Favorite apps and services

Goals

Privacy conscious, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE).
Decentralized, no reliance on cloud providers like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Spotify, Netflix, etc.
Self-hosted and self-reliant, simple files preferred over running services.
Make sure no sites / services are US based.

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)
- Use AirVPN, Mullvad, NordVPN, ProtonVPN
- Use qbittorrent, deluge, or transmission for a torrent client.
Use MPV or VLC, open source media players to play media.
Use jellyfin or SFtp for streaming to other devices.
Instead of centralized, hosted youtube alternatives with upload limits, use torrents, and find a platform to post and comment on the magnet links.

Write all documents and notes in markdown.
- Use Typora, Mark Text, or vim as markdown editors / notes.
- Use vim with vimrc and Youcompleteme for code.
  - Do not use vscode, it's difficult to impossible to turn off keylogging.. If you must, use VSCodium, which removes the built-in telemetry.
Spreadsheets in Libreoffice.
Install Syncthing, and put all your documents in a synced folder.

Use a todo.txt file for a personal task list, synced with syncthing.
- QTodoTxt as a desktop client, Simpletask Cloudless for Android.
For shared task lists, use Etherpad.
No good solution yet for calendars, really wish there were good file-based calendar apps.

Use Firefox or Tor Browser, with the addons:
- uBlock Origin
- Privacy Badger
- Facebook Container - Keeps all Facebook stuff in it's own container.
- Google Container
Startpage, Searx (onion service), as a search engine
If using Tor, use onion services if possible.

Use KeePassXC.
- 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.