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> Suggestions are welcome for good alternatives, I'm in the move away myself. Here's some services I've started using, in many areas I'm still looking for othe

> Suggestions are welcome for good alternatives, I'm in the move away myself. Here's some services I've started using, in many areas I'm still looking for other replacements. Hopefully others can help. 1. E-Mail : protonmail.com, I really like this one, great service. 2. Video Calls : I'm currently using signal to some extent, not very happy though, would really like something like Hangouts. 3. Browser : Firefox 4. Phone : Apple 5. Things I'm still looking for : Google Calender, Drive, Chat, Backup Storage services.

mbel 8y ago
> 5. Things I'm still looking for : Google Calender, Drive Fastmail provides a DavCAL calendar and some storage space with their email offering. They also have a wonderful browser client (much better that gmail at least for me).
- adtac 8y ago
  +1, I recommend FastMail's web client too if you like to manage your email and calendar using a browser. It's fast and snappy, has a clean interface (they have a couple of themes you can choose from), and it's pretty lightweight (for example, a gmail tab uses 195 MB for me while Fastmail's uses 51 MB).
brogrammer5 8y ago
On Protonmail: I've been using it for about a year now and their spam filtering is terrible. I was thinking about migrating my yahoo account to them but it does nothing to prevent the huge amount of recruiter spam I get. I also am not a fan of how little space you get with them.
- PakG1 8y ago
  FWIW, Fastmail filters spam very well for me.
distortedsignal 8y ago
For video calls, you should try zoom.us. From what I've seen, they have the best streaming infrastructure of any of the major players (FaceTime, Hangouts, Webex, GoToMeeting). Apps for all the major platforms, too. The only bad thing is that if you're on a multi-way call, they limit you to 40 minutes.
- fasteddy760 8y ago
  > The only bad thing is that if you're on a multi-way call, they limit you to 40 minutes. 40m limit is for free accounts. Paid will get you video calls as long as you want to go. Besides some needed minor UI tweaks, I love Zoom.
- chimeracoder 8y ago
  > The only bad thing is that if you're on a multi-way call, they limit you to 40 minutes. To be clear, that's for the free version. You can pay to remove this limit (along with getting some other features).
corkscrew 8y ago
If you already have an apple phone the apple calendar is competent. Keybase is a potential alternative to drive (if you don't use it on mobile much). Signal for chat
rapnie 8y ago
Using ProtonMail too. Very happy, and you get to use ProtonVPN too. Also install Privacy Badger extension (or other tracker-/ad-blocker) in your browser and block Google Analytics etc. And for site-owners that use Google Analytics now: there are alternatives, like e.g. Matomo.
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nicoburns 8y ago
Drive: Dropbox Backup: Backblaze B2
323454 8y ago
I've used Signal for a while and I think it's great although admittedly I don't use video calls on it very often (mostly because the people I need to video call are mostly not on Signal). For Drive the best alternative I've found is Dropbox. It's not free but at least the business model isn't (yet) about monetizing your data.
- StavrosK 8y ago
  I tried Signal the other day to call a friend in the US from Greece and was blown away by the quality. It was as if I was using a landline to call someone in my city, it was amazing. Even the latency was nonexistent, which I don't know how it happened since they're bound by the speed of light.
StavrosK 8y ago
For file syncing, I recommend Syncthing and/or Nextcloud (they're slightly different, Syncthing syncs directories peer-to-peer extremely well, Nextcloud is an OSS Dropbox alternative).

mbel 8y ago

> 5. Things I'm still looking for : Google Calender, Drive Fastmail provides a DavCAL calendar and some storage space with their email offering. They also have a wonderful browser client (much better that gmail at least for me).

adtac 8y ago
+1, I recommend FastMail's web client too if you like to manage your email and calendar using a browser. It's fast and snappy, has a clean interface (they have a couple of themes you can choose from), and it's pretty lightweight (for example, a gmail tab uses 195 MB for me while Fastmail's uses 51 MB).

brogrammer5 8y ago

On Protonmail: I've been using it for about a year now and their spam filtering is terrible. I was thinking about migrating my yahoo account to them but it does nothing to prevent the huge amount of recruiter spam I get. I also am not a fan of how little space you get with them.

PakG1 8y ago
FWIW, Fastmail filters spam very well for me.

distortedsignal 8y ago

For video calls, you should try zoom.us. From what I've seen, they have the best streaming infrastructure of any of the major players (FaceTime, Hangouts, Webex, GoToMeeting). Apps for all the major platforms, too. The only bad thing is that if you're on a multi-way call, they limit you to 40 minutes.

fasteddy760 8y ago
> The only bad thing is that if you're on a multi-way call, they limit you to 40 minutes. 40m limit is for free accounts. Paid will get you video calls as long as you want to go. Besides some needed minor UI tweaks, I love Zoom.
chimeracoder 8y ago
> The only bad thing is that if you're on a multi-way call, they limit you to 40 minutes. To be clear, that's for the free version. You can pay to remove this limit (along with getting some other features).

corkscrew 8y ago

If you already have an apple phone the apple calendar is competent. Keybase is a potential alternative to drive (if you don't use it on mobile much). Signal for chat

rapnie 8y ago

Using ProtonMail too. Very happy, and you get to use ProtonVPN too. Also install Privacy Badger extension (or other tracker-/ad-blocker) in your browser and block Google Analytics etc. And for site-owners that use Google Analytics now: there are alternatives, like e.g. Matomo.

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nicoburns 8y ago

Drive: Dropbox Backup: Backblaze B2

323454 8y ago

I've used Signal for a while and I think it's great although admittedly I don't use video calls on it very often (mostly because the people I need to video call are mostly not on Signal). For Drive the best alternative I've found is Dropbox. It's not free but at least the business model isn't (yet) about monetizing your data.

StavrosK 8y ago
I tried Signal the other day to call a friend in the US from Greece and was blown away by the quality. It was as if I was using a landline to call someone in my city, it was amazing. Even the latency was nonexistent, which I don't know how it happened since they're bound by the speed of light.

StavrosK 8y ago

For file syncing, I recommend Syncthing and/or Nextcloud (they're slightly different, Syncthing syncs directories peer-to-peer extremely well, Nextcloud is an OSS Dropbox alternative).