Favorite apps and services

Goals

Privacy conscious, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE).
Decentralized, no reliance on cloud providers like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Spotify, Netflix Youtube, 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)
- Use AirVPN, Mullvad, NordVPN
- Use qbittorrent, deluge, or transmission for PC, LibreTorrent for android.
Use MPV or VLC, open source media players to play media.
Use Jellyfin as a home media server.
Use Navidrome for a self-hosted music server, and DSub for an android client.
Instead of centralized, hosted youtube alternatives with upload limits, use torrents / torrent sites.

Install Syncthing, and put all your documents in a synced folder. Use Syncthing-Fork for Android.
Write all documents and notes in Markdown.
- Use MarkText, Markor for android, or vim as markdown editors / notes.
Use vim with vimrc and coc.nvim 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.

Use KeePassXC for PC, KeePassDX for android.
- 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.
Bitwarden if you want to host a server.

Use a secure keyboard on android if you don't want your passwords stolen by google.
Florisboard, MessageEase, OpenBoard, or AnySoftKey work.

Use Syncthing + DecSync for calendar and contact sync from android to desktop. Radicale is a server based solution.