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Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software (switching.software)

submitted 4 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/foss@beehaw.org

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A great resource that makes it quick and easy to find alternatives to Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Adobe and many more.

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[–] esaru@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

It's true, as for recommendations from websites, you should never trust them blindly but do your own research as well.

For Linux distributions though, as there's no other practical way than trusting them with the packages they provide, one needs to make sure the people behind the project persue the right values. The project itself needs to earn your trust or at least not have a record of violating it.