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# Favorite apps and services
## Goals
- Privacy conscious, [end-to-end encrypted (E2EE)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption).
- Decentralized, **no reliance** on cloud providers like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Spotify, Netflix, etc.
- Self-hosted and self-reliant, simple files preferred.
- Self-hosted and self-reliant, simple files preferred over running services.
- Make sure no sites / services are US based.
## Media
- Download all music / movies locally, using torrents behind a VPN. ([Don't use Tor for torrenting, it won't work and will just put unnecessary load to the Tor network](https://blog.torproject.org/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea))
- Use [AirVPN](https://airvpn.org/), [Mullvad](https://mullvad.net/), [NordVPN](https://nordvpn.com/), [ProtonVPN](https://protonvpn.com/)
- Use [qbittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/), [deluge](https://www.deluge-torrent.org/), or [transmission](https://transmissionbt.com/) for a torrent client.
- Use [MPV](https://mpv.io/) or [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html), open source media players to play media.
- Use [emby](https://emby.media/) for streaming to other devices.
- Use [jellyfin](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin) or sftp for streaming to other devices.
## Documents
## Documents and Coding
- Write all documents and notes in markdown.
- Use [typora](https://typora.io/), [Mark Text](https://marktext.github.io/website/), or [VS Code](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode) as markdown and code editors.
- Use [typora](https://typora.io/), [Mark Text](https://marktext.github.io/website/), or vim as markdown editors / notes.
- Use vim with [vimrc](https://github.com/amix/vimrc) and [Youcompleteme](https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe) for code.
- Spreadsheets in [Libreoffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/).
- Install [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/), and put all your documents in a synced folder.
## Tasks
## Tasks / Todos
- Use a [todo.txt](http://todotxt.org/) file for a personal task list, synced with syncthing.
- [QTodoTxt](http://qtodotxt.org/) as a desktop client, [Simpletask Cloudless](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.mpcjanssen.simpletask&hl=en_US) for Android.
- For shared task lists, use [Etherpad](http://etherpad.org/).
- No good solution yet for calendars, really wish there were good file-based calendar apps.
## Collaboration
- Use [Etherpad](http://etherpad.org/).
## Browsing
- Use Firefox or Tor Browser, with the addons:
- [uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/)
- [HTTPS Everywhere](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere)
- [Privacy Badger](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17)
- [Facebook Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container) - As suggested, this keeps all Facebook stuff in it's own Firefox container.
- [Google Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/) - The above, but for Google.
- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/), [Searx](https://searx.me/) ([onion service](http://searchb5a7tmimez.onion/)), or [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com) ([onion service](https://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/)) as a search engine
- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/), [Searx](https://searx.me/) ([onion service](http://searchb5a7tmimez.onion/)), as a search engine
- If using Tor, use onion services if possible instead of clearnet.
## Passwords
- Use [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/).
- Install the Firefox KeePassXC plugin.
- Use a long master pass phrase, with at least 10 words.
- Sync your password file everywhere you need using syncthing.
## Chat
- Use [Signal](https://www.signal.org/) or Matrix / [Riot](https://about.riot.im/).
- Use Matrix / [Riot](https://about.riot.im/), or [Signal](https://www.signal.org/).
- Use [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/) for email, e2ee with pgp if possible.
## Social Media
- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/), [GNU Social](https://gnu.io/social/), or [diaspora*](https://diasporafoundation.org/)
- Twitter alternative : [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/)
- Facebook : [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/)
- Reddit : [PostMill](https://gitlab.com/edgyemma/Postmill), or [Lobste.rs](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters)
- Medium : [Plume](https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume)
## Operating system
- Use Linux, preferably Arch Linux or a variant.

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- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/31/kamala-harris-laughed-jailing-parents-truancy
### Why don't socialists support a UBI / Universal Basic income?
- [Would basic income fix our problems? In the game of monopoly, whenever you pass go, you collect a basic income!](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/8p097l/i_just_realized_that_monopoly_has_integrated/)
- [Would basic income fix our problems?](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/8p097l/i_just_realized_that_monopoly_has_integrated/)
- [A Marxist critique of Basic income.](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/8wizh9/marxist_critiques_on_the_universal_basic_income/)
- [Why basic income is a bad idea - Paul Cockshott](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/9lj3bh/why_basic_income_is_a_bad_idea/), [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGBQwZsp3T0), [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/9li3gj/what_do_socialists_think_about_a_universal_basic/)
- [What would happen to workers in poorer countries?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/5iznp8/opinions_on_universal_basic_income/)