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 Did you also look at the OS level? I use exclusively Debian GNU/Linux on my laptops, desktop workstations and home servers. On our router I use OpenWRT.

On my phones I use GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8, Mobian on a PinePