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Hello computer smart humans of mastodon! I would like to start using less google products in the future because google is scarier than I realized when I started using google for everything like 10 years ago. Right now I'm thinking about replacing Google docs and Google drive as a whole if I can. What I need:
-Word processor with said words saved to the cloud somewhere
-Access on both android phone and PC
-Free if possible?
-whatever privacy I can get?

Do y'all have any recommendations? @ajroach42 gave me some on Saturday but I've forgotten what he said lol.

7 Nov 2022 at 17:02 | Open on retro.social
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@TaxDan @ajroach42 oooo google removal is one of my specialties. first question: would using a more basic rich text editor and saving your files to dropbox or something similar suit your needs?

7 Nov 2022 at 17:13 | Open on retro.social
Andrew (R.S Admin)

@TaxDan The trick is that you don't want to self host.

If you're willing to self host, there's lots of stuff.

I use nextcloud for dropbox and hedgedoc as a text editor.

7 Nov 2022 at 17:28 | Open on retro.social
[dan]

@ajroach42 Right. I mean, you know what happened when I tried to self-host a mastodon instance lol.

7 Nov 2022 at 17:29 | Open on retro.social
Andrew (R.S Admin)

@TaxDan Nothing happened, is the thing. I didn't give you enough support to get it off the ground and you got intimidated and gave up.

7 Nov 2022 at 17:30 | Open on retro.social
Ethan πŸŒ’

@ajroach42 @TaxDan we could probably swing you a makerspace nextcloud account, if that’s a path you want to tread.

7 Nov 2022 at 17:30 | Open on retro.social
kelbot β—–βŽšβˆ βŽšβ——

@ajroach42 @TaxDan It's going to hard to find something free that provides the stuff google is giving you without having basically the same issues as being beholden to google. There may be some community run Nextcloud servers that offer free accounts with limited storage and then charge if you need more space than what they provide for free. But I don't recall where to find those servers at the moment.

7 Nov 2022 at 17:30 | Open on retro.social
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