I recommend @ente and @pixelfed for photo storage and sharing

It's a toss between @notesnook or @joplinapp for note taking

For messaging the obvious choice is @signalapp or @session

filen.io (encrypted file storage) Edit: I should have mentioned they have a Lifetime plan that’s a great value. I deplore monthly payments, so it’s Lifetime or bust for me with any online service. Hint hint, Tuta…

Little Snitch (macOS only) obdev.at/products/littlesnitch…

For IMAP email I go with #FairEmail on mobile and @thunderbird on desktop. For encrypted mail and calendar I go with @Tutanota and @protonprivacy mail.

For backup and storage I go with #SpiderOakONE , @protonprivacy drive, #MEGA , and #Tresorit

@ToSDR got a facelift for the new year, awesome to get a quick view on how userfriendly a service is tosdr.org/en/

- F-Droid Basic
- Aegis (2FA)
- Bitwarden (Password Manager)
- Signal (Encrypted Messenger)
- Syncthing/Syncthing-Fork (File Synchronization)
- Organic Maps (Google Maps Alternative)
- VeraCrypt (Disk Encryption)
- ExifEraser (Remove Image Metadata)
- Firefox
- Brave
- Tor Browser
- Restic (Encrypted Backups)

to avoid duplication I dont add much of the stuff already mentioned. Not mentioned so far:
Nextdns.io
Standard notes

I would recommend Tuta(email&calendar), Signal, Brave, Bitwarden & Mastodon

I like @Internxt for my cloud storage, they have a lifetime plan! Also would recommend using immich for self hosted photo storage if you're into that

Tuta Mail & Calendar @Tutanota
DeltaChat @delta
SimpleX @simplex
Ente Auth @ente
KeePassXC @keepassxc
Picocrypt #Picocrypt
LibreWolf #LibreWolf
Riseup-vpn @riseup
Tor Browser @torproject
Notesnook @notesnook
LocalSend #LocalSend
JitsiMeet @jitsimeetinstances
F-Droid @fdroidorg
FreeTube @FreeTube

Infomaniak for its suite of productivity apps including email and storage. @infomaniak

Signal, Tuta, Element, NewPipe, Grayjay, Material Files, Freetube

simplex shat, session

Cryptomator, that way you can keep other cloud storage.
SimpleLogin or DDG for spam emails
QRScanner (from Fdroid) for scrubbed QR code scanning
Scrambled Exif and Obscura Cam for photo uploads.

Love your mail, I also use @ente auth for 2FA and @bitwarden to securely store my passwords. As for chat apps, I can recommend @revoltchat and @session (got my parents to use it lol:)).
@bravebrowser as the browser, @crystal_linux as the OS on my main PC.

The search engine, @Startpage

notesnook is awesome! and e/os

Some great stuff in the comments

@dadinek Agreed! 💪