Any hints for an elder pirate trying to find a good torrent site? My buddy was kind enough to give me an invite to a decent provider but that was maybe a decade and a half ago...
My elderly ass just barely figured out linux, so you can see how behind I am.
Try Usenet and a Usenet indexer. There are multiple guides on the internet on how to set up and use it, even automatically with some r-apps on a home server.
Usenet is very weird but funny in a way. As it is not actually decentralized and often involves fiat payment (non cryptocurrencies) I would prefer a good VPN provider (or even i2p) and torrenting
downloading torrents is very 2010s. Now we use Stremio app with torrentio plugin (or MediaFusion, or Comet). You get streaming from many torrent sites. Works on ios, android, many tvs, pc, whatever. There's tons of other addons too like trakt.tv integration, etc.
If you setup RealDebrid (paid, but cheap) thats even better, it acts as one big server with massive library of torrents, but provides very high download speeds, so you don't need to worry about dead torrents or lack of seeders.
I watch 4k movies without any problems.
Get a good VPN that allows port forwarding. I can recommend AirVPN
Use Linux (of course)
Install qBittorrent as the torrent client.
Enable the search tab, under plugins install the Jackett plugin
Install jackett (on NixOS it is easy, otherwise you can use podman or docker to run the container image (preferrably NOT from docker hub but this registry, use podman)
Open 127.0.0.1:9117 in your browser and set an admin password, copy the API key. Add all public torrent sites possible, it will take a long while and might make your computer go wroom.
Search for something in qBittorrent, you will get an error as you dont have the API key configured.
Open the description page, it opens the browser and explains where to find the configuration file. Add the API key here
Search things
More advanced shit
I will make a post about my setup
Basically, dont use the sites directly, use a search engine that scrapes them. You need flaresolverr for some sites using Cloudflare. Apply for some private trackers, join communities to get invites. Remember to seed as much as possible and avoid hit-and-run.
@msrb711 I switched from streaming back to owning my media again and buying CD, DVD and Bluray. They are dirt cheap in flea markets and there is something neat about the coverart, leaflets and Bonus features. I also bought a FIIO Snowsky Echo and it has amazing sound quality and battery life for 60 Euros. UX is a bit fiddly but I got used to it.
The Snowsky... I'm always thinking of getting one because of the nostalgic vibe.
I have lots of iPods, beginning with the 1st model, though, so I think I'm good when it's about music players...
@running_system I so regret selling my 5th Gen back in the day... But re-buying now is ridiculous regarding prices for iPods whose batteries have to be replaced and is all scratched up...
That's why I went for the Snowsky and I don't regret it. I only wish the UX would be smoother.
How do you like your Fairphone? Doesn’t it still run a Google based OS? I mean even if you “deGoogle” it, you’re still stuck in a rut of needing some amount of Google BS.
Also the > in your comment make it look your saying like.. Windows > Linux lol. Might as a - so it looks like an arrow rather than a greater than. Pedantry, I know.
Not OP but I've had my fairphone for a couple of months and I love it. I use e/OS on it so being free of googles clutches alone feels great. But what I really like is the thought that I will most likely keep this phone for well over 5 years.
Just Watch is a German service, a kind of search engine, that shows what movies and TV shows are available in different streaming services. It supports many local streaming services. For example, some TV channels / broadcasting companies, and even libraries, might have streaming services in your country, and Just Watch likely lists their content as well. There are many filters, etc., you can use to narrow down your search.
Reddit to Lemmy has been hands down the best one so far. You lemmlings may be wierd at times, but not nearly as toxic as redditors.
Also moved from Gilette Fussion to a safety razor, cheaper, better quality (my skin is less irritated after shaving), and I feel like a boss when shaving.
From Chrome to Vivaldi & from Google to Ecosia.
And for lots of hygine products I moved to EU brands from US - ones. (Palmolive,Colgate, Lenor etc). I know Loreal, Beiersdorf and Unilever aren't great companies, but local alternatives are crazy expensive.
Deleted Insta, unfortunately way too many people refuse to move from What's App to Signal.
You lemmlings may be wierd at times, but not nearly as toxic as redditors.
This seems to be true for most users. However, I feel that the administration is toxic and nontransparent.
It is not very transparent on reddit either.
However, maybe I should go for a different instance.
Glenmorangie is a good "entry level" Scotch that isn't smokey and peaty at all.
But if you like the taste of bourbon and don't like smokey and peaty, there's nothing wrong with sticking to Irish whiskies. Or Swedish. Or Canadian.
They're more similar to bourbon.
I tried switching to Tuta, but I got annoyed at only being able to use their email client, so I can’t mix and use my work email there and have to have two email clients. What made you choose mailbox?
I did not consider Tuta at the time. It either was not around yet or too new.
I compared Posteo and Mailbox. Since Mailbox gives me the option to use my own domain, I picked that one. (I don't have my own domain 🤡)
Mailbox provides normal IMAP access. I use Thunderbird and the iOS Mail app as clients. (Annoying: iOS Mail does not delete mails in a way that is recognized by Thunderbird)
I do use both because I want to read my email on my phone and on my desktop.
If I delete a Mail on iOS, it is not deleted in Thunderbird though. The iOS client only marks it as deleted instead of actually removing the data and Thunderbird does not understand the mark.
@copacetic
Check the settings in #Thunderbird. I think, it can deal with deletion markers. All clients have to agree on how to use a shared mailbox. @atcorebcor
I looked into this again. I misremembered: iOS Mail does not "mark" deleted mails but is supposed to move deleted Mails on IMAP into a Trash folder (or Archive). That does not happen in my case and I have no clue why. The mail disappears in the app but is unchanged on the server.
Moved business and personal email from ms to Proton. Wow turns out I really missed a simple email interface. And it's saving me about 23 hours a day not logging back into o365 for the thousandth time.
Dunno why it took so long, we're full Linux with the odd mac. The office admin panel is so fucking awful I could never work out how to backup. Turned out Proton can just import...
Proton is nice and surely better than Office, but let's not forget that the owner of Proton publicly supports Trump, so I'm planning to move out of Proton ASAP
Lol nobody supports trump, they had one unfortunate post on twitter that some people (un) intentionally misinterpreted.
The drama is over, so maybe time to move on?
@locahosr443 Thats what pisses me off so much: #MS is a #usability and #security nightmare for #users and #admins. It's really difficult to manage well especially for #SMB Its bloody expensive for the mediocre and increasingly buggy products you get. They shove services down your throat like #Copilot and #Recall#Windows updates regularly break stuff. Yet folks cling on to it for dear life because it is what they know #adminlife
They all link to Mastodon hashtags. Not really sure what the point is is it doesn't really add anything. They're not linking to anything specific, just the general hashtag.
Mastodon doesn't really play very nice with Lemmy despite the fact that it technically federates. They just come over as links, which is fine but hashtags themselves don't do anything on Lemmy, so they're just sort of there, hanging around, in the way.
Gmail to Protonmail (and other tools like Pass, Drive)
WhatsApp to Signal
Audible to BookBeat
Microsoft Office to LibreOffice
ChatGPT to Mistral.ai
Various cloud services replaced with selfhosting, like Immich. And quit and deleted X, Facebook, Insta. No shopping ever at Amazon. No eating or drinking ever at McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, Starbucks.
It isn't, but it is definitely the best switch if you have privacy in mind. A lot of other options have various areas they are lacking in. Signal is a real gold standard of privacy and security, and open-source, so location matters much less.
It is not even close to the gold standard of privacy and still falls within the Homeland Security act as well as Trump shenanigans - and are hosted on Google, Amazon and MS servers.
While as far as we know their encryption is close to gold standard, the foundation and concept itself has massive issues one should be aware of.
