For pages and documents, Firefox does it locally by using a small model for each language you can download once. Which is great and private.

If you want to type something an get it the translation, perhaps DeepL, but your text is sent to their server, which is not great.

True, why not? it was clear that the people that work at proton were competent enough to raise the issue and make it a public discussion, I wouldn’t throw them away that easily.

Fastmail while an excellent product, is in a jurisdiction with “dubious” rules. I would give Tuta a second chance. Infomaniak is also a good alternative.

If proton works great for you, use it. But stay alert.

Otherwise, i would give tuta a chance. There’s also infomaniak.

Feel free to use it yourself then. Many of us will keep using GIMP, battle-tested and amazing piece of work.

You don’t fix, you learn and in the future you try not to make the same mistakes. And Reddit is not the only example.

I hope people learn. Stop using reddit.

If you buy this sort of stuff you deserve it. It is just dangerous for unaware house guests.

Your best bet is to stop using reddit and start a similar community here on lemmy

It might not be to your liking or follow your philosophical inclination, but systemd doesn’t suck at all.

Never connect your proprietary appliances to the internet. A TV is just a display, use another device to manage what it displays.

Started with OpenOffice and then LibreOffice. Not a power user but I’ve been using it for close to 20 years, and no complains. For the vast majority of the users, it will do the job. No need to waste money on other stuff.

Good

• Newpipe (replaces youtube app and includes other video platforms)
• Element (Matrix) for chat
• Firefox for browsing the web

Depends on your threat model.

Containers are good, but they don’t offer perfect security. Recently we have seen that even VMs can’t ensure complete security.

You will have to think about what you want to protect, from whom you want to protect and to what lengths you are willing go. Then find a good compromise.

It is a good list. Everyone will have their own personal preferences, but I think overall the list is good.

He should resign, then hide in a cave.

Reading the whole message, his position seems totally reasonable.