Out of interest, do you think they are mostly better or easier? I guess it comes down to weighing the cost of your time / effort into researching / using alter

Out of interest, do you think they are mostly better or easier? I guess it comes down to weighing the cost of your time / effort into researching / using alternatives vs the risk of trusting random people from the internet - of course there's no one answer or solution so it's probably case by case depending on the data being transferred or stored IMO.