There is no european alternative though. Maybe threema, but people don’t want to pay for a messaging app. (Even though they did in the past with WhatsApp on iOS)
Hardly an argument. The clients warn against it,it's not default, has to be done very intentionally,etc.
That's on one level with "I screenshot messages and post them on facebook" - and in that case the other end would not be warned about it.
The downsides of Matrix exist (key exchange, performance, audio/video, federation issues), but this is not one of them.
Overall it's as secure as Signal but, I totally must agree on that, not as easy as signal. Which partially comes with the federation, but partially also due to ongoing issues the current development fails to adress so far.
Threema has the downside of being swiss hosted (which sadly is an issue by now due to their legislation) and being from a company very close to the swiss goverment but at least the Orange Tittler can't shut it down directly.
Signal is a necessary compromise, because you can actually get other people to use it.
I have tried with XMPP, Matrix, Jami, and finally settled on pure SMS with the people closer to me… it's not encrypted in any way, and I even pay to text most of my friends in other EU countries, but it's at least sort of decentralised, and works in unfavorable conditions (areas with 2G coverage).
@idealism_nearby Areas others are lacking is mainly adoption... Signal is more of a drop in replacement you can do without too much thinking. The others like Matrix, Briar, Delta Chat require you to use your brain and understand some fundamentals. People don't want that.
@JensSpahnpasta
- Google Workspace to Infomaniak
- first from Google Pixel -> Murena Fairphone, then Android to Sailfish OS
- not "to" but a new thing I am really happy with is my Prusa 3d printer
- Windows -> Linux (but that was already in 2013/2014)
So, how does sailfishOS on fairphone feel like?
My banking app (and its second factor app) are already fiddly with lineageos, so I'm really interested if you have any experiences to share.
@halfdane Ok, brevity is sometimes the enemy of clarity... I used to have a Murena Fairphone and switched from there. I learned only later there is a community port for Sailfish on FP.
Sailfish I run on the Jolla C2 and it is little different from eOS, Graphene or Lineage without MicroG that I also tried. My bank is Triodos NL and that works fine for now. MFA I use the Ente Auth Android App also no issues. Sometimes Android App support crashes and I need to reboot, thats it.
That sounds really awesome, and I'm surely using it once my fairphone 3 dies: unfortunately there isn't even a community build for fp3 (and I won't buy another phone for that), so for the time being, I'll stay on lineageos.
Different to what most people are doing, but I've been thinking about dressing more European. So many popular casual clothes come from the US: bomber jackets, duck chore jackets, baseball caps, most sneakers, jeans. The last two alone are permanent parts of "default dude uniform".
So I now e.g. have:
a harrington jacket (ironically the name comes from an American show, made in China from UK brand) - it's an English golfing jacket by origin
a Shetland sweater (made in Shetland)
a tartan wool scarf (made in Scotland)
some corduroy and moleskin pants for the winter (Made in Bangladesh, UK company)
wool balmacaan-style overcoat from Italian tweed made in Portugal
chukka boots (Made in England).
Also eyeing a French chore coat.
You'd think doing this would be really easy given how the US came to be. Say, a suit is European, but wearing one every day is not as common as before. The overall theme in the west is that democratization is cool, while tradition is not. But when I think Europe, I think tradition. Hence the suit is European, but it's not "cool".
Corduroy and shetland sweaters are pretty "grandpa" as well. But I guess this is the arduous process of re-learning an identity after being fed American culture all the time while growing up. You just don't know what's yours.
As you can see by the items it's all clothes that come from the UK. Again, it was easiest to pick the UK because it was the purveyor of European style, back before, you know.
A good "gateway drug" is buying second hand. It lets you get acknowledged with a brand and let you decide if you'd like to drop the retail or sale price on an item from them in the future. They don't necessarily even need to be made in EU, just they need to come from a higher price bracket.
Here are my Vinted filters for mostly EU brands (only some are made in EU), they link to the Polish Vinted so maybe change the .pl to your region:
Portugal, mayby most famously, as well as poland have very talented cobblers who make great quality shoes while not being nearly as expensive as some of the bigger brands (looking at you, doc martens). Unfortunately the best way to find out about them currently is etsy. But I‘d reckon there are other platforms where they are active. Maybe it‘s even possible to contact them for sales circumventing Etsy.
I wanted to do this for a long time. But hesitated because i thought it is a lot of work and inconvenience.
Now I have done the transition and first of all it was very easy to install linux. A 13 minute youtube video explained everything step by step. I was done after roughly 30 minutes.
And now i am working/gaming on linux and it is like switching from an android to an apple smartphone. Everything is a bit different. But in the end it is the same.
Can strongly recommend it. Is super easy and just feels great!!
Banking worked once I added a Google account to microg. Which is not the best I know, but thats a compromise for now. With e/os and others you also habe to keep in mind that not all images allow you to lock your bootloader.
Only with MicroG. My workaround is to have a compromised computer at home that stays in my house, and then not have google on my phone at all. It's an added layer that is supposed to obfuscate details about the user, but I don't trust it. Also, you have a tracker that tries to call home, but you can disable it.
I just don't do banking or make transactions in it. It's setup with MicroG by default. I used developer mode to get all that off and stop the attempts of google to call home. I guess without the ability to do those things they would lose market share. If you're like me and refuse to tolerate, just remove it. Other defaults are fine. I didn't like that I had to go through Dev mode if I wanted to remove the native maps app, but I ended up keeping it anyway.
Here is what's good:
modular design so you can replace parts,
battery is absolutely amazing, after two months it has never wen dead, best battery life I've ever seen
Ethical building, part of build in China is performed under a fair labor plan
Spoofs your ip
Fakes your geolocation
Has app tracker detection and blocks leaks
Forums with helpful community
No bloatware, just normal stuff
I have had no issues with this phone. Accessories are high but they are not a big company, so... You can use NextDNS to see any tracker queries if you want. You are able to disable the google tracker in MicroG if you just go to community forum and read how. If you block in NextDNS first you will not need to worry anyways.
getting off Coca Cola and Pepsi Co. products (alternatives are both tastier and healthier, too many to list here, it will depend on where you live, anything from Fritz Cola and Green Cola through VitaminWell to your local kombucha brand);
Google Photos and Dropbox to Koofr, I got two-in-one;
Google Search to Karma/Ecosia.
Google Translate to DeepL and Reverso Context (the latter being much more helpful if you actually want to learn);
ChatGPT to Mistral and solidagent. Thinking you need a larger model is often like thinking you need a larger car: it really depends how you use it. With some brain power a smaller and less "reasoning" model might give you more to sieve through;
Google Maps to Citymapper in Stockholm/other big cities (It was always JakDojade in Poland <3);
it is not a change as much as an add-on, but getting Minimalist Phone on top of my Android (I hope I will get established in a de-Googled environment in a foreseeable future).
And possibly the biggest one: Divesting!!!
As my antivirus expires, I am looking forward to switch to Bitdefender. I've been avoiding most American non-digital services before. Using alternatives to credit cards in real life is annoying in Sweden, but I try my best. It is easy online, though.
I try to pay with Swish when possible. But it is a bit cumbersome.
Blik, the Polish member of the European Mobile Payment Systems Association has a contactless payment solution that works as smooth as using a card. But I think they somehow collaborate with Mastercard on it. Some terminals in Sweden apparently can connect with Swish via Bluetooth, but I never got to set it up. So I use the QR code...
I wish these mobile payment systems would be integrated better across borders.
Bluetooth sucks, it's even slower than reading a QR, and unreliable on top of that. We've had this with the Swiss equivalent of Swish (Twint), and it sucked so bad they abandoned it completely. It's just QR now.
The reason we can't use NFC is Apple, by the way. They'reocking everyone out. And because corporate product managers don't want to use NFC on Android and relegate Apple users to QR both get the same, worse option.
