Paris MarxJul 18, 2025

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide

#tech #politics #digitalsovereignty #alttech #donaldtrump

Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

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Show threadMark BurtonJul 18, 2025
@parismarx
I laughed when I saw the blog about making Libre Office look like MS Office: I can never find anything on the latter, on the rare occasions I have to look at it to help someoneelse solve a problem.
The ribbon menu alone is a great reason to abandon MS Office. Libre Office uses a sensible menu system.
Show threadParis MarxJul 19, 2025
@markhburton Maybe it's just that helps make it more approachable since I'm used to the MS Office experience. Perhaps I should just try the regular theme.
Show threadMark Burton
@parismarx
Anyway, I agree with many of your recommendations, especially Qwant for search.
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