I’m tired
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mailbox.org vs fastmail? i have a custom domain - but am “scared” to migrate my serious accts to it. (github bank etc). thoughts?
I have mailbox.org for almost a decade now and i bearly know that, because it just works. German data privacy laws, runs on green energy, support, etc.
I'm also looking into what to switch to from proton rip. atm I'm thinking tuta for email. i was wondering about maybe trying Njalla VPN? drive/docs/sheets are the main ones i'm struggling with ig
I'm tired of keeping a book of grudges everytime a CEO says something. I'll be waiting for now.
Like, it's my business email, it's on my cards and my site and pretty much everything else related to the business. Just change all that!?
Your business email is a @proton.me address?
You mentioned a website, wouldn't you rather have an address @ your website domain?
For the future, it might be worth buying your own domain. Besides looking cool, switching providers is as simple as changing your MX records.
For real. A CEO is a figurehead and can be removed at any time
| Proton |My Recomendation |
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| Pass |Vaultwarden/KeepassXC/ChiPass (AI-less KPCX fork) |
| 2FA| All of the above ^ or Yubikey |
| Drive | Nextcloud, Cryptpad? |
| Meet | Element Call? XMPP Call? |
| Lumo | PocketPal/Hermes/LMStudio |
| Wallet | lmao a non-kyc probably |
Meet -> Jitsi (Matrix also uses Jitsi as a plugin but I think they're also working on a native Element solution too).
I never took him for a Claude evangelist.
He is more of a ChatGPT witchdoctor.
I think ente has been using AI in development for over a year now. I'm paying them because there is no other alternative. The second I have enough spare money to make a homeserver I'm ditching ente.
I use Aegis for 2FA, I haven't really had any issues with it
Libreoffice is ok enough for docs/sheets but it's not really a cloud based service. I would say make your own setup for storage but with prices nowadays that probably isn't happening lol
Bitwarden is pivoting towards the same enshittification path as everything else, so that’s not gonna be a good long term for a password manager. They hired a new ceo whose only noteworthy experience is prepping companies for mergers and acquisitions, and briefly removed messaging on their website about always having a free tier which they reinstated after backlash. All signs point to a sinking ship, imo.
I don’t have the answer for what to use instead since I’m still a paid subscriber with them, but I’m looking around. Probably keepassxc but I don’t know enough to host and sync my own.
KeepassDX on android. Any keepass .kdbx file opener on every OS. .kdbx file saved on a local network shared folder on an always on raspberry pi. Access the folder on all devices, open the file with keepass app.
No sync, no extra sync software, no dangling copies, changes are immediate, decryption happens on device not over the network. Step up to network share over sftp. Tailscale tunnel to access when away from home.
AFAIK the concept behind keepassxc is that it's an encrypted .kdbx file that you sync yourself among your devices by any means you can. There are official apps for Windows/Linux/Mac, browser extensions for Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Vivaldi, there's integration with ssh-agent, and 3rd-party apps for Android and iOS.
Vaultwarden is a great alternative.
However, Vaultwarden only implements the webvault, the client apps are still only supplied by Bitwarden, which they could make incompatible with Vaultwarden at some point.
the client apps are still only supplied by Bitwarden
Not true. You could also use Keyguard.
That is what gives me pause with vaultwarden... the need for bitwarden proprietary apps.
the community already made a custom server that's compatible with Bitwarden, I imagine if Bitwarden cut them off then they could make a custom client for it as well.
in fact I believe there are community made Bitwarden apps already for Linux desktops, although I never tried them because I just use the browser extension.
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this is exhausting
It is. I just made the switch last year and spent forever making hide-my-e-mail adresses for every service , web page and online store I had subscribed to. My Proton subscription just renewed so I guess I’ll wait another 11 months to see how this pans out before I make a decision.
I started with those, but then thankfully quickly realized it’s a great form of vendor lock.
It’ll still be a pain to migrate, but at least not AS bad as it could have been.
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how about tuta mail?
I've been using it for about a year for random stuff but weirdly i do not enjoy the ux
Their interface is dog shit and although i use Tuta, i dont want to migrate there because its so unintuitive to use and just feels clanky
my keepass database has never once been hacked.
looking at you, every online password manager service.
You say you don't need drive storage, but you already have it with Mailbox if you ever need it.
Not needing Meet because you don't talk to people, this is the energy I need.
And yet here they are, talking to people.
Yeah that's a neat thing!
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