Yes! The US economy relies so much on overinvestment. All the American giants and startups had international investment fueling them for years before they made profits. The dollar relies on everybody securing savings in US treasury. The less of it the better.
And my diversified European, Latin American, and Asian stocks slap as well (⌐■_■) I need to get more stuff from Canada!
Safety razor and/or shavette is such an eye-opener. You can buy a good shavette for €20 and 10 premium blades for €5. That's 500 shaves for the price of a month's worth of fancy quadrouple Gillette blades that suck ass.
Whereabouts do you buy your blades? I'm in Canada but fuck me sideways they've been hard to find. I found one retailer who was doing sample packs buy they didn't have any packs without at least one Russian set of blades which isn't much better than buying american...
Yeah Russia produces lots of blades, for Gillette too btw.
I actually tend to buy blades when I'm in the Middle East or India straight from a barber shop, but I've also bought from Gents.com on occasion. Looks like they do ship to Canada.
What blade is best for you depends on your skin and hair type. Feather (Japan) makes insanely sharp premium blades that dull quickly, they are loved by lots of people. Solingen (Germany) and Merkur (Germany) make more conventional blades similar to Gillette. And of course you can also get Gillette, there's nothing wrong with their double-edge blades except I have animosity toward the brand.
Interesting! Really reinforcing my idea that a sampler pack would be best. I'll take a look at gents (thank you for the link!) and then see if I can get anything comparable local.
I would classify Wero as US-dependent in multiple areas, since they incorporate US-based trackers. Also in a way that I believe is violating the GDPR. On top of that, the Wero app incorporates a US-based bug tracking system that the user cannot reject, other than maybe blocking it it with a firewall. I also have not seen them officially supporting any of the EU-made operating systems yet. Mandatory Notarization (by OS vendor) in iOS and Android is adding another US-dependent layer.
While there is more EU in Wero than in Paypal, it would be a false claim to call it "EU independent".
Satispay is just a proprietary solution with no bright future ahead, because the only reasons people were using it are not there anymore (super cheap commissions for merchants; free money if you invite a friend).
OneDrive was absolute ass in the first place but i got it for free as part of uni. It was horrible for syncing files between devices and would often corrupt files.
PCloud just works. They also have a lifetime tier, so you don't have to subscribe every year. My data is stored in Switzerland but you can choose to have it stored in the US if you really really want to.
Next best thing was changing from Gmail to Runbox. Excellent service at Runbox. I'm looking to transfer my domain as well but that's proving a bit difficult at the moment.
We use OneDrive at work and it will often just randomly break for no reason. No mind to tinkering with it will fix it you just have to leave it alone until it starts working again.
The best?
Ditched Windows almost completely both for my company as well as my home.
Only two installs (CAD and very specific similar app + we have a very very specific usecase of MS Office features two clients require that no alternative can deliver) of windows remain.
Yeah. Is a strange security feature for doucments with limited viewer groups that auth towards the customer server. Requires full AD and everything.
Even Winboat does not work due to VM detection.
It's very obscure,but these two clients are somewhat important to us so we jump through the hoops
But,well, basically we only boot into that machine twice a month so I can live with that.
Thanks anyway!
Everything else by now is Linux and either self hosted or with a European provider - funny enough we were a 100% MS shop once and work 100% remote (all my staff work from home and with almost fully flexible scheduling).
And what should I say? Not only does it save money, makes us far more flexible, my staff by now prefers it by far. (And none has any IT background, all with a healthcare background - which is a sector notorious for their lack of IT skills normally) Two weeks ago OI assisted one of them to reinstall her private machine.
(The fact that KDE Plasma is gorgeous helps a lot here)
The only software we universally find lacking is Libre Office - Libre is simply not quite there yet for collaboration and large documents. (And our work often includes advisory opinions that can easily a few hundred pages). We are currently looking into the option of creating our own "document composer" based on Collabora and Latex. But that is a project for 2027.
And sadly CAD is a shitshow on Linux - FreeCAD is totally useless for our use, can not handle the filesize the projects we have and is an nightmare to use and BricsCAD is extremly buggy. Luckily we only need that occasionally so this machine is rarely booted up.
(And there is one Windows based speciality application that requires Windows but that thing happily lives in a VM).
But I can live with that. Besides the mobile phones(Samsung Android due to the MDM requirements) we are fully "Europeanized" by now.
Really?? And I went through the whole process of removing Windows and installing Fedora 🙃. I didn't know! Well, guess I'm going to Ubuntu then. Thanks!
opensource software doesn't have a country. No need to change to ubuntu. The same software you run in fedora you will run in ubuntu.
IBM, intel, microslop, etc, all have developers that work in the linux kernel and provide patches and new functionalities. Are you going to stop using the linux kernel? Good luck with temple OS
@androidul Strictly speaking thats still #US... #CloudAct and #PatriotAct still enable the US to coerce and manipulate #Bitwarden, no matter where the data is stored. The #TADPF thats supposed to guarantee #GDPR compliance is worthless.
Backblaze to Infomaniak – mainly for our office‘s cloud service, but moved our domain registration and email service there as well. Super happy and never looked back! Also: Reddit to Lemmy
Windows -> Linux Mint
Gmail -> Tuta mail
Outlook -> mailbox
Facebook -> [nothing]
Instagram -> pixelfed
iCloud -> Jotta cloud (not Eu, but Norwegian’s)
Reddit -> Lemmy
PayPal -> [nothing]
More to come…
Moved my main repositories off from Github to Codeberg. The latter is more minimalist, but has what it needs instad of being an overbloated mess with AI slop features. Cannot fullz abandon Github due to the vast amount of code there, also some projects I'm contributing to have no plans to move.
While I know I should have moved to single blade safety razors, Lidl's own 5 blade offerings last longer than Gilette Fusion, while being the fraction of the price.
Using Linux mint instead of Microsoft. The windows 11 update fiasco made that easy.
Also:
Google photos> photoprism and immich
I'd like to host my own email at some point too and move away from Gmail
. or at least have a offline copy of my emails combined with an online EU service.
@Good_Slate@JensSpahnpasta To be fair.... hosting your own mail is way harder than you might initially think. Spam ratings and securing it are a real pain in the behind...
It is an American company, therefore bound to US law, which means NSA involvement, which means guaranteed backdoors to encryption.
That’s a very strong assertion and, given an open-source client and a documented protocol, one that is very easy to prove if true. So I presume you can point at what, in the Signal protocol, is a backdoor in the encryption.
As has been better posed in another reply, unless you have some evidence of backdoors for end to end encryption of Signal, I'm going to personally dismiss your comments as bullshit.
In any case, even using the signal app, Signal don't have the scale or the commercial interest to weaponise my metadata in the way that meta can from WhatsApp use.
I'll stand by my comment that not all is EU, but signal remains a move in the right direction to improve privacy and security and reduce the US economic value extracted from my personal activity.
@running_system@porcoesphino To be fair... I stopped #streaming altogether and reverted back to owning my media again. Buying CDs and ripping them and play them on my phone and a Fiio Snowsky Echo (amazing MP3 player for 60 EUR).
CD's are cheap as chips today in yardsales, fleamarkets. And even new ones don't really break the bank. And the artists are paid way more fairly as well as supporting your local recordstore.
There is also something about coverart and leaflets...
They all are shit, it's the most convenient business model.
The most "humane" is Hinge, in my opinion, but has been bought by Match Group few years ago, also owner of Tinder.
@BussyGyatt Dating apps are not made to meet your match, only make it look like it. Look at the business model: their profits come from keeping you on the platform, not getting you hitched. So those platforms are screwed up seven ways to sunday. And it skews your view of 'what you can get' especially for women.
