[PLUG] Big Data Surplus (Surveillance Capitalism)

[Tomas Kuchta]

I think that it would be appropriate to note that former ownCloud continues
as NextCloud at https://nextcloud.org/

Simple analogy to  ownCloud-->nextCloud transition 3 years ago would be
openOffice-->libreOffice

Tomas

On Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 20:13 Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Jan 2020, Mike C. wrote:
>
> > Because I've so much storage space w. Gmail, I don't have to manage my
> > email.
>
> Mike,
>
> I understand there are other e-mail providers who don't charge for the
> service, or charge a minimal amount.
>
> Here are two hits on a ddg search for 'free email accounts':
>
> Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com
> [Search domain www.mail.com] https://www.mail.com
> Email how it is supposed to be: Free, simple and secure Manage multiple
> mail
> accounts in one place, from any device Sign up today!
>
> Free email account sign up - ProtonMail
> [Search domain protonmail.com/signup] https://protonmail.com/signup
> Select Your ProtonMail Account Type. ProtonMail is a free email service for
> the public good. You can help support online privacy by selecting a paid
> account. Your contribution helps us support more users and continue to
> develop ProtonMail as free and open source software.
>
> I think there are a couple of protonmail users subscribed here. I don't
> know
> how much their paid accounts are, but I've paid to support jpilot,
> slackbuilds.org, and Pat V. at Slackware.
>
> > Another big one for me is Google Drive. As far as a replacement goes,
> I've
> > heard mention of "Own Cloud" I think, by PLUG'ers.
>
> Yes, <https://owncloud.org>. A log of android phone users set this up so
> they can store data on it. You could always get an external drive and store
> your data on it.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rich
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