Pseudo-monopolies are great at extinguishing imagination like that, and tbh Google search (as I understand its basic setup) was only as good as it was thanks to timing and few really good competitors.

  • Elliott@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think based on your response I’m going to jump in. What other subscriptions you think are worth it?

    • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works
      English
      1·
      9 months ago

      Not the OP but currently have:

      • Kagi - Search…
      • Proton - Email, Calendar, VPN, Pass (I just use for aliases). Now that I’ve upped my privacy knowledge I need to reevaluate. I do like their products though from a useability perspective. VPN supporting port forwarding is a bonus.
      • Backblaze B2 - off site backups using rclone and Round Sync (android rclone) to sync files
      • Mullvad VPN - Just got based on the XMR payment option and RAM only servers. Still deciding where I have a VPN included with Proton. I don’t like putting my eggs all in one basket though as I did with Google so its attractive to keep.
      • Bitwarden - Password manager. May switch to self hosted in the future.
      • Standard Notes - May switch to self hosted if I don’t lose any features I use.