Internet Archive Scholar is somewhat different, perhaps more archival and less up to date on the latest research, but it’s pretty neat.

That said, Google Scholar is the only Google search I still default to. Haven’t found a good alternative yet.

For me personally this is the selling point, as I can fund their (open source) work rather than sending money to some company that does not contribute to open source. And since everything they offer is based on FOSS, migrating to another provider is easier than for closed source competition.

That said, I get your point. It is a corporation, and it is putting several eggs on one basket.

If you are going to spend time and money migrating to another service, choosing one that seems to be headed in the wrong direction seems ill-adviced.

European-alternatives.eu seems like a good resource to find alternative services.

Personally I am waiting to see if Murena.com restores their nextcloud offering, as I am planning to move to /e/OS on my phone again and wouldn’t mind sending a little money their way. I’m not into hypersecurity though, if you have very particular needs others will have better insights. For me having it hosted in the EU is good enough.

I have not yet installed /e/ on my FP5, but when I installed it on my FP3 it was quite easy. So I guess an option is to buy the 256GB version and just install /e/ yourself?

I really need to get around to doing it soon. Super happy with my FP5, but stock Android is increasingly a pain in the neck.