Actual is libre and gratis

Add Njalla to that list

You should still be able to access everything through tailscale once you switch everything over to use local IP addresses.

I’ve been using the FP3 since it came out, and no complaints yet. However, they recently discontinued a lot of the spare parts. Which goes directly against the concept of having a long lasting repairable phone.

Why not use most of the web versions of the non-free apps you mentioned? No Google needed.

Is that unique to Joplin?

Agreed, if from a corporation. FOSS services are usually also gratis, and can be compiled from source if not.

What is the baby supposed to be in this case?

Why not just delete your account? We’re on a privacy sub community after all.

You can block instances yourself, I personally don’t like when an instance makes that decision for me.

Fair enough :)

Is Boost really that much better than Eternity or Voyager that you put up with ads?

Let me recommend Migadu, as email privacy is kind of a difficult topic. They offer complete email freedom for a very reasonable price; $20 ($10 for students) a year. They explain my main reasoning why I would avoid Proton:

When an email provider rations email address of your own domain name-space at a fee, they are asking you to hand them over control of your name-space. There is zero cost associated with additional email addresses and it is time you learn about it.

When email provider does not offer you standard email protocols that work with standard email clients, they want to lock you in for good. You are tied to using the dedicated applications offered by provider. The freedom of using a better or more suitable application is taken away from you. Protocols were standardized for a reason and today there are hundreds of email clients built for users with different needs.

When email provider alters messages data in non-standard format, they deny you data portability and with it freedom of changing providers.

Email is a collective effort of messaging interoperability. It is built around open, public standards and runs mostly on open source software maintained by folks believing in an open Internet, privacy and personal freedoms. Let’s not give away our freedoms for some Kool-Aid.

Anything Red Hat. Screw GPL corporatism.

I was using proton for a while, but they are pretty expensive if you want features like catchall and more aliases, on top of restricting clients.

Migadu offers complete email freedom for $20 ($10 for students) a year, unlimited accounts, aliases, identities, etc. I’ve been very happy with them.