I really like Immich as an alternative to Google photos. It has face recognition and allows for context searches. "Person X on the beach"

It can be run completely local on a Raspi.

Are any of the map apps actually any good? I used organic maps when I went out with a friend but couldn't find the izakaya we were supposed to meet at. I don't even know if I can search in Japanese.

I use Xeovo instead of Mullvad personally. I guess there is also sailfish OS instead of Android but i don't know how compatible it is. Pretty good list, i am actually trying out element instead of whatsapp which works to a certain extent. But whatsapp is the final boss here to me

1. Dislike Proton and Mullvad for political reasons, but I understand they provide good services.
2. I also dislike Firefox-forks. Not because they are bad, but the only reason to use Firefox is to avoid Chromium. However, if you don't use Firefox, usage statistics go down, ad-revenue goes down, and Mozilla will struggle to maintain Gecko. If Gecko goes down, so will LibreWolf and Waterfox.
3. I don't use many of these services (I keep photos local, use my bank's payment app etc.) but some recommendations are very interesting. I still stick to an Android phone and wonder how reliable /e/OS really is.

Cool! I should also visualise my stack like this!

Maybe you can also anonymously declare your switches to switchdigest.eu. Would be cool to show others what we are switching to!

Anyone have a good recommendation for a better messages app than Googles?

What's wrong with Netflix?