I never imagined the original post would go so viral and be seen by +6M people. But I guess it shows there’s real momentum — and the perfect time to finally escape big tech’s grip.

I went through hundreds of reposts of the image and took in feedback from community comments. I’ve replaced USA-centralized apps like Brave and Bluesky with more open alternatives, and added self-hosting indicators.

As many of you recommended, I’ve also created an online version with descriptions that we can constantly update and improve.

Drop a comment if you have suggestions for a better alternative, improved description, or a feature for the site. Let’s break free together!

  • Yigru Zeltil@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Any European email provider who provides free tier and allows more than one personal account, just like Gmail? No problem for me if the amount of free storage is low.

  • Allero@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Nice, but highlighting a particular Linux distro might not be great. I see the point in minimizing amount of choices, but many people may not like default Mint experience.

  • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    IMO Gmail -> Thunderbird is a bit flawed since you’d still need a service provider. It could be Thunderbird + Posteo / others (please no ProtonMail).

  • Chakravanti@monero.townEnglish
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    4 days ago
    • Session
    • Signal
    • GPG2
    • VLC
    • Tuta
    • OpenKeychain
    • KeePassXC
    • NetGuard
    • Mullvad
    • Ironfox
    • BLE Radar
    • Transmission
    • Obfuscate
    • Monero/Haveno
    • rippersnapper@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      I mean WhatsApp is already E2E encrypted. Meta doesn’t make money off WhatsApp (only WhatsApp business). Any IM service that’s big in MAU (monthly active users) costs big money in server traffic. Me using WhatsApp costs Zuck money. In return the only data he can sell is about my metadata (i.e. how often I contact someone etc). For normal usage I think WhatsApp is more than ok. However if you’re worried about govt snooping cuz you’re a journalist or some such then yeah, switch to Session.

      • Chakravanti@monero.townEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I ain’t touching anything MZ. I don’t really care about money beyond what it says about the subject in hand but either way…

        I’m paranoid by practice. I do not and should not need a reason. I personally engage in paranoia for the development of the skill. I did this way back in the day when everyone thought the act generating “fear” of “spying” was undoable anyway by “them.” Now, today, you’re either entirely ignorant or you know it’s probably doing “observation” you don’t even know about yet.

        So control what they can see best or else you’re just an NPC.

  • Libb@jlai.lu
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    4 days ago

    LibreWolf is not an alternative to chrome, it’s a fork of FF. It won’t run Chrome extensions… which chrome users would likely expect to be able to run.

    For a Chrome alternative, I use Vivaldi (which is based in the EU)
    As a Firefox alternative, I use Waterfox

      • Libb@jlai.luEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Any browser is an alternative to any other browser, IMO.

        But they can’t run the same extensions, hence the fact that there is store for FF browsers and another one for chromium browsers. Since people can be very picky regarding their favorite extensions. So, suggesting some FF-based browser as an alternative to a Chromium-based one is the best way to disappoint quite a few potential users… for no good reason.

        They all have the same purpose.

        Like all computer or phone have the same purpose, still people will prefer one brand over the others, on even in one brand, one model of the other. Despite all of them being phones (or computers). Should we forbid people any choice because you consider it’s not important in you use case?

        • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
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          2 days ago

          If someone asked for EU-based alternatives to a computer or phone they already owned, I would make suggestions based on my knowledge of the quality and performance of the products without giving any special consideration to the brand. I do absolutely consider all computers to be alternatives to each other and all phones to be alternatives to each other within this context. Finding a product that meets one individual’s specific needs is outside the scope of a chart like this, I think.

        • MrFinnbean@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Tbh people who care about their extensions is small (and loud) minority who most likely know how to search browser fitting for them without this chart.

          If something works for 95% of people you dont need to cater for the rest.