How do you like Pixelfed? I use Instagram to e.g. watch native French content (for learning) and stuff about ecology/plant species - so mostly videos where people do a skit or explain a topic. Admittedly I am on pixelfed.de which might stop me from stumbling across a lot of content, but it seems it is only used for sharing pictures. Probably this is by design or on purpose, right? Back to a pure image sharing platform like Instagram probably was in the beginning? Or do I need to look into other instances?
@kaulquappus yeah, the level of content is nowwhere to be near, but Monnett is shaping up to be a real instagram replacement once they roll out the major changes they have planned. When you say educational content, is something specific that you have in mind? Asking because youtube with adblock (ran on vivaldi on my phone with free background playing) covers this need for me entirely
The french stuff is specifically not "language learning" content, it's just some news channels, instagram "comedians" or people talking about nature or ecology in french. In English I follow for example channels like"Crime pays, botany doesn't".
I know I can get much more from youtube, but it's nice to use instagram for some mindless scrolling with short videos in random order (I know, social media zombie :( ) while on yt, it feels more like a purposeful choice and is often a decision over how to spend the next 10 to 20 minutes.
Although I have to say, I never looked into youtube shorts - and never got around to run it on the phone with adblock like you did, which I probably should regardless of the other points.
I hadn't heard of Monnett by the way, thanks! And thank you for your reply, at least I know I don't have to switch pixelfed instances for now :)
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comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 115 pts · 210d
Streaming giants to piracy
Reddit to Lemmy
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 210d
Any hints for an elder pirate trying to find a good torrent site? My buddy was kind enough to give me an invite to a decent provider but that was maybe a decade and a half ago...
My elderly ass just barely figured out linux, so you can see how behind I am.
pocopene@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 209d
Use qbittorrent. It has torrent search and download integrated.
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 209d
Oh interesting, I have qbittorrent but have always just used it to on torrents I downloaded from a website. I'll look into this, thanks!
pocopene@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
I guess you have to change somerhing in the program options in order to make the Search tab visible
tabloid@feddit.org · 8 pts · 210d
Try Usenet and a Usenet indexer. There are multiple guides on the internet on how to set up and use it, even automatically with some r-apps on a home server.
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 10 pts · 209d
arr-stack is the secret weapon.
But for starters just a usenet client, a good usenet indexer and VLC are enough.
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 209d
Recommended Usenet provider: astraweb with a block account. Buy 1000 GB for 50 €$ and use it over time for years without any subscription necessary.
pantherina@feddit.org · 1 pts · 205d
Usenet is very weird but funny in a way. As it is not actually decentralized and often involves fiat payment (non cryptocurrencies) I would prefer a good VPN provider (or even i2p) and torrenting
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 209d
Neat, I've vaguely heard/seen the term Usenet but haven't looked into it, will do so! Thanks!
lietuva@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 209d
downloading torrents is very 2010s. Now we use Stremio app with torrentio plugin (or MediaFusion, or Comet). You get streaming from many torrent sites. Works on ios, android, many tvs, pc, whatever. There's tons of other addons too like trakt.tv integration, etc. If you setup RealDebrid (paid, but cheap) thats even better, it acts as one big server with massive library of torrents, but provides very high download speeds, so you don't need to worry about dead torrents or lack of seeders. I watch 4k movies without any problems.
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 209d
Well that seems just wild! I'll be looking into it this weekend, thanks, much appreciated!
wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org · 2 pts · 209d
It's an absolute godsend. It's a Netflix like experience for 3€ a month, only you get every content from every streamer there is
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 208d
This seems so crazy good. I'm looking forward to spending some of this weekend researching and hopefully trying it!
Scrollone@feddit.it · 3 pts · 209d
The trick is to sign up to private trackers. Sometimes they have a open signups period.
pantherina@feddit.org · 1 pts · 205d
I will make a post about my setup
Basically, dont use the sites directly, use a search engine that scrapes them. You need flaresolverr for some sites using Cloudflare. Apply for some private trackers, join communities to get invites. Remember to seed as much as possible and avoid hit-and-run.
SrMono@feddit.org · 59 pts · 210d
Sadly, there are several services I cannot switch yet, due to profession.
Imhotep@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d
What’s otto?
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 9 pts · 210d
@Imhotep A German onlineshop that evolved from mailorder.
For other alternatives:
https://www.goeuropean.org/
https://european-alternatives.eu/
Imhotep@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Thanks,for the links as well. I’ve stopped buying on amazon since a few years, but never found good alternatives.
Pip@feddit.org · 0 pts · 201d
You may want to look into bol.com - from NL
msrb711@feddit.org · 43 pts · 210d
Iphone > Fairphone
Windows > Linux
Google > Qwant
Gmail > Proton + My own domain
Youtube (music) > Digital audio player (it's just a modern name for a good old mp3)
Gilette > Mühle DE shaver + Proraso ( That was because I worked for P&G who own Gilette and never use their products out of spite)
Netflix > nothing (I'm okay with that... for now)
Pornhub > Xvideos 🤣
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 210d
Damn. xvids and xhampster are both European
msrb711@feddit.org · 9 pts · 210d
yup, gotta change up your media consumption.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 10 pts · 210d
@msrb711 I switched from streaming back to owning my media again and buying CD, DVD and Bluray. They are dirt cheap in flea markets and there is something neat about the coverart, leaflets and Bonus features. I also bought a FIIO Snowsky Echo and it has amazing sound quality and battery life for 60 Euros. UX is a bit fiddly but I got used to it.
msrb711@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
oh wow thank you for your input.
I was weighing the option of getting an USB dvd drive for my laptop for the same reason. I'm still afraid that buying dvds could quickly add up.
I do understand that it is indeed a much better way to enjoy movies, it's just that it's still quite expensive (for me).
What I did do is I got a library card and German Libraries have their own streaming platform which is amazing.
running_system@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
The Snowsky... I'm always thinking of getting one because of the nostalgic vibe. I have lots of iPods, beginning with the 1st model, though, so I think I'm good when it's about music players...
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 2 pts · 210d
@running_system I so regret selling my 5th Gen back in the day... But re-buying now is ridiculous regarding prices for iPods whose batteries have to be replaced and is all scratched up...
That's why I went for the Snowsky and I don't regret it. I only wish the UX would be smoother.
octoham@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 209d
Actually, Pornhub isn't American, it's Canadian, so keep using it all you want!
msrb711@feddit.org · 4 pts · 209d
Thank you for the info! I didn't know that. But still not EU 😁
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 210d
Netflix -> Yo Ho!
How do you like your Fairphone? Doesn’t it still run a Google based OS? I mean even if you “deGoogle” it, you’re still stuck in a rut of needing some amount of Google BS.
Also the > in your comment make it look your saying like.. Windows > Linux lol. Might as a - so it looks like an arrow rather than a greater than. Pedantry, I know.
msage@programming.dev · 4 pts · 210d
fairphones have support for e/OS
wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org · 2 pts · 209d
Not OP but I've had my fairphone for a couple of months and I love it. I use e/OS on it so being free of googles clutches alone feels great. But what I really like is the thought that I will most likely keep this phone for well over 5 years.
msrb711@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
yeah, I get your point and technically you're right.
I was going along the lines a small step is better than nothing.
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 210d
Just Watch is a German service, a kind of search engine, that shows what movies and TV shows are available in different streaming services. It supports many local streaming services. For example, some TV channels / broadcasting companies, and even libraries, might have streaming services in your country, and Just Watch likely lists their content as well. There are many filters, etc., you can use to narrow down your search.
https://www.justwatch.com/
msrb711@feddit.org · 2 pts · 209d
Oh wow, what a great resource!
Thank you for the tip! (that's what she said)
Findus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 37 pts · 210d
Reddit to Lemmy has been hands down the best one so far. You lemmlings may be wierd at times, but not nearly as toxic as redditors.
