The iisue is having people use the platform. On Lemmy we are getting there :). Also I’ve seen some niche communities using forums still.

You can send a phone number on WhatsApp and when clicking on it it gives you the option to chat with that number

That was the idea behind oddysee

I see radicale recomended, but in what ways is it better than nextcloud? I moved to nextcloud for calendar due to syncing issues when sharing calendars. So far it seems to be fine, but this question got me wondering about what can be done better.

The only thing I’ve found that bothers me is that to add someone to the event he needs to also have nextcloud otherwise it gets weird.

Thats great news, i’ve been using joplin for years without knowing about Joplin server

Depends on your setup, I used to have 4 cameras that only saved when motion was detected and they filled 1tb in about a month.

Thanks! I didn’t know about that.

This is a great idea! Will it be limited to smartphone apps?

My go to page when looking for app suggestions is privacytools.io although its focused on privacy there’s a lot of overlap with open source.

Is there any phone app that allows to record calls?

What does CLA mean?

And it’s really sad the way that’s been normalized.

That’s great news!

People here have made several suggestions for hosting. To add on that if you just want a simple and privacy oriented blog, check out write.as

I’ve been using Rawtherapee, just make sure you are using the latest version (5.9) since it added a bunch of functionality.

I was going to say mastodon, but more recently I think it’s Grayjay, its an android app that combines YouTube, odysee, twitch and other video platforms into one.

The idea behind it, is that you can subscribe to a channel or creator and follow them on all platforms. That way if they ever get taken down from one you still follow them on the others

It seems that right now the only way to get itit’s through its site. https://grayjay.app/

It’s a youtube alternative, works by using some protocol similar to torrents

here’s the link on oddysee: https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/why-i-will-never-pay-for-youtube-premium:b

I agree, although due to the popularity of reddit maybe they just landed there by chance.