RESIST
Most of the big news and tech companies are funding, promoting, benefitting from, or acquiescing to the fascist state. Some of the billionaire owners of these companies are in the Epstein files. I'm sick of being a pawn in their games, so as I seek out alternatives, I'll share my findings here. This page is a work in progress.
-Spacemonkey
Office. For word processing, spreadsheets, etc., try LibreOffice. It's free, it's open-source, it's pretty, and it works great. It can mostly open your existing documents, but that's hit-and-miss. You're best off saving all new documents in Open Document Format and liberating yourself from the shackles of proprietary document formats.
Messaging. For text, video, calls, disappearing messages, etc., use Signal. The company is a registered non-profit, existing purely to make communication safe and simple. It works on all devices. This is the app Edward Snowden relied on to communicate with journalists when warning us all about the growing surveillance state.
News. The Intercept is still an independent haven for investigative journalism. Almost all other U.S. news is either softening any criticism of the government, or outright lying and selling propaganda.
Artificial Intelligence. If you need to use AI, the makers of Claude refused to let their system kill people—yes, like Skynet—or perform mass surveillance despite heavy pressure from the Pentagon. Then Claude's competitors immediately sold us out.
Email. Try Proton Mail. Not only does it work great, but paired with Proton Pass, it can automatically create anonymous email aliases for every site you join, protecting your main address from spam. If you have years' worth of important email saved in other platforms, you can use eM Client to drag all your old mail into Proton.
Social Media. I have no solid suggestions. I am on the W Social waiting list now. They adhere to strict privacy laws of the EU, which put U.S. privacy laws to shame. The company says their platform will be used by humans only (no bots).
Web Browser. Use Vivaldi. This is based in Norway and Iceland, adheres to strict privacy laws, and follows the same web standards as the most popular web browser on the market today.
Music. TIDAL pays artists a fair share per stream. Better yet, check out Bandcamp—mostly for independent artists like us—especially on Bandcamp Fridays where artists keep 100% of sale revenue.
There's much more to be said—I'll update this page as I have time. Please contact me with any suggestions.