I use windscribe VPN and I use sync.com. What other softwares do you have a Canadian alternative for?

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    I was considering sync.com, but after seeing Facebook ads for it, I decided to not give them my money if they’re going to pay for Facebook ads. I would still use them over Google or Apple Cloud though.

    I would like to try Windscribe at some point, and also 1Password, whatbox.ca for seeding.

    GrapheneOS is Canadian. I’m hoping to buy a Fairphone 6 at some point, and put Graphene on it

    https://www.clove.co.uk/collections/mid-range-smartphones/products/fairphone-gen-6

    Wealthsimple Tax (free)

    CohereAI instead of MistralAI whenever I can.

    Qobuz is partially Quebec invested.

    On Bandcamp Fridays, where Bandcamp takes 0℅ of the revenue and gives them to the artist, I include well deserved Canadian artists – especially since I’ve been boycotting Ticketmaster and their large quantity of subsidary companies.

    Using interac when I can. Will even message Canadian companies if I can pay via interac e-transfer instead. Its been warmly welcomed so far.

    https://patrii.cloud/ has been e-transfer by default,

    a bike shop in a remote province was willing to do e-transfer.

    Some other hosting providers https://colocataires.dev/

    Tailscale VPN is Canadian and has a free tier.

    voip.ms is Canadian if you wanted a cheap phone number over voip.

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      How do you access CohereAI? I don’t think they have a commercial LLM like chatgpt or anything. I don’t think so.

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        Exactly. I would connect FOSS software I have it I ever want an external AI and it was available.

        Concerning a Chatbot, I really wish they had one. The best I could do is connect something like AnythingLLM, Open WebUI, Goose, Zed if they support it.

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      I went with Sync.com because I needed something affordable quickly, but it is awful. I don’t know much about the behind-the-scenes stuff but the everything about the front end feels like it was made by amateurs. You can’t even search for files on the browser; you only have the ability to filter within the folder.

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      I went with sync.com, but do not plan on renewing my subscription I only went with them because they offered a Nextcloud setup. I will be going with a self hosted Nextcloud setup when the time comes, or whenever I get around to getting a working NVMe drive for the pi 5 that does not have one.

      I use 1Password, it is great no complaints. I do however plan on moving to Bitwarden in the future.

      On Monday I am signing up for the CRA program that does your taxes for you. I do not make lots of money so it is a simple choice for me.

      I use etransfer when possible as well.

      I use wireguard for my VPN into my LAN so that I can use pihole to block ads. I also use unbound so that my ISP sees less of where my traffic is going.

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          I am leaning towards going to Bitwarden, because it is FOSS as I have discovered that I may lean further left than a socialist. The mash-playbook you are suggesting has Vaultwarden in it, looking at the differences someone says Bitwarden is audited but Vaultwarden is not.

          I apologize I did not look to far into the other apps.