Hi guys, I want to expand the sticky “Where to start?” article with a section about switching services and digitial products (or have a post about that?).
Many alternatives where already discussed and I can look them up on the alternatives webpages. But if you want to name alternatives that are underrepresented, feel free to support me here.
(Based on various sharepics) these topics came into my mind, did I miss anything essential?
- Browsing
- Searching
- e-Mail/Office suite (gmail/outlook)
- e-Mail clients
- mobile Apps
- Messaging Apps
- Passwordmanagers
- VPN providers
- Social media (obviously)
- Maps and navigation
- Shopping
SimpleXchat doesn’t seem to get a lot of love. Open source, European, encrypted and very privacy focused.
I gave it a try yesterday as I was curious. It’s impressive privacy wise, but it’s still missing some features to become a Whatsapp / Telegram replacement.
People are now used to be able to create topics in groups, that would be a nice addition.
Yea, it’s still a work in progress for sure. And it seems that their focus is mainly to get the architecture stable and secure rather than focusing on end user experience. But personally I’m impressed with the dedication to make a secure and private messenger.