Finding and switching to alternatives Microsoft, Adobe and other #enshittification software products can seem hard.
@switchingsoftware https://switching.software/
and
@alternativeto https://alternativeto.net
are two great resources to get started today!
Yesterday we successfully moved to a new Mastodon instance run by some of our curators: https://fedifreu.de
It's running a friendly fork of Mastodon called #GlitchSoc which gives us many nice features including Markdown posting, polls with more than 4 options, longer toots, and more. See https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ for details.
Today we published a new version of https://switching.software with too many updates to list. Check it out for the latest alternatives to proprietary software!
We know that our website still contains some outdated content because this project had a period of inactivity. If you notice errors or omissions, please search for existing issues in our Codeberg repository before creating new issues: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues
In future, I will only send this link to @switchingsoftware when people ask me again what is good for what on the PC. Unfortunately, many still say they are skeptical, but in reality they are too lazy to learn and teach themselves.
I have been suggesting #switchingsoftware to people who are looking for ethical alternatives to #bigtech software.
It is a *very* helpful tool, full of useful content.
However, I see that the repository of the project has not been updated since Jun 2021 - that's the repo I checked: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/src/branch/develop, I hope that I am wrong :)
Anybody know?
@dpwiz @mxtthxw @FediFollows @switchingsoftware if "pack your stuff" & "walk away" is a metaphor for boycott #Cloudflare, that's indeed what I do. I boycott all of #MACFANG. But this is not about me; it's about #switchingSoftware, who is betraying their readers by lying to them about the openness of the #Cloudflare site that they endorse & by concealing the pitfalls which directly contradicts the #SWISO mission.
Switching Software is a beginner's guide to help people switch to privacy-friendly FOSS apps and federated services. You can follow at:
The guide's website is at https://switching.software
Thes a git for the project at https://codeberg.org/swiso/website
So switching social is back with a new maintainer and account at @switchingsoftware 
