proton has been great for me. Thanks for the other good suggestions. Our digital sovereignty is as important as our economic and territorial sovereignty. Substack is a particularly difficult case. Great content and real ease in publishing. So I’m still hanging around to read and occasionally comment, but moved publishing, infrequent as it is, to Ghost (IR), when Substack refused to enforce its TOU over Nazi content.
Hey, wasn’t expecting such a quick response! 💖 But since you are around, I’d love your thoughts on using Proton docs for collaboration. People don’t love being required to make a Proton account, even a free one, just to collaborate with one person. I end up having to use Google docs to avoid the grumbling.
Yeah, I still end up stuck in Google Docs in those situations too. Still trying to figure out the best way to try to convince people to do something else because Google Docs just feels like infrastructure now!
It was a trailblazer in the early days. And I advocated for it at work. Still think it was right in those circumstances. No longer. Oh, and X? So easy!
I will note that Proton in specific has been kinda weird - claiming "political neutrality" while their CEO praises Trump and Republicans on Twitter for being "the party for the little guy," and providing the IP address, device info, and account creation details of a French activist to Swiss and French authorities upon (legal) request. The second one really irks me given how prominently they advertised that they didn't log IPs, but there's some nuance in the fact that they only complied with court orders issued after the Swiss Federal Department of Justice determined that said activists' actions were illegal under Swiss law. There was also a whole lot of weirdness given France is in the EU but Switzerland isn't, so it's more complex than I can fit in a single comment. Whatever the case, my point is just to thoroughly investigate all these service providers before you trust them with your data!
Any comment on replacing Windows/iOS with a European version of Linux? There's lots of of people being told their Windows support is ending AND that their hardware will not run the new version of Windows.
As an exploratory mess around I recently installed Linux Mint, which I understand is developed by an Irish team, on a 13 year old Asus laptop. There was a bit of command line to navigate, but overall I found it to be straight forward.
Then installed Linux versions of DDG browser with Ecosia search, Libre Office, Proton Mail, Nord VPN, STEAM. Gaming limited, but it is an old machine. Everything works fine.
Also tried Brave browser and search, but the crypto tie in is off putting.
Not something I'm looking to do in the short term (I'm on Mac), but I am looking to learn more about Linux to see if it's something worth considering for myself in future.
For online collaborative authoring, my organisation's been using OnlyOffice + NextCloud as a full replacement for Google Docs for 4-5 years. Works remarkably well. If you don't like OnlyOffice, you can swap in Collabora Office (a collaborative browser-based front end for LibreOffice).
Have you thought about Synology for Notes? I know it means having one of their NAS devices, but that means going with a Taiwanese corporation AND storing data yourself. I switched to them so I had more control, and have been happy. Though the newest "lockdown" of drives has me wondering about the future.
Thanks for some great recs. Especially with the maps.
Important. Proton has been great for me. Thanks for the other good suggestions. Our digital sovereignty is as important as our economic and territorial sovereignty. Substack is a particularly difficult case. Great content and real ease in publishing. So I’m still hanging around to read and occasionally comment, but moved publishing, infrequent as it is, to Ghost (IR), when Substack refused to enforce its TOU over Nazi content.
I’ve been wondering about Substack too. Much harder for me to leave than X, LOL!
Don’t have anything to say yet on that front, but working on it
Hey, wasn’t expecting such a quick response! 💖 But since you are around, I’d love your thoughts on using Proton docs for collaboration. People don’t love being required to make a Proton account, even a free one, just to collaborate with one person. I end up having to use Google docs to avoid the grumbling.
Yeah, I still end up stuck in Google Docs in those situations too. Still trying to figure out the best way to try to convince people to do something else because Google Docs just feels like infrastructure now!
It was a trailblazer in the early days. And I advocated for it at work. Still think it was right in those circumstances. No longer. Oh, and X? So easy!
I will note that Proton in specific has been kinda weird - claiming "political neutrality" while their CEO praises Trump and Republicans on Twitter for being "the party for the little guy," and providing the IP address, device info, and account creation details of a French activist to Swiss and French authorities upon (legal) request. The second one really irks me given how prominently they advertised that they didn't log IPs, but there's some nuance in the fact that they only complied with court orders issued after the Swiss Federal Department of Justice determined that said activists' actions were illegal under Swiss law. There was also a whole lot of weirdness given France is in the EU but Switzerland isn't, so it's more complex than I can fit in a single comment. Whatever the case, my point is just to thoroughly investigate all these service providers before you trust them with your data!
Any comment on replacing Windows/iOS with a European version of Linux? There's lots of of people being told their Windows support is ending AND that their hardware will not run the new version of Windows.
As an exploratory mess around I recently installed Linux Mint, which I understand is developed by an Irish team, on a 13 year old Asus laptop. There was a bit of command line to navigate, but overall I found it to be straight forward.
Then installed Linux versions of DDG browser with Ecosia search, Libre Office, Proton Mail, Nord VPN, STEAM. Gaming limited, but it is an old machine. Everything works fine.
Also tried Brave browser and search, but the crypto tie in is off putting.
Not something I'm looking to do in the short term (I'm on Mac), but I am looking to learn more about Linux to see if it's something worth considering for myself in future.
I'm pretty sure we're switching to Linux Mint. There will be growing pains, but whatever.
For online collaborative authoring, my organisation's been using OnlyOffice + NextCloud as a full replacement for Google Docs for 4-5 years. Works remarkably well. If you don't like OnlyOffice, you can swap in Collabora Office (a collaborative browser-based front end for LibreOffice).
Collabora seems like a great option for companies, because of the support it provides.
Here’s help on the way. A Canadian social media app. Let’s see whether it takes off.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-tech-leaders-ready-launch-of-canadian-social-media-platform-gander-to/
I'm a bit skeptical of this. We'll see.
I'm afraid, that Todoist can be considered US as well. Doist, the company behind Todoist is registered in Delaware.
Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for the head's up, maybe I'll have to look for another option.
Have you thought about Synology for Notes? I know it means having one of their NAS devices, but that means going with a Taiwanese corporation AND storing data yourself. I switched to them so I had more control, and have been happy. Though the newest "lockdown" of drives has me wondering about the future.
https://european-alternatives.eu/