| Function | Big/Evil Tech | Modern Alternatives |
| Gmail | Proton Mail (Zero-Knowledge Encryption. The host cannot decrypt) | |
| IM | Signal (Zero-Knowledge Encryption. The host cannot decrypt) Telegram (Better voice quality. The host so far won’t sell-out its users to tyranny) | |
| DNS | Your ISP | Verisign (Privacy Respecting) |
| Search | DuckDuckGo (Privacy Respecting) | |
| Translate | Google Translate | deepL |
| Video Conferencing | Zoom, Skype (Microsoft) | Jami (OpenDHT so nobody can ban you) / Jitsi |
