Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to help my parents reduce their reliance on American Big Tech (Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.). They’re not tech-savvy, and I don’t want to overwhelm them or make them feel like I’m forcing a radical change. At the same time, I’m concerned about privacy, data collection, and the monopolistic practices of these companies.

Any ideas? First of all I thought about ecosia, I see that it returns more similar results to google than Qwant.

I want to buy them Threema licence.

I installed Le Chat as chatgpt replacement, moved some documents to Synology Nas

What’s next?

  • jjpamsterdam@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’ve moved my father to Softmaker’s office suite. He’s completely sold. They have the option of using a UI remarkably similar to the old 2003 Office look. He’s been moaning about not being able to find anything ever since Microsoft moved away from that format. He’s happy to have something he feels more comfortable with back. Softmaker is a German company and offers a free version of its office suite. If you buy the full license you also have a license forever - no monthly/quarterly/yearly renewal necessary.