Kilgore Trout

Microsoft acquired Skype, did not create it. Then destryed it with its own hands.

I didn’t know, but did you spot this issue only with Netbird? Couldn’t this be due to the type of connection (P2P / relayed)?

I use JetBird instead, which at least in my case does not drain battery faster than in normal device usage with VPN disabled.

The reverse proxy is in beta and it’s disabled by default. I did not spot any rough edges around the core features. With my only three nodes and one exit node, everything works well.

There are alternatives to LILO nowadays.

There is an alternative unofficial app available on F-Droid called JetBird.
It is as valid as the official one.

To reduce battery usage, you may want to try Netbird’s Lazy Connections feature.

Those two are great services.

Sunup is simply a client app for Android. It does not do anything on its own.

The push service is run by Mozilla. Master of reading comprehension, I bow to you.

Self-host

It is possible to host your own Autopush server. Autopush is designed to work with Google BigTable but it is also possible to use it with redis.

For this:

1. Clone Autopush

# mozilla-services/autopush-rs

Autopush-rs

Mozilla Push server built with Rust.

By using Sunup, your are going to have to trust Mozilla.

If you use ntfy for UnifiedPush: https://unifiedpush.org/users/distributors/

If using ntfy for UnifiedPush: https://unifiedpush.org/users/distributors/

Read the README

I saved your comment for the added arguments against AI.

I am one of them. I am from Italy and simply do not want to support any US-based company any more, independently from their own stance on anything.

And «too big» for Linus is around 20.

Guess what, it’s a passion project and the developers speak English.

Show me what isn’t, then.

Rather the opposite: it’s Free Software, aside from UX components.

I might agree, still one could argue that brand recognisability is contributing to the service as well.