For context, I’m in the States.

I already have a Tuta mail account so I figure for mail/calendar/soon-drive I’ll stick to them but what about other services?

Ideally I can try with a free tier before committing. iOS and Android and Linux are the platforms used in my household.

Still looking for:

  • password manager
  • vpn
  • authenticator
  • less important: docs/sheets

I was all in on proton services because it was easy for my family to switch from google and still have all these services in one place but now I’m more open to spreading these services out to more than one provider in case any of them shit the bed so to speak.

Thanks!

edit:

  • probably staying with proton’s authenticator
  • I’m sure most here won’t agree but my entire household uses firefox on desktop/mobile and my wife and I just decided to use firefox’s built in pw manager + sync for pw management. Please understand that convenience is top of mind for us tbh, out lives are too busy to be overly concerned with what to choose here.
  • waiting for tuta drive to start using that but backed up out drives to a couple external drives and will just use that until tuta drive is released.
  • vpn is still tbd
  • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
    26·
    2 days ago

    • Password manager - Bitwarden (for now). They might enshittify soon because of their new CEO, but for now the technology is good.

    • VPN - IVPN. I was a previous Mullvad user. They were great, but you’re probably already aware of their own controversy. Not free obviously, and you probably know a free VPN is a bad idea.

    • Authenticator - Ente is free and with cloud backups.

      • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        In my experience and use-cases, they are pretty much the same. IVPN has a bit of an edge with bypassing geo restrictions with streaming services. It seems their IPs are less known than Mullvad.

        • tremble5218@programming.dev
          1·
          1 day ago

          Windscribe is another option. The paid service is really good and the Android app has several connectivity options for privacy. No logs, server IPs are less well known than IVPN.

      • viltrac@lemmy.zip
        3·
        2 days ago

        I have used IVPN for the better part of a decade now, and for me it’s just that they do the job. Seems like a lame reason I know, but I pay the fee, it does its thing: rinse repeat. I’ve had no issues, no world shaking controversy, nothing. For me that’s one of the best things about it.

        From a privacy standpoint, no logs, plenty of servers all around, etc. Someone else probably has a better breakdown of the pros and cons, but honestly my main thing is just not thinking or hearing about it.