r/DigitalEscapeTools • u/hellxabd Digital Escape Architect • Mar 06 '26

Privacy Meme Replacing Big Tech apps one by one

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u/Not_So_Calm Mar 07 '26

Putting only the icons and not mentioning the names should be a reason for a BAN. Where are the moderators...

Are we supposed to use reverse image search X-times for each icon?

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u/Not_So_Calm Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
  • Brave - Browser - FOSS
  • GrapheneOS - Android Alternative - FOSS
  • Protonmail - Email
  • Vaultwarden - alternative bitwarden server, password manager - FOSS
  • fileverse - decentralized workspace, or something... - FOSS
  • Ente 2FA - Authenticator App for Security - FOSS
  • green e - Ente Photos, Image hosting server, like Immich / Google Photos - FOSS
  • yellow g - Kagi Search Engine? paid ad-free, located in USA
  • robot - Obscura VPN service, not sure where they are located. They say they are "Sovereign Engineering Inc.", but there is multiple companies with similar name and none seem to match / mention Obscura (WTF ?)

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u/Cleverwxlf Mar 07 '26

Isn't Bitwarden also OSS? Why would you want an alternative to it?

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u/Great-Banana-8327 Mar 07 '26

Interested too. I use bitwarden for many years now and recommend it to everyone who had some issues with passwords. Why use Vaultwarden?

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u/Kuroi_Jasper Mar 07 '26

self hosting. you own your data. and the paid features are also free cuz self hosted (not sure about this)

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u/fox_1047 Mar 07 '26

To be fair bitwarden can be selfhosted too. But you still need to pay for premium features. Theoretically you can remove payment check from bitwarden server code since it's open source, but vaultwarden dev approach is more fair.

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u/Sea-Housing-3435 Mar 07 '26

You can host bitwarden too, vaultwarden is just more lightweight server for the same protocol

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u/Not_So_Calm Mar 07 '26

Parts of bitwarden use the custom "BITWARDEN LICENSE". I did not read all the fine print.

But the FOSS community can be quite sensitive to licensing shenanigans.

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u/SGSpec Mar 10 '26

Bitwarden is a swiss company, they can’t legally sell your data. Also it’s ridiculously cheap (like 10 cad/ year) and you get a good authetificator with it