Hi Michael,
# M [2018-01-17 20:50 +0100]:
Instead of "punishing" people for using these services it would probably be better to encourage the usage of alternatives.
My opinion exactly.
I'd be really interested if you knew any seriously recommendable alternatives to Doodle. There is Dudle [1] which looks promising, but its usability is pretty horrid and comes nowhere near Doodle, and sadly feature requests do not seem to get integrated.
Yes, I've been using Framadate lately. I'm not sure which features it's lacking in comparison to Doodle but it does everything I need for scheduling meetings and executing smaller polls:
https://framadate.org/ Git: https://git.framasoft.org/framasoft/framadate
Best, Max