A lot of people are moving away from Big Tech. Many more would like to do so, but they do not know that it is really easy to do so and that there are good options.
You do, given that you are here. Maybe time to help your friends?
Some good options, that I use myself :
OS : Linux.
Browser : Vivaldi.
Mail client : Vivaldi.
Calendar client : Vivaldi.
Mail Service : Proton, FastMail.
Social : Mastodon & Fediverse in general.
Office package : Libre Office.
Video conference : Whereby.
Feel free to suggest more options and share with your friends!
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@jon The problem here is assuming that people care. I often bring this up to both people around me and to journalists, and except for when Trump was ranting the most about blocking europe from US cloud services (at which point I did manage to get an article published) _no one cares_.
I think people in general are not smart, and they hate change. I've given up completely on democracy and the capabilities for independent thought, when it comes to the common man.
@h4890 , my experience is that people really care. It is a question of helping them realize that there are options. We have seen significant growth in Europe, when there are articles letting people know that there are options.
@jon @h4890
Yes, I agree. Many people have a fairly instinctive dislike of Big Tech and aren't happy with the service they get, or worry about privacy. But they won't change without an easily available alternative.
I should really give LibreOffice another go, but it has always been a bit disappointing whenever I've tried it. 🙁
@thecasualcritic @jon What is the problem with it?
I press my menu button, I type "wr" (the beginning of the word write) press enter, and then I write in something which looks 99% like microsoft word before they messed up the GUI with the strange "bar".
If people think this is too much, and if people refuse because the icons are not in the exact same position as in O365, again, people will _never move_ and they show they do not care after all.
@thecasualcritic @jon What I do is to use black text och white background, and I only send odp files to customers and business partners. That way, formatting problems are reduced to a minimum.
If I require more formatting, I send pdf files.
@h4890 @jon
When I've used it previously I found it's formatting more limited, particularly for slides. Probably exacerbated by constant conversion issues with .docx etc documents.
Which I know is not their fault, but that knowledge doesn't help much if you keep having to adjust layouts and formatting.