Post by Gary on Jan 21, 2021 10:04:43 GMT -6
In light of the ongoing social media purge, I thought I would start a thread where you can share suggestions for keeping free speech alive + maintaining your privacy. It used to be that the alternatives to Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc., were not very alluring, but it's almost to the point where there is no reason not to switch. Here are my suggestions:
BROWSER: Brave or Dissenter (which is based on Brave). Brave was developed by the cofounder of FireFox who was "cancelled" by the PC crowd. They didn't like his stance on marriage. So he left and made a browser that is actually faster than Chrome (in fact, I think in recent tests it was one of, if not the fastest available) and also protects your data and privacy. It doesn't allow ads or trackers. It's available on PC, Android, iOS, etc.
TWITTER ALTERNATIVE: Gab.com. It's basically the same thing as Twitter, but it managed to weather the storm because it's server infrastructure isn't hosted by Amazon.
SEARCH: DuckDuckGo or my own pet project from a few years back called Main.Link. DuckDuckGo protects your privacy and data and has recently gotten much, much better in presenting accurate search results. On par with Google and Bing.
EMAIL: I've heard good things about both ProtonMail, Tutanota, and Zoho. All three are free and secure.
CLOUD STORAGE: Sync. 5 GB of free cloud storage and it's encrypted + they protect your privacy.
FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVE: This switch is more difficult because almost everyone's family and friends are still on Facebook. MeWe.com and Minds.com have been suggested, but they don't have a big user base. It also seems like MeWe isn't quite as committed to free speech.
BROWSER: Brave or Dissenter (which is based on Brave). Brave was developed by the cofounder of FireFox who was "cancelled" by the PC crowd. They didn't like his stance on marriage. So he left and made a browser that is actually faster than Chrome (in fact, I think in recent tests it was one of, if not the fastest available) and also protects your data and privacy. It doesn't allow ads or trackers. It's available on PC, Android, iOS, etc.
TWITTER ALTERNATIVE: Gab.com. It's basically the same thing as Twitter, but it managed to weather the storm because it's server infrastructure isn't hosted by Amazon.
SEARCH: DuckDuckGo or my own pet project from a few years back called Main.Link. DuckDuckGo protects your privacy and data and has recently gotten much, much better in presenting accurate search results. On par with Google and Bing.
EMAIL: I've heard good things about both ProtonMail, Tutanota, and Zoho. All three are free and secure.
CLOUD STORAGE: Sync. 5 GB of free cloud storage and it's encrypted + they protect your privacy.
FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVE: This switch is more difficult because almost everyone's family and friends are still on Facebook. MeWe.com and Minds.com have been suggested, but they don't have a big user base. It also seems like MeWe isn't quite as committed to free speech.
