Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.

In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you that I’ve been regularly updating for months.

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

#tech #digitalsovereignty #iran #politics #geopolitics

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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@parismarx I was sharing Ente as a non-US tech alternative to Google Photos but it moved headquarters to the US a few years ago 🤯

That said the company started outside the US, all data uses E2EE and data resides in the EU. It may be a half-measure option if you wanted to include a section for Google Photos alternatives.

I'm sad to find out they set up HQ in the US as it was outside US government jurisdiction up until then. At least it's fully audited and there are no keys to hand over to allow backdoor access.

If you find more options with a solid feature set compared to Google Photos I hope they get included in the article 🙏

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#immich is by far the best Google Photos alternative in my experience.