I’m writing a book and my editor needs to be able to alter/comment on the document as we go. I’m afraid AI is gonna use my work so I wanna move away from Google.

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    i see many comments here suggesting other paid proprietary tools and just want to add that you should please consider exclusively FOSS solutions. replacing google with another company saying: “trust me, bro”, just does not cut it anymore. the internet is filled with stories of professionals losing work, because insert big tech company suspended their accounts, trains their AI without disclosure or just leaked your credentials and apologizes by makung a whoopsie post and suggesting you just change your password.

    the more open, local and established your setup is, the less you are going to have those headaches and can focus on actually working, even if it means a little more hurdles with setup and less flashy features.

    don’t be a sheep

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      Venn diagram of free as in beer and Foss webservice… It would have to be someone with large budget who wants to do good in the world. And also isn’t worried about legal liability for their services.

      Even catbox.moe isn’t foss.

      There are some good examples ITT though, like etherpad.

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        it “just” has to be someone with a good idea they are passionate about. you think of only hosted services, but there is also the option of a normal file, syncthing sended back and forth aside from selfhosted options such as collabora just asan example.

        wdym even catbox? this is just a filehoster…

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          I was trying to think of popular free services, and even catbox isn’t FOSS. But it seems like it would be since it is so cool.