We spend a huge amount of our modern lives using software. Yet most of the most commonly-used software is not open-source, meaning it's less transparent, of lower quality, less reliable, less flexible, more expensive and often with predatory vendor lock-ins making it hard for us to escape...I list some alternatives we could easily switch to from today by opting open-source, from email providers to web apps; browsers to messaging apps; documentation to cloud storage; entire operating systems to social media; and a whole host more.
Sam
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Even if you are not at the technical level to be modifying and contributing to open source code, you can be confident open source software is not spying on you and misusing your data - because anyone could check. This should already be music to the ears of Friendica and Mastodon users. But are you using open source software in other aspects of your digital life?

Sam's list was an interesting checklist for me of the open source software I am already using and some I didn't know about. Then there were some services I simply don't use at all at this time, but might in the future.

I already use: Filen for cloud storage, LibreOffice for office software, Thunderbird for email, Friendica, Mastodon, and Trust Cafe for social media, Pixelfed for photo sharing, Ecosia for search engine, Firefox and Ecosia for web browsers.

New to me (I'll try them next time I need them) are Lufi for file transfer, Piefed for a Reddit alternative, OhMyForm for forms, Apertium or DeepL for translation, Jitsi for video conferencing.

I haven't got as far as switching to Linux; still using Windows on my laptop and desktops, but with LibreOffice instead of MSOffice. Still need to use Google Suite for work.

What about you?

FYI When choosing a cloud storage alternative to Google and One Drive, I did extensive research and decided on Filen, a German service, secure, privacy oriented, clean energy, and very good value lifetime and annual subscriptions. If anyone is interested here's a referral code that will get you a free 10 GB when you sign up filen.io/r/f034f540753a778cc01…

Another very highly rated choice especially for businesses needing to have team members collaborating on docs is Sync, a Canadian service.

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