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tatann@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

AntennaPod is a pretty great podcast player, far better than the one Google did (and abandonned)

Newsblur is the only RSS reader that I’ve found that can apply filters to feeds

I’ve switched from Discord to Element with some friends for daily text chat and vocal chat (video games) and it’s less cluttered than Discord, and the voice even sounds better

SpamBlocker is a better phone/SMS spam filter than the proprietary ones I’ve tried

Firefox (and forks) has been my browser for more than 20 years, I can’t go back to proprietary ones

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scheep@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I use NetNewsWire (iOS), but I might try out Newsblur. Seems pretty interesting. SpamBlocker looks like a cool alternative to Whoscall. Element is great, the only downside is getting people to adopt it. Firefox (and its forks) are awesome.

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- tatann@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The SpamBlocker I was refering to is on Android (f-droid), I’m not sure about iOS
  
  github.com/aj3423/SpamBlocker
  
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  - scheep@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    yeah it’s an android app. shame that apple is so restrictive on their app store policies
    
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    tatann@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Well, no offense but getting away from Apple should be a great first step to fossify your digital life :)
    
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- tatann@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I only used Discord with a bunch of friends I play with, no “official game servers” so it was pretty easy
  
  The hard task will be to have some other non-gaming friends to join, because they use Whatsapp (which me and my gaming friends refuse to touch)
  
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  - scheep@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I use Whatsapp for all my friends since in my region EVERYONE uses whatsapp. I have one cousin who uses Signal though, so that’s something.
    
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    tatann@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I just use emails with my friends who are on Whatsapp
    
    One of them migrated from Gmail to Protonmail so maybe he could help move to a “non GAFAM” environment
    
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aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Matrix/element is good for private group chat but quickly falls apart for any public/semi public scenario where you might need automated moderation :( discord still undefeated there

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