I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going.

No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-off-us-tech-is-no-easy-task

#tech #digitalsovereignty #email #socialmedia #streaming

Getting off US tech is no easy task

But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the effort

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@parismarx I'm down to one last piece of American tech I can't ditch: the Android in my phone.

This is because I'm not about to drop a month's salary on a phone replacement when the one I've got works fine.

When it comes time to replace my phone, my next phone will be running HarmonyOS.

@ZDL @parismarx replacing US SW with Chinese does not make it any better (in my books). At least for now, the US is still a democracy.

I’d propably go with something un-googled. Or graphene - which would still require american HW

@mr_harm @parismarx Makes it far better in my books. I mean it's not as if I can avoid Chinese government surveillance anyway, so I might as well cut out American corporate surveillance at least.
@ZDL @parismarx Try #sailfishos , from Finland. Totally usable daily driver, Linux on a Sony handset.