it's for reasons like this that I wrote "how can I improve my setup?" at the end of the post, with the intention of having people point out the mistakes and suggest alternatives, not just point out the flaws—that's only half the job you should be doing, bro!

I'm not interested in using my texts to train AI; are there any other options?

I've heard of Bolt, but I can't use it as an alternative because I'm not European (as ironic as that may be); I'm Latin American. I prefer using services from EU countries because I admire their privacy laws.

I get your point about the VPN, but as for the Drive: not everyone has the know-how, resources, or patience to do things themselves.

Actually, I'm not European, I'm Latin American, but I like to make sure the services I use daily are from EU countries, since I really admire their privacy laws. As for Uber, there's not much I can do; I need it to get around in my day-to-day life, and I can't replace it with other apps.

I really want to stop using Ente and start using Immich (overall, I want to self-host a lot of services with a server in my own home), but right now I'm not in a position to set up that server yet. Do you have any other alternatives to Ente that don't require self-hosting?