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@fedipete

Here's my #Disenshittification journey so far:

Twitter > Mastodon & Bluesky
Instagram > PixelFed
Spotify > SoundCloud
Amazon Prime > host giveaway events, thrift, shop at fam owned
Diff browsers > Waterfox
G Maps > OrganicMaps
Gmail > Proton
Google Cloud > Local harddrive

I deleted a lot of digital stuff, files etc. Installing the Material file manager on my Xiaomi/Android phone was a BIG upgrade there.

Tried to get Fdroid or Aurora, but they don't show in my Google Play..?

✨Mar 13
techhub.social/@fedipete/11... What I did re #Disenshittification? Twitter > Mastodon & Bluesky Instagram > PixelFed Spotify > SoundCloud Amazon Prime > host giveaway events, thrift, shop at fam owned Diff browsers > Waterfox G Maps > OrganicMaps Gmail > Proton Google Cloud > Local harddrive

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fedipete (@[email protected])

Current state of my personal #Disenshittification journey. Completed: Twitter -> Mastodon Instagram -> PixelFed Amazon Prime -> shopping locally or direct from manufacturer Amazon Kindle -> Libby / Hoopla Amazon Audible -> Libby / Hoopla Goodreads -> Bookwyrm Google Search -> DuckDuckGo Google Maps -> OrganicMaps / OpenStreetMap Google Keep Notes -> Markor & Tasks ( from #fdroid ) GitHub -> CodeBerg Gillette -> Standard razor shaver (Albatros) Gmail -> FastMail Next: Google Cloud backup -> Immich Stock Android -> Graphene

TechHub
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Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/reader-mode/

Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.Feb 26

Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) (26 Feb 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/26/hanged-for-a-sheep/

Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) (26 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.Feb 23

Pluralistic: Deplatform yourself (23 Feb 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/23/goodharts-lawbreaker/

contributopiaFeb 5

Davvero interessante l'intervento che Cory Doctorow ha tenuto il 28 gennaio al 2026 Digital Government Leaders Summit a Ottawa. Presenta una strategia, politica ed economica per il Canada, ma non solo, per liberarsi dal dominio delle #BigTech USA.

Qui il video: https://archive.org/details/disenshittification-nation
e qui la trascrizione: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa

E la traduzione di un breve estratto dall'apertura del suo intervento.

"Quindi oggi non ho suggerimenti da darvi su come perdere miliardi di dollari. Non ho idee su come distruggere il maggior numero possibile di posti di lavoro canadesi, né su come rendere il Canada più dipendente dai giganti tecnologici statunitensi.

No, tutto quello che ho da offrirvi oggi è un piano per far guadagnare al Canada decine di miliardi di dollari, offrendo prodotti e servizi che la gente vuole e per cui è disposta a pagare, garantendo al contempo la resilienza e la sovranità digitale del Paese, vincendo la guerra commerciale, liberando il popolo americano e lanciando il nostro settore tecnologico in un'orbita stabile per i prossimi decenni."

#disenshittification #CoryDoctorow #SovranitàDigitale #dazi #Trump #ElbowsUp #SicurezzaNazionale

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fedipeteFeb 2

This week in #disenshittification :

Finally cut the Gmail cord and moved to #fastmail

Took a few hours of futzing with DNS settings at my registrar, getting to know #thunderbird , and figuring out what to use for calendar because unlike on the dektop #Thunderbird doesn't include the calendar on #android .

Eventually landed on #Etar synced to #fastmail via #DAVx .Setup was quite smooth. Really the biggest time sink was in deciding what to use.

This was one of the big steps towards liberating myself from Google's clutches. I'm very glad it's done.

BenFeb 1
January's Linkdump!

A roundup of things I've been reading online in January

https://blog.ben.ie/posts/jan-linkdump/

#Ireland #USPol #Fascism #PaxAmericana #BigTech #Disenshittification
January’s Linkdump!

A roundup of things I’ve been reading online in January

Ben
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.Jan 30

Pluralistic: Threads' margin is the Eurostack's opportunity (30 Jan 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/30/zucksauce/

Pluralistic: Threads’ margin is the Eurostack’s opportunity (30 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Rupert ReynoldsJan 28

My next challenge is to de-Google my gmail.

Any suggestions, please?

I have a Linux server at Mythic Beasts already, and I control DNS for my domains, but I haven't found a zero-maintenance spam filter that's as good as Google (I was an early adopter, before they showed any signs of evil).

It's a mixture of killing spam and not missing the good stuff I'm looking for.

Does that suggest anything, please?
#Disenshittification rules!
#degoogle all the things!