Are there any websites or communities dedicated to finding offline alternatives to software that is unnecessarily-Internet based?
I can think of two use cases:
- Software-as-a-service for something that could easily be a downloadable program to run locally
- “Smart” devices that require you to connect to the Internet, and serve you ads
There are websites for finding FOSS alternatives to proprietary apps, EU alternatives to American services, etc. but I don’t see a website for local-app alternatives to online services.
I’d be happy to provide a list of the most common services, as I use quite a few of them (so does my producer, Neigsendoig). I might be able to point some in the right direction that way.