Also moved from Gilette Fussion to a safety razor, cheaper, better quality (my skin is less irritated after shaving), and I feel like a boss when shaving.
From Chrome to Vivaldi & from Google to Ecosia.
And for lots of hygine products I moved to EU brands from US - ones. (Palmolive,Colgate, Lenor etc). I know Loreal, Beiersdorf and Unilever aren't great companies, but local alternatives are crazy expensive.
Deleted Insta, unfortunately way too many people refuse to move from What's App to Signal.
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 209d
Switch from Vivaldi to Firefox.
Nalincah@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
Use Vivaldi only for Gather.town at work. PITA with FF
anelephant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
firefox to icecat
Wrdlbrmpfd@feddit.org · 2 pts · 209d
This seems to be true for most users. However, I feel that the administration is toxic and nontransparent. It is not very transparent on reddit either. However, maybe I should go for a different instance.
Padit@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
Which safety razor?
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 1 pts · 209d
@Padit @Kennystillalive Merkur handle or the Feather one (the cheap one, not the all metal) and Feather blades
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 209d
Feather is japanese, but better than American. I‘m also using Feather.
Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
Mootes & Tiger platinum blades.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
For what reason?
mech@feddit.org · 31 pts · 210d
switched from bourbon to scotch
gorkur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 209d
Any recommendations? Love bourbon and a few Irish whiskies but scotch always tastes too smokey and.. ionidy? to me.
mech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 209d
Glenmorangie is a good "entry level" Scotch that isn't smokey and peaty at all.
But if you like the taste of bourbon and don't like smokey and peaty, there's nothing wrong with sticking to Irish whiskies. Or Swedish. Or Canadian.
They're more similar to bourbon.
gorkur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 209d
Oh yeah, I do like me some Canadian whiskey! But I'll grab a bottle of Glenmorangie if I see one around 🙂
imapuppetlookaway@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
Balblair 12 year old.
copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de · 29 pts · 210d
Gmail to Mailbox.org. Whenever I'm using it to login somewhere I get reminded that no US corporation can steal or shutdown my identity.
atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 210d
I tried switching to Tuta, but I got annoyed at only being able to use their email client, so I can’t mix and use my work email there and have to have two email clients. What made you choose mailbox?
copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 210d
I did not consider Tuta at the time. It either was not around yet or too new.
I compared Posteo and Mailbox. Since Mailbox gives me the option to use my own domain, I picked that one. (I don't have my own domain 🤡)
Mailbox provides normal IMAP access. I use Thunderbird and the iOS Mail app as clients. (Annoying: iOS Mail does not delete mails in a way that is recognized by Thunderbird)
atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 210d
I didn’t understand the last part. Why do you use both?
copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 209d
I do use both because I want to read my email on my phone and on my desktop.
If I delete a Mail on iOS, it is not deleted in Thunderbird though. The iOS client only marks it as deleted instead of actually removing the data and Thunderbird does not understand the mark.
j_j@muenchen.social · 0 pts · 209d
@copacetic
Check the settings in #Thunderbird. I think, it can deal with deletion markers. All clients have to agree on how to use a shared mailbox.
@atcorebcor
copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 209d
I looked into this again. I misremembered: iOS Mail does not "mark" deleted mails but is supposed to move deleted Mails on IMAP into a Trash folder (or Archive). That does not happen in my case and I have no clue why. The mail disappears in the app but is unchanged on the server.
atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 209d
What does using thunderbird add for you?
copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 209d
I like having a native Desktop client and Thunderbird is a reasonably good one.
BigShammy80@feddit.org · 27 pts · 210d
Windows -> Linux CachyOS Google Mail -> Tutamail Amazon -> Buying local where possible
Best decision ever...
And quitting all the social media crap and using feddit now.
Still looking for a Twitch alternative. There are some, but the content is lacking...
passenger@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 209d
Watch Twitch with Firefox + ublock origin maybe?
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl · 26 pts · 209d
moved here
locahosr443@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 209d
Moved business and personal email from ms to Proton. Wow turns out I really missed a simple email interface. And it's saving me about 23 hours a day not logging back into o365 for the thousandth time.
Dunno why it took so long, we're full Linux with the odd mac. The office admin panel is so fucking awful I could never work out how to backup. Turned out Proton can just import...
Scrollone@feddit.it · -1 pts · 209d
Proton is nice and surely better than Office, but let's not forget that the owner of Proton publicly supports Trump, so I'm planning to move out of Proton ASAP
dieTasse@feddit.org · 8 pts · 209d
Lol nobody supports trump, they had one unfortunate post on twitter that some people (un) intentionally misinterpreted. The drama is over, so maybe time to move on?
rraggl@mastodon.nl · -6 pts · 209d
@locahosr443 Thats what pisses me off so much: #MS is a #usability and #security nightmare for #users and #admins. It's really difficult to manage well especially for #SMB Its bloody expensive for the mediocre and increasingly buggy products you get. They shove services down your throat like #Copilot and #Recall #Windows updates regularly break stuff. Yet folks cling on to it for dear life because it is what they know #adminlife
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 209d
What’s up with all these # ?
Couldn’t you just write normally?
echodot@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 209d
They all link to Mastodon hashtags. Not really sure what the point is is it doesn't really add anything. They're not linking to anything specific, just the general hashtag.
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 209d
It is super annoying to read. Very distracting. And doesn’t even add anything useful, just noise.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 0 pts · 209d
@ErenOnizuka Ehm... That is to make my post easier to find for users looking gor those topics and making it pop up in the feeds about those topics.
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 209d
Kind of #unnecessary
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 209d
Mastodon doesn't really play very nice with Lemmy despite the fact that it technically federates. They just come over as links, which is fine but hashtags themselves don't do anything on Lemmy, so they're just sort of there, hanging around, in the way.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 20 pts · 210d
Various cloud services replaced with selfhosting, like Immich. And quit and deleted X, Facebook, Insta. No shopping ever at Amazon. No eating or drinking ever at McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, Starbucks.
philpo@feddit.org · 7 pts · 210d
Signal is not a EU switch,btw.
idealism_nearby@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
It isn't, but it is definitely the best switch if you have privacy in mind. A lot of other options have various areas they are lacking in. Signal is a real gold standard of privacy and security, and open-source, so location matters much less.
philpo@feddit.org · 5 pts · 209d
It is not even close to the gold standard of privacy and still falls within the Homeland Security act as well as Trump shenanigans - and are hosted on Google, Amazon and MS servers.
While as far as we know their encryption is close to gold standard, the foundation and concept itself has massive issues one should be aware of.
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 209d
There is no european alternative though. Maybe threema, but people don’t want to pay for a messaging app. (Even though they did in the past with WhatsApp on iOS)
philpo@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
Or Matrix...
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 209d
There are unencrypted messages in Matrix though. Not by default, but it’s there.
philpo@feddit.org · 2 pts · 209d
Hardly an argument. The clients warn against it,it's not default, has to be done very intentionally,etc. That's on one level with "I screenshot messages and post them on facebook" - and in that case the other end would not be warned about it.
The downsides of Matrix exist (key exchange, performance, audio/video, federation issues), but this is not one of them. Overall it's as secure as Signal but, I totally must agree on that, not as easy as signal. Which partially comes with the federation, but partially also due to ongoing issues the current development fails to adress so far.
Threema has the downside of being swiss hosted (which sadly is an issue by now due to their legislation) and being from a company very close to the swiss goverment but at least the Orange Tittler can't shut it down directly.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it · 1 pts · 200d
Signal is a necessary compromise, because you can actually get other people to use it.
I have tried with XMPP, Matrix, Jami, and finally settled on pure SMS with the people closer to me… it's not encrypted in any way, and I even pay to text most of my friends in other EU countries, but it's at least sort of decentralised, and works in unfavorable conditions (areas with 2G coverage).
For groups, I prefer Signal.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 1 pts · 209d
@idealism_nearby Areas others are lacking is mainly adoption... Signal is more of a drop in replacement you can do without too much thinking. The others like Matrix, Briar, Delta Chat require you to use your brain and understand some fundamentals. People don't want that.
Konstant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 20 pts · 210d
@JensSpahnpasta
- Google Workspace to Infomaniak
- first from Google Pixel -> Murena Fairphone, then Android to Sailfish OS
- not "to" but a new thing I am really happy with is my Prusa 3d printer
- Windows -> Linux (but that was already in 2013/2014)
halfdane@piefed.social · 4 pts · 210d
So, how does sailfishOS on fairphone feel like? My banking app (and its second factor app) are already fiddly with lineageos, so I'm really interested if you have any experiences to share.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 3 pts · 210d
@halfdane Oh and one more thing? Battery life is AMAZING. Sometimes three days on one charge.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 3 pts · 210d
@halfdane Ok, brevity is sometimes the enemy of clarity... I used to have a Murena Fairphone and switched from there. I learned only later there is a community port for Sailfish on FP.
Sailfish I run on the Jolla C2 and it is little different from eOS, Graphene or Lineage without MicroG that I also tried. My bank is Triodos NL and that works fine for now. MFA I use the Ente Auth Android App also no issues. Sometimes Android App support crashes and I need to reboot, thats it.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 3 pts · 210d
@halfdane If you already made your infrastructure so that you can run fine on degoogled phones, Sailfish SHOULD work for you.
It was fiddly in the beginning but minimizing my dependencies helped. Took me several attempts to get Signal (Android App) working.
What I especially like: it isn't made for the attention economy. Less distractions. My phone is a tool again, not a digital pacifier....
halfdane@piefed.social · 2 pts · 209d
That sounds really awesome, and I'm surely using it once my fairphone 3 dies: unfortunately there isn't even a community build for fp3 (and I won't buy another phone for that), so for the time being, I'll stay on lineageos.
Thank you for the detailed report 🤗
BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info · 19 pts · 209d
Different to what most people are doing, but I've been thinking about dressing more European. So many popular casual clothes come from the US: bomber jackets, duck chore jackets, baseball caps, most sneakers, jeans. The last two alone are permanent parts of "default dude uniform".
So I now e.g. have:
Also eyeing a French chore coat.
You'd think doing this would be really easy given how the US came to be. Say, a suit is European, but wearing one every day is not as common as before. The overall theme in the west is that democratization is cool, while tradition is not. But when I think Europe, I think tradition. Hence the suit is European, but it's not "cool".
Corduroy and shetland sweaters are pretty "grandpa" as well. But I guess this is the arduous process of re-learning an identity after being fed American culture all the time while growing up. You just don't know what's yours.
As you can see by the items it's all clothes that come from the UK. Again, it was easiest to pick the UK because it was the purveyor of European style, back before, you know.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 209d
Man dressing made in EU is soooo expensive though.
wieson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
I found a few sales on avocadostore. With the sale prices they were the same as other slavemade brands on normal price.
BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info · 1 pts · 208d
What items do you have in mind?
A good "gateway drug" is buying second hand. It lets you get acknowledged with a brand and let you decide if you'd like to drop the retail or sale price on an item from them in the future. They don't necessarily even need to be made in EU, just they need to come from a higher price bracket.
Here are my Vinted filters for mostly EU brands (only some are made in EU), they link to the Polish Vinted so maybe change the .pl to your region:
Poland has the most connected regions on Vinted so your results may vary.
Nalincah@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
Yes, but most of the time more durable, fair working conditions etc
bilgamesch@feddit.org · 2 pts · 208d
For Shoes:
Portugal, mayby most famously, as well as poland have very talented cobblers who make great quality shoes while not being nearly as expensive as some of the bigger brands (looking at you, doc martens). Unfortunately the best way to find out about them currently is etsy. But I‘d reckon there are other platforms where they are active. Maybe it‘s even possible to contact them for sales circumventing Etsy.
Jimbel@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 210d
Windows --> linux debian
I wanted to do this for a long time. But hesitated because i thought it is a lot of work and inconvenience.
Now I have done the transition and first of all it was very easy to install linux. A 13 minute youtube video explained everything step by step. I was done after roughly 30 minutes.
And now i am working/gaming on linux and it is like switching from an android to an apple smartphone. Everything is a bit different. But in the end it is the same.
Can strongly recommend it. Is super easy and just feels great!!
darko@feddit.org · 18 pts · 210d
Windows to Linux
AlbertUnruh@feddit.org · 18 pts · 210d
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 210d
Google Android to e/OS. Fairphone 6 is great.
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 210d
hell yeah brother 💪📱
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 204d
Sister, but yeah. It's fantastic.
locahosr443@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 209d
Do banking apps work yet, because that forced me back to the stock install?
Zweiblum@feddit.org · 3 pts · 209d
Banking worked once I added a Google account to microg. Which is not the best I know, but thats a compromise for now. With e/os and others you also habe to keep in mind that not all images allow you to lock your bootloader.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 204d
Only with MicroG. My workaround is to have a compromised computer at home that stays in my house, and then not have google on my phone at all. It's an added layer that is supposed to obfuscate details about the user, but I don't trust it. Also, you have a tracker that tries to call home, but you can disable it.
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 209d
Any limitations you ran into?
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 204d
I just don't do banking or make transactions in it. It's setup with MicroG by default. I used developer mode to get all that off and stop the attempts of google to call home. I guess without the ability to do those things they would lose market share. If you're like me and refuse to tolerate, just remove it. Other defaults are fine. I didn't like that I had to go through Dev mode if I wanted to remove the native maps app, but I ended up keeping it anyway.
Here is what's good: modular design so you can replace parts,
battery is absolutely amazing, after two months it has never wen dead, best battery life I've ever seen
Ethical building, part of build in China is performed under a fair labor plan
Spoofs your ip
Fakes your geolocation
Has app tracker detection and blocks leaks
Forums with helpful community
No bloatware, just normal stuff
I have had no issues with this phone. Accessories are high but they are not a big company, so... You can use NextDNS to see any tracker queries if you want. You are able to disable the google tracker in MicroG if you just go to community forum and read how. If you block in NextDNS first you will not need to worry anyways.
Szewek@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 210d
And possibly the biggest one: Divesting!!!
As my antivirus expires, I am looking forward to switch to Bitdefender. I've been avoiding most American non-digital services before. Using alternatives to credit cards in real life is annoying in Sweden, but I try my best. It is easy online, though.
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 210d
Using alternatives to credit cards in real life is annoying in Sweden, but I try my best. It is easy online, though. Wero is our Lord and Savior!
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
Can't you pay with Swish?
Szewek@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 210d
I try to pay with Swish when possible. But it is a bit cumbersome.
Blik, the Polish member of the European Mobile Payment Systems Association has a contactless payment solution that works as smooth as using a card. But I think they somehow collaborate with Mastercard on it. Some terminals in Sweden apparently can connect with Swish via Bluetooth, but I never got to set it up. So I use the QR code...
I wish these mobile payment systems would be integrated better across borders.
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 2 pts · 209d
Bluetooth sucks, it's even slower than reading a QR, and unreliable on top of that. We've had this with the Swiss equivalent of Swish (Twint), and it sucked so bad they abandoned it completely. It's just QR now.
The reason we can't use NFC is Apple, by the way. They'reocking everyone out. And because corporate product managers don't want to use NFC on Android and relegate Apple users to QR both get the same, worse option.
mirshafie@europe.pub · 4 pts · 210d
Divesting is so important. It's good for your savings account too. My Canadian, French, Korean and Swedish stocks slap.
