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[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 7 points 8 months ago

Me too! Hello!

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[–] spitard@jlai.lu 6 points 8 months ago

Me too I didn’t know there was a Reddit alternative, so I was using RSS feeds—then someone mentioned Lemmy in a comment, so here I am. Now I just need to wipe out Visa, and my boycott will be complete

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[–] TomViolence@lemmy.zip 31 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I bought a pair of Mustangs (German brand) instead of buying new Converses, and I'm very pleased by them.

A small win, but still a win.

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago

Not as admirable but for the last year or so I have, when necessary, replaced my Nike sports gear with Adidas.

I mention it ready for someone to say they're American also :)

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[–] brap@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

Bit by bit moving everything off Google Docs and into CryptPad.

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 21 points 8 months ago

I ditched Gmail for protonmail

[–] chonomaiwokurae@sopuli.xyz 20 points 8 months ago

Switched from Tidal to Qobuz.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip [S] 16 points 8 months ago

Setup koofr on my gf's laptop recently so that we can use that for sharing documents

[–] Suriel@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Dropped Google drive in favour of Filen

[–] flexicon@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 months ago

I dropped:

1password
NordVPN
Gmail
Google Drive
Google Docs
Claude

And replaced all of them with a Proton family subscription. Amazing change tbh, highly recommend it.

[–] florge@feddit.uk 10 points 8 months ago*

Just set up a mailbox account.

Before this it was probably some plus12 socks.

[–] houjou@jlai.lu 10 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

bought a secrid wallet (Netherlands) and a silpat oven sheet (France) very pleased with both

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

wait, Secrid is Dutch?

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[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 10 points 8 months ago

Just an hour ago I created a Proton account and transferred and redirected my gmail to it.

This is going to be a loong process transferring our family drive over. And I'm sure there will be some change resistance inside the family.

[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 9 points 8 months ago*

I ditched my iPhone for a Fairphone 6 with /e/OS. That was over six months ago now, but I'm still very happy about the switch!

Also bought some new winter boots last week. Swedish brand (Sneaky Steve), produced in Portugal.

[–] detren@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Finally set up email forwarding from my gmail to my proton account (since I already pay for the vpn)

[–] Railcar8095@piefed.social 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

A pair of locking pliers from Parkside. My brain defaults to aliexpress or amazon, but checked Lidl as they tend to have ok tools at ok price.

will try on the weekend, already look better and cheaper than anything in amazon.

[–] NorskSud@lemmy.pt 5 points 8 months ago

Parkside has serious quality, in general Lidl products have unbeatable quality/price ratios.

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[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

reMarkable, E Ink writing tablet.
It has a pressure sensitive marker that you can draw with like a wacom tablet, runs a Linux os you can ssh into and do tons of custom stuff with... It's just wonderful.

doodle example

[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I have a Proton Unlimited subscription which has replaced Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Express VPN. Proton is a fantastic company. Definitely worth the money.

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[–] vinushkah@europe.pub 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Be mindful about putting all your eggs on one basket. One company, however good (currently), controlling a big chunk of your data...

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[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

I know. Putting all your eggs in one basket usually isn't good.

But Proton is different because they don't actually store your data. Not really. Emails are end-to-end encrypted and the keys are stored on the user's device. Same with Proton Drive. The user is in control. Not Proton.

Even if the police demanded Proton hands over VPN data, Proton couldn't comply because they don't actually have data to hand over.

It's not just smoke and mirrors either. Proton is under Swiss jurisdiction. They legally can't store logs. Plus their software is open-source.

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[–] vinushkah@europe.pub 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

This is all true and I trust them with my email currently also, however I prefer to use them for only email because if my files, photos, email and credentials are in their hands and they have a substantial outage, I'm without all that data for however long.

Plus they are just another company at the end of the day. They could change their motive or be taken over by an org without good faith.

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[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago

But your files, photos, and credentials aren't in their hands. They only have encrypted, unreadable blobs of text. The keys are stored on your device.

Plus, you should have backups on a hard drive anyway. If Proton had a substantial outage and you didn’t have an offline backup of your data somewhere then it would be difficult to have sympathy for you.

Lastly, it's as valid to say "they could be taken over by an org without good faith" as it is to say "the sun won't rise tomorrow".

Switzerland recently proposed a new law which would compromise user privacy. So what did Proton do? They decided to scatter their physical infrastructure in different locations across Europe while keeping their headquarters in Geneva to fight the legal battle.

That's a sign of a company who won't just bend over and let people push them around.

Plus, Proton's website claims that a lot of their data centers are housed in former military bases. Anyone who wants to raid them is welcome to try, but they're not getting in.