RubenWABack in the day, we had #deleteFacebook, #deleteMeta, #deleteWhatsApp, and so on.
Some people heeded the call for a while, only to quietly return to Big Tech later on.
Now, many have been jolted awake by our dependence on Big Tech, and another #quitday and other variations are gaining momentum.
Personally, I started that journey years ago.
- From Gmail to #ProtonMail and #Tuta
- From Google to #Searx #Startpage #DuckDuckGo
- From Chrome to #Brave #Mulvad and #LibreWolf
- From MS Office to #LibreOffice
- From Google Drive to #NextCloud and #Synology
- From Facebook to #MeWe and #Mastodon
- From Windows to #Linux
- From WhatsApp to #Threema #Signal #Jami and #Matrix #Element
- From Zoom to #Jitsi and #ProtonMeet
- From Google Translate to #Deepl
I’m sure I’m forgetting a few, but there’s a European and open-source alternative for every American Big Tech and closed-source application.
What I’ve noticed is that many people are afraid of what they don’t know and therefore don’t dare to make the switch (completely).
(Some people just don’t give a damn and convenience is all that matters)
Any fear is unfounded, and if all of us switches en masse, Big Tech’s power will be quickly broken, and the development of alternatives will proceed much more smoothly and quickly.
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