Szewek@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 204d
Yes! The US economy relies so much on overinvestment. All the American giants and startups had international investment fueling them for years before they made profits. The dollar relies on everybody securing savings in US treasury. The less of it the better.
And my diversified European, Latin American, and Asian stocks slap as well (⌐■_■) I need to get more stuff from Canada!
mirshafie@europe.pub · 2 pts · 203d
Bombardier has been doing particularly well for me. I'm pretty confident it will continue to do so.
Haven't really chosen any Latin American stocks yet, but Brazil looks good overall.
Imhotep@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
Is it this app ? https://join.minimalistphone.com/
Szewek@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 210d
Yes!
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 210d
Various really :
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 210d
Like a few here, microsoft to linux and reddit to fediverse.
Tidal to Qobuz, old spice to dove deodorant were all good but gillette razors to various safety razors has been the best I think.
mirshafie@europe.pub · 5 pts · 210d
Safety razor and/or shavette is such an eye-opener. You can buy a good shavette for €20 and 10 premium blades for €5. That's 500 shaves for the price of a month's worth of fancy quadrouple Gillette blades that suck ass.
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 210d
Whereabouts do you buy your blades? I'm in Canada but fuck me sideways they've been hard to find. I found one retailer who was doing sample packs buy they didn't have any packs without at least one Russian set of blades which isn't much better than buying american...
mirshafie@europe.pub · 3 pts · 210d
Yeah Russia produces lots of blades, for Gillette too btw.
I actually tend to buy blades when I'm in the Middle East or India straight from a barber shop, but I've also bought from Gents.com on occasion. Looks like they do ship to Canada.
What blade is best for you depends on your skin and hair type. Feather (Japan) makes insanely sharp premium blades that dull quickly, they are loved by lots of people. Solingen (Germany) and Merkur (Germany) make more conventional blades similar to Gillette. And of course you can also get Gillette, there's nothing wrong with their double-edge blades except I have animosity toward the brand.
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 210d
Interesting! Really reinforcing my idea that a sampler pack would be best. I'll take a look at gents (thank you for the link!) and then see if I can get anything comparable local.
Much obliged!
beeng@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 210d
PayPal to Wero or iban
WASZUMFIKKE@feddit.org · 10 pts · 210d
I would classify Wero as US-dependent in multiple areas, since they incorporate US-based trackers. Also in a way that I believe is violating the GDPR. On top of that, the Wero app incorporates a US-based bug tracking system that the user cannot reject, other than maybe blocking it it with a firewall. I also have not seen them officially supporting any of the EU-made operating systems yet. Mandatory Notarization (by OS vendor) in iOS and Android is adding another US-dependent layer.
While there is more EU in Wero than in Paypal, it would be a false claim to call it "EU independent".
beeng@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 209d
OK still a good move but they could do better. PayPal is a useless middleman if wero is around.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
We had Payconiq in Belgium (100% Belgian), now they're forcing us to use Wero.
Scrollone@feddit.it · 2 pts · 209d
I wish Wero was available in Italy :(
kilgore_trout@feddit.it · 1 pts · 200d
The market is already taken by Satispay.
Scrollone@feddit.it · 1 pts · 199d
Satispay is just a proprietary solution with no bright future ahead, because the only reasons people were using it are not there anymore (super cheap commissions for merchants; free money if you invite a friend).
kilgore_trout@feddit.it · 1 pts · 199d
Those reasons got people to install it and get accustomed to it. I am sure that students still use it.
RmDebArc_5@feddit.org · 14 pts · 210d
iPhone to Fairphone with /e/os
redwattlebird@lemmings.world · 12 pts · 209d
OneDrive to pCloud.
OneDrive was absolute ass in the first place but i got it for free as part of uni. It was horrible for syncing files between devices and would often corrupt files.
PCloud just works. They also have a lifetime tier, so you don't have to subscribe every year. My data is stored in Switzerland but you can choose to have it stored in the US if you really really want to.
Next best thing was changing from Gmail to Runbox. Excellent service at Runbox. I'm looking to transfer my domain as well but that's proving a bit difficult at the moment.
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 209d
We use OneDrive at work and it will often just randomly break for no reason. No mind to tinkering with it will fix it you just have to leave it alone until it starts working again.
philpo@feddit.org · 9 pts · 210d
The best? Ditched Windows almost completely both for my company as well as my home. Only two installs (CAD and very specific similar app + we have a very very specific usecase of MS Office features two clients require that no alternative can deliver) of windows remain.
Nalincah@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
Have you tried https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps?
philpo@feddit.org · 2 pts · 210d
Yeah. Is a strange security feature for doucments with limited viewer groups that auth towards the customer server. Requires full AD and everything. Even Winboat does not work due to VM detection. It's very obscure,but these two clients are somewhat important to us so we jump through the hoops
But,well, basically we only boot into that machine twice a month so I can live with that.
Thanks anyway!
Everything else by now is Linux and either self hosted or with a European provider - funny enough we were a 100% MS shop once and work 100% remote (all my staff work from home and with almost fully flexible scheduling). And what should I say? Not only does it save money, makes us far more flexible, my staff by now prefers it by far. (And none has any IT background, all with a healthcare background - which is a sector notorious for their lack of IT skills normally) Two weeks ago OI assisted one of them to reinstall her private machine. (The fact that KDE Plasma is gorgeous helps a lot here)
The only software we universally find lacking is Libre Office - Libre is simply not quite there yet for collaboration and large documents. (And our work often includes advisory opinions that can easily a few hundred pages). We are currently looking into the option of creating our own "document composer" based on Collabora and Latex. But that is a project for 2027.
And sadly CAD is a shitshow on Linux - FreeCAD is totally useless for our use, can not handle the filesize the projects we have and is an nightmare to use and BricsCAD is extremly buggy. Luckily we only need that occasionally so this machine is rarely booted up. (And there is one Windows based speciality application that requires Windows but that thing happily lives in a VM).
But I can live with that. Besides the mobile phones(Samsung Android due to the MDM requirements) we are fully "Europeanized" by now.
cabbage@piefed.social · 9 pts · 210d
Dropbox to Nextcloud. Saves me so much money every month and I way prefer the user experience.
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 209d
Jeans and Digital Services
edens_one@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d
Currently going through transition, step by step:
Windows > Linux Fedora
Chrome > Vivaldi
Gmail > Eclipso
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 11 pts · 210d
😒
CamilleMellom@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 210d
Btw Fedora in backed by red hat and American corp. loved Fedora but switch to opensuse or Ubuntu :)
edens_one@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Really?? And I went through the whole process of removing Windows and installing Fedora 🙃. I didn't know! Well, guess I'm going to Ubuntu then. Thanks!
VisionScout@lemmy.wtf · 4 pts · 209d
opensource software doesn't have a country. No need to change to ubuntu. The same software you run in fedora you will run in ubuntu.
IBM, intel, microslop, etc, all have developers that work in the linux kernel and provide patches and new functionalities. Are you going to stop using the linux kernel? Good luck with temple OS
btsax@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 209d
TempleOS was built by an American
usernameusername@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 209d
Terry Davis is a... glowie???!??!
VisionScout@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 208d
true. but templeOS was built with god's instructions
CamilleMellom@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 209d
It’s easier the second time. Ubuntu is London based and opensuse is German. Good luck!
edens_one@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
Thanks! I'll look into it.
twinnie@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 210d
Switched from OneDrive to NextCloud. It’s much better with Linux.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 210d
Chrome to Vivaldi
androidul@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
iCloud Passwords to Bitwarden (EU)
thesdev@feddit.org · 5 pts · 210d
https://bitwarden.com/about/#%3A%7E%3Atext=Resources-%2CFAQ%2C-Is+Bitwarden+a
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 1 pts · 210d
@androidul Strictly speaking thats still #US... #CloudAct and #PatriotAct still enable the US to coerce and manipulate #Bitwarden, no matter where the data is stored. The #TADPF thats supposed to guarantee #GDPR compliance is worthless.
#European alternatives include (but are not limited to) @protonprivacy @passbolt @keepassxc #passworddepot #uniqkey #heylogin @yubico
ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 209d
Use KeePass (or KeePassXC) instead of Bitwarden.
determinist@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 210d
Cloudflare >> Bunny.net
Gmail >> Tuta & Mailbox
pixelpunk@feddit.org · 4 pts · 210d
Backblaze to Infomaniak – mainly for our office‘s cloud service, but moved our domain registration and email service there as well. Super happy and never looked back! Also: Reddit to Lemmy
sp3ctre@feddit.org · 4 pts · 210d
Windows => Linux Stock-Android => iodéOS CustomROM
And probably buying from Otto instead of Amazon. Works in Germany pretty well.
dnub@piefed.social · 4 pts · 210d
Windows to manjaro
Google suite to proton
Firefox to librewolf
Reddit to piefed
Barely used X but got mastodon anyway
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 210d
Windows -> Linux Mint Gmail -> Tuta mail Outlook -> mailbox Facebook -> [nothing] Instagram -> pixelfed iCloud -> Jotta cloud (not Eu, but Norwegian’s) Reddit -> Lemmy PayPal -> [nothing] More to come…
Killie@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 210d
Has to be Windows - > Linux followed by Amazon - > multiple UK or European Shops.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 208d
Moved my main repositories off from Github to Codeberg. The latter is more minimalist, but has what it needs instad of being an overbloated mess with AI slop features. Cannot fullz abandon Github due to the vast amount of code there, also some projects I'm contributing to have no plans to move.
While I know I should have moved to single blade safety razors, Lidl's own 5 blade offerings last longer than Gilette Fusion, while being the fraction of the price.
Good_Slate@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
Using Linux mint instead of Microsoft. The windows 11 update fiasco made that easy.
Also: Google photos> photoprism and immich
I'd like to host my own email at some point too and move away from Gmail . or at least have a offline copy of my emails combined with an online EU service.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 2 pts · 210d
@Good_Slate @JensSpahnpasta To be fair.... hosting your own mail is way harder than you might initially think. Spam ratings and securing it are a real pain in the behind...
So I personally went with Infomaniak, but there's also (just off the top of my head) @Tutanota @protonprivacy @mailbox_org @posteo_de @soverin
GMac@feddit.org · 3 pts · 210d
Not all EU, but all moves in the right direction i think...
Android to GrapheneOS
WhatsApp to Signal
Windows to Linux Mint
Office365 to Libre office
Chrome to Vivaldi
Google search to Ecosia
Google maps to Organic maps
GMail / Calendar to Proton + own domain. (Not .com obviously)
Google Drive to Proton Drive
MS Onedrive to Filen
Made a Raspberry Pi SFTP server also running syncthing. (Need to set it up to be a PiHole too)
Kindle to Kobo
Reddit to Lemmy
Retro gaming on handhelds
Streaming services to physical media (and self ripped digital files)
Plus boycot all the fast food chains, coca-cola etc.
That's off the top of my head.
sjosjo@mas.to · -2 pts · 209d
david_chisnall@infosec.exchange · 4 pts · 209d
@sjosjo @GMac @JensSpahnpasta
That’s a very strong assertion and, given an open-source client and a documented protocol, one that is very easy to prove if true. So I presume you can point at what, in the Signal protocol, is a backdoor in the encryption.
sjosjo@mas.to · -1 pts · 209d
GMac@feddit.org · 3 pts · 209d
As has been better posed in another reply, unless you have some evidence of backdoors for end to end encryption of Signal, I'm going to personally dismiss your comments as bullshit.
In any case, even using the signal app, Signal don't have the scale or the commercial interest to weaponise my metadata in the way that meta can from WhatsApp use.
I'll stand by my comment that not all is EU, but signal remains a move in the right direction to improve privacy and security and reduce the US economic value extracted from my personal activity.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 210d
Notion to Anytype
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 210d
Apple Podcasts to Spotify to PocketCasts
MXC48@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 1 pts · 201d
I think it's make the switch to proton unlimited
Stromduster@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 1 pts · 196d
I guess Windows from Linux, and Google drive to shadow drive.
Findus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 199d
Findus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
Whatsapp to Olvid, anyone?
kilgore_trout@feddit.it · 1 pts · 200d
Are you based in France? I doubt it is any popular elsewhere.
Findus@feddit.org · 2 pts · 199d
No, in the Nordics. Olvid is definitely not popular here but I'm converting friends and family one by one.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 210d
YouTube Music to Spotify to Deezer
Edit: Actually start with a US company
running_system@feddit.org · 4 pts · 210d
Spotify is a shitty company, but they're from Sweden...
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 3 pts · 210d
@running_system @porcoesphino To be fair... I stopped #streaming altogether and reverted back to owning my media again. Buying CDs and ripping them and play them on my phone and a Fiio Snowsky Echo (amazing MP3 player for 60 EUR).
CD's are cheap as chips today in yardsales, fleamarkets. And even new ones don't really break the bank. And the artists are paid way more fairly as well as supporting your local recordstore.
There is also something about coverart and leaflets...
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 210d
Fair.
I did actually migrate YouTube Music -> Spotify -> Deezer but failed a bit posting
BussyGyatt@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
So, what's the nonenshittified alternative to okcupid/tinder/etc?
mech@feddit.org · 13 pts · 210d
Doing volunteer work for a cause you support in real life.
Best way to meet new people who share your values.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it · 1 pts · 200d
They all are shit, it's the most convenient business model.
The most "humane" is Hinge, in my opinion, but has been bought by Match Group few years ago, also owner of Tinder.
rraggl@mastodon.nl · 1 pts · 200d
@BussyGyatt Dating apps are not made to meet your match, only make it look like it. Look at the business model: their profits come from keeping you on the platform, not getting you hitched. So those platforms are screwed up seven ways to sunday. And it skews your view of 'what you can get' especially for women.
cauthon117@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 210d
Iphone to volla quintus
forcebrass@mastodon.social · 0 pts · 210d
@JensSpahnpasta
From Windows to Linux
From Gmail to Proton
From Google Maps to Mapy/Compas
From Instagram to Monnett/Pixelfed
kaulquappus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 210d
How do you like Pixelfed? I use Instagram to e.g. watch native French content (for learning) and stuff about ecology/plant species - so mostly videos where people do a skit or explain a topic. Admittedly I am on pixelfed.de which might stop me from stumbling across a lot of content, but it seems it is only used for sharing pictures. Probably this is by design or on purpose, right? Back to a pure image sharing platform like Instagram probably was in the beginning? Or do I need to look into other instances?
forcebrass@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 210d
@kaulquappus yeah, the level of content is nowwhere to be near, but Monnett is shaping up to be a real instagram replacement once they roll out the major changes they have planned. When you say educational content, is something specific that you have in mind? Asking because youtube with adblock (ran on vivaldi on my phone with free background playing) covers this need for me entirely
kaulquappus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
The french stuff is specifically not "language learning" content, it's just some news channels, instagram "comedians" or people talking about nature or ecology in french. In English I follow for example channels like"Crime pays, botany doesn't".
I know I can get much more from youtube, but it's nice to use instagram for some mindless scrolling with short videos in random order (I know, social media zombie :( ) while on yt, it feels more like a purposeful choice and is often a decision over how to spend the next 10 to 20 minutes.
Although I have to say, I never looked into youtube shorts - and never got around to run it on the phone with adblock like you did, which I probably should regardless of the other points.
I hadn't heard of Monnett by the way, thanks! And thank you for your reply, at least I know I don't have to switch pixelfed instances for now :)