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  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • Email is always insecure, it was never designed for that kind of thing. If you want that, use a messenger like Signal or Element.

    Proton Mail means that the email can still be read by malicious actors if you send or receive emails from non-Proton Mail users so it’s best not to use it for anything secure. No email is secure, and that includes Proton Mail. It’s still a pretty decent email though, if you’re okay with using their slow app over things like Thunderbird then it’s perfectly fine!

  • Does the average person know markdown?

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  • I would guess they know a bit about lists using “-“ and a few people might know about using asterisk to bold stuff, but other than that probably not.

  • An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense

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  • Oh yeah it would be a nightmare for non-english speakers for sure. Interesting that German is more phonetically consistent than English (stuff like “Karl” make more sense now)

  • Speak American

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  • interesting

  • Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer

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  • not special software, but it has an app that lets you log in on win and mac. On Linux, I was able to log in and see all the servers but when I set it as proxy it didn't work :( I might try again later

    edit: Clash Verge is supported by the VPN, but I thought there was no Linux app (turns out there is!) and it works fine! Hooray!

  • An alternative spelling of the alphabet that makes more sense

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  • -ee sounds: a (vowel) bee cee dee e (vowel) fee gee (g or j sound?) hee i (vowel) jee (could be confused with gee?) kee lee mee nee o (vowel) pee qee (kwee?) ree see tee u (vowel) vee wee xee yee zee (sorry "zed"...)

    -ay sounds: a (vowel) bay cay day e (vowel) fay gay (g or j sound?) hay i (vowel) jay (could be confused with gay?) kay lay may nay o (vowel) pay qay (kway?) ray say tay u (vowel) vay way xay yay :D zay (neither "zee" nor "zed"...)

    -ed sounds: a (vowel) bed ced ded e (vowel) fed ged (g or j sound?) hed i (vowel) jed (could be confused with ged?) ked led med ned o (vowel) ped qed (kwed?) red sed ted u (vowel) ved wed xed yed zed (sorry "zee"...)

  • Speak American

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  • phonetically it should really be "colur", so I think "colour" is a decent compromise

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • no custom domain. I've switched between I think four different gmails, one protonmail, one tutamail, and one disroot (my current one right now). I have set up mailfence for a sibling. Don't know why I do that, but I do. Changing up the email helps clear out any old accounts I don't use. I also change between my email name to various different things and such which is fun.

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • Cryptee is pretty decent, but I prefer using Joplin + Backblaze for syncing. Just my preference I guess. mailee and runbox seem quite good too, thanks for sharing!

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • But that only works with other ProtonMail users, and most people use other providers

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • Yeah but don't think you could get Proton Mail working, for example, on your favourite mobile mail app.

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • I currently use an old iPhone that likely won't need replacing any time soon. I hate Lightning and I hate Apple's closed ecosystem, but this is what I'm stuck with. If I do get an android, f-droid seems like a good place to look for apps!

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • never heard of this one before, I might try it out! For me though, using invidious as a web app is perfectly fine, but Unwatched seems pretty cool

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • I have tried as much as I can use things like Organic Maps, NetNewsWire, etc. on my iPhone though. Unfortunately Apple isn’t very keen on opening up its ecosystem and most apps are not so open. If I ever get a new phone (it will probably be a long while until I do need one) it will be an Android since they are more open, have way more choice, and much better hardware (cameras, battery, etc.)

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • just sharing my experiences and such! :D

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • seems pretty cool. Never heard of Soulseek before, apparently it’s a peer-to-peer music sharing thing

  • A compiled list of my opinions and experiences on cutting out big tech and switching to more open source and private alternatives

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  • unfortunately I still use an iPhone and it probably won’t need to be replaced for a few years. Reducing waste and all that, right?

  • Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer

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  • I mean all I’m using is Steam, adding them as “non-steam games”. I’ve also found some game art to make it look nice. For me at least, I haven’t run into any issues besides at one point one of my games was missing a few shaders causing it to render improperly (I forgot to move the files from my Windows installation, but after I did everything worked!)

    It wasn’t difficult to install at all! I just installed steam (for fedora you need to make sure you enable third-party repos when furst installing the OS) and that’s basically it. I’ve also installed Wine manually (not very hard, just “sudo dnf install wine” on fedora) to run a few non-game programs like some compiled .exe programs I made a few years ago by running “wine [program name]”. It’s crazy how simple it all is now!

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  • Storing 2FA into your password manager kind of defeats the point of having two factors (one password to get all your passwords as well as 2fa). Besides, it’s just six digits.

    Also, I don’t like the idea of “putting all my eggs in one basket”. Hence why I never really used Proton Drive, VPN, etc. Proton Pass is pretty decent though, but I like Bitwarden and KeePass more.

    Also I HATE that Proton Mail doesn’t support the IMAP protocol that almost everyone supports (even Apple, the king of walled gardens, supports it!) and only kind of support it with their paid “Bridge”.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Does a tiny motion tracking mouse thing exist at all?

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    American and British English spelling and pronunciations

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    What if Apple / other brands sold desktop chips?

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    Why don’t brands make simpler names?

  • Photography @lemmy.world
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    a compiled list of the "best" photography gear...and other stuff too

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Why don’t wireless connections (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) use anything between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    Why do news articles and such call the governments of countries/groups of countries after the capital?

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    Why is a two-party system considered democratic?

  • Firefox @lemmy.world
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    what are some must-have addons in your opinion?

  • Bicycles @lemmy.ca
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    I would like feedback on this!

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Longest valid chemical formulae that spells outs words or phrases

  • PC Master Race @lemmy.world
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    hello, can we try again?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird [moved to sopuli] @lemmy.world

    What happened to cylindrical plugs?

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    let's try this again...