[HacktionLab] Alternatives to big tech for personal use?

[Nick Sellen]

I just wrote a bunch of tech advocating protonmail, before having read your message properly 😆

I did use mailbox.org for a bit before which seemed ok too.

Nick


On Wednesday, 24 December 2025 at 13:03, brentc <brentc at riseup.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello
> 
> I'd love to find something like Google suite that isn't Google. I use
> alternatives for more activist stuff but keep coming back to Google for
> general use. Any (constructive) thoughts or pointers?
> 
> I guess looking for something in between weak activist offerings and big
> tech. If something like a non-profit non-US Mozilla offered an awesome
> product, that would be lovely, but I don't see it.
> 
> Specifically, for me, I need the typical 'personal productivity'
> services- email, todo lists, calendars, drive/docs/sheets with decent
> editing and features, and sharing (with people who don't have an
> account). I'd rather not use multiple services, want uptime and backups
> handled, and if it's green hosted and a non-profit oriented, bonus. It
> should probably be UK/EU region. I don't want to host my own stuff. I'll
> pay for the right thing. Honestly, for personal use, I probably want
> some balance of encryption/security with features, noting I'll have to
> trust the provider anyway.
> 
> I've tried disroot. It's quite good to be fair, but still limited
> feature-wise, and more worryingly, couldn't get issues sorted with
> support (which is a common thing with smaller outfits in my experience,
> that I don't want to deal with). I don't like protonmail. There's
> mailbox.org but tradeoffs are they're a company albeit seem alright, and
> their website gives me the creeps.
> 
> Maybe I ask for the currently impossible.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brent
> 
> 
> 
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