• Allero
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    Can’t help but mention Yandex is 100% as evil as Google is.

    Out of popular choices, DeepL is probably least evil. Reverso is often a nice pick, too, especially Reverso Context.

    There are also things like LibreTranslate, though the quality is generally lower (but can absolutely come in handy for simpler requests)

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      Yandex might be the same as Google, but spreading your footprint across services still has value as a technique for mitigation. The only other thing I use Yandex for is the occasional image search since it can sometimes do a better job than others.

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        Fair enough; however, to me it’s only optimal when there are no alternatives.

        But to each their own.

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        A local open-source one, preferably.