Whenever I can, I use free and open source software.

I was considering sync.com, but after seeing Facebook ads for it, I decided to not give them my money if they're going to pay for Facebook ads. I would still use them over Google or Apple Cloud though.

I would like to try Windscribe at some point, and also 1Password, whatbox.ca for seeding.

GrapheneOS is Canadian. I'm hoping to buy a Fairphone 6 at some point, and put Graphene on it

https://www.clove.co.uk/collections/mid-range-smartphones/products/fairphone-gen-6

Wealthsimple Tax (free)

CohereAI instead of MistralAI whenever I can.

Qobuz is partially Quebec invested.

On Bandcamp Fridays, where Bandcamp takes 0℅ of the revenue and gives them to the artist, I include well deserved Canadian artists -- especially since I've been boycotting Ticketmaster and their large quantity of subsidary companies.

Using interac when I can. Will even message Canadian companies if I can pay via interac e-transfer instead. Its been warmly welcomed so far.

https://patrii.cloud/ has been e-transfer by default,

a bike shop in a remote province was willing to do e-transfer.

Some other hosting providers https://colocataires.dev/

Tailscale VPN is Canadian and has a free tier.

voip.ms is Canadian if you wanted a cheap phone number over voip.

Connect for Lemmy and Piefed. Started out with Jerboa and then Sync when it came out but have been using Connect ever since I found out it's made in Canada.

How is windscribe?

I also use sync.com, but there’s also eazyBackup if you want s3 compatible storage.

Not necessarily software, I mean they have an app, but it is private DNS

https://www.cira.ca/en/canadian-shield/

Scroll down to their setup guide, or go directly to it https://www.cira.ca/en/canadian-shield/configure/home-router/

Private DNS settings For IPv4, enter: 149.112.121.10 and 149.112.122.10

For IPv6, enter: 2620:10A:80BB::10 and 2620:10A:80BC::10

Protected DNS For IPv4, enter: 149.112.121.20 and 149.112.122.20

For IPv6, enter: 2620:10A:80BB::20 and 2620:10A:80BC::20

Family DNS For IPv4, enter: 149.112.121.30 and 149.112.122.30

For IPv6, enter: 2620:10A:80BB::30 and 2620:10A:80BC::30

I did not know of this. Seems like maybe I can use it to replace backblaze as my TrueNAS backup. I'll have to look into this.

I use Wireguard to VPN into my LAN and use pihole to block ads and trackers. I use sync; but I do not plan on continuing my subscription when my renewal is up, I plan on self hosting a Nextcloud instance. I currently use 1Password for my password manager, but again when it is up for renewal I plan on having moved to a self hosted Bitwarden.

I use Jellyfin for media and have canceled all of my subscriptions, except CBC, and use the *arr apps line sonarr to sail the high C’s.

*Edit: I forgot I use hosthero to host my domain, blog, and email addresses. I have close to 200 email addresses because I use a different email address for everything. I just forward them to one of a few email addresses I check. If I start getting spammed I just close the email address, if it is a service I need or find value in I will let them know their has been a leak but more often than not I just close the address. I get next to no spam!

I use Nili.ca as a replacement for Gmail