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Amidst Apple's CSAM debacle I switched from iPhone to LineageOS and started learning more and more about how non-existent privacy is these days. I always though
by nilespotter 4y ago
Amidst Apple's CSAM debacle I switched from iPhone to LineageOS and started learning more and more about how non-existent privacy is these days. I always thought I was protected - I used all Apple products after all. I had been completely hoodwinked by Apple's privacy marketing messaging, somehow deluded into believing the world's largest company and PRISM partner had my back. The pendulum swung the other way, perhaps a little too far, and in the following months I also began to move off of almost all hosted services. It's been quite enjoyable, but I digress.
So I too have tried every Things replacement under the sun, including in the beginning of my metamorphosis into paranoaic, those that host data on their servers like Todoist. Except I haven't tried orgmode, I don't use emacs. Travers arrives here on what is still a hard requirement for me:
> I have always required that my task manager be equally accessible on my phone and computer… I have changed my mind. I don't need the full-featured Brain on my phone
He claims it's a feature, "disconnect to create". I'm not sure I buy it, sounds more to me like a post-hoc justification for giving up on a requirement of the search. If so I find no fault here. There is literally no replacement for Things, it simply doesn't exist. Things is one of the best pieces of software in the history of software. I miss it everyday.
I still use an Apple laptop, so I ended up just using Reminders which is God awful. For quick entry I found an app called "Menu for Reminders" that is good enough. On Android I use Tasks.org, and I sync everything with an iCal server that I run. It's not nearly as good as Things was.
- alehlopeh 4y agoNot only did you digress (literally, right out of the gate) but you also failed to give any explanation for why and how you were hoodwinked by Apple. It just reads like a totally off-topic rant.
- nilespotter 4y agoThe topic is why I don't use Things anymore.