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I have been so uneasy using Atlassian's Trello for quite a while now, and it's frustrating to be unable to find a good alternative that doesn't require self-hosting, that is as customisable and sleek, offers link previews, and is available for both Android and Linux (which Atlassian never bothered to develop a desktop application for anyway afaik). If you know of such a task list board manager, feel free to make me aware of it! #Trello #alternative #AskMastodon #AskFedi #TaskManagement #kanban #enshittification

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Starting Aug 17, 2026, Atlassian is taking your metadata if you're not on their $$$$$ enterprise tier. If you don't pay them on the premium tier, they'll also take all of your in-app data and keep it for up to 7 years. You also need to opt out of them taking your in-app data. What's to stop them from taking your in-app data on the paid tiers when they change their minds?

Think about this. 70% of software companies globally use Jira, and all your research, designs, and business context live in Confluence.

When (not if) the AI coding tools improve enough, they can essentially replicate your entire product and compete against you. They can generate a client list and sell against you. Or help your competitor build what you've made, faster with your own context.

What a nightmare.

theregister.com/2026/04/18/atl…

h/t: @rotnroll666

#Atlassian #software #privacy


Atlassian to train AI on user data unless law or cash say no

: From August 17, the outfit will collect customer metadata by default unless you pay for the top tier
O'Ryan Johnson (The Register)

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Lorraine Lee

What do you mean by sleek? I need help understanding the technological preferences of normies. Not that I'd assume that you're a normie, but I tend to gravitate away from sleek--I think. I'm assuming for now that sleek is different from slick. I tend to be turned off by anything (tech or otherwise) that has what I think of as slick, professional production values. Inevitably it means a big budget project, and if a tech project, monetized to the hilt. If a publication or something, I expect slick, professional looking publications to represent a "pro-business" attitude. For that reason my preferred web style is raw unstyled HTML.
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@lori This seems like a strange position to take, since a good user experience is a part of accessibility. We're well past the point where cheap = ugly and hard to use.

If you're going to be spending hours at an interface, wouldn't you want it to be easier on the eyes, or easier to navigate through to accomplish what you're trying to do with this tool?

@Lorraine Lee
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Mx Jay Baker

On an initial free trial I've tried Vikunja - which seems like a great initiative but sadly cannot login to the cloud option on desktop and cannot move card orders on mobile. But seems very promising! Was going to try a sideways move with Stacks (not FOSS) but there isn't even a mobile app. This is going to be a tough one!
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Mx Jay Baker

Update: It's taken me far too much time, but at least I can tell you what I've settled on: Joplin, which my partner introduced me to years ago, syncs for a bargain price compared to others, is open source, privacy-focused, and offers a kanban board plugin (though not available on mobile for me just yet). I highly recommend! Check 'em out: @joplinapp
@Joplin
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Danny Garside

We've been using Nextcloud Deck (apps.nextcloud.com/apps/deck) for kanbans in @RadicalRoutes recently, and that seems to work moderately well.

I just checked the open managed nextcloud instances I'm on ( @autonomic's cooperative.computer and thegood.cloud) and neither of them seem to have that app enabled by default, but I expect it could be enabled easily enough.

Deck - Apps - App Store - Nextcloud

The Nextcloud App Store - Upload your apps and install new apps onto your Nextcloud
apps.nextcloud.com
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Mx Jay Baker

@da5nsy @RadicalRoutes @autonomic Thank you! I've used Nextcloud and Deck for some of my previous work and it was pretty nifty and probably the closest I'll get it seems! I guess I could self-host, but not really set up for that as well as I'd like to be yet. I had no idea of those managed Nextcloud instances so thank you! Yes, it'd be great if they enabled Deck hehe!
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Autonomic Co-op

@da5nsy @RadicalRoutes We enabled it on coop comp right now!

We've used it before, our fav that we use internally is Kanboard (kanboard.org/) with a little extra CSS to spruce it up. Extremely PHP app vibes. Solid and every feature you reach for already exists.

Kanboard

Kanboard is a free and open source Kanban project management software.
kanboard.org
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Mx Jay Baker

@da5nsy @autonomic @RadicalRoutes A month later I'm finding that as great as Joplin is, especially for the price, it isn't working on all my devices and I really need synchronisation. I'm familiar with Nextcloud apps, including Deck (on desktop and mobile), but don't want to self-host it all just yet, soooo...let me get this right, these fine folks could host on my behalf for a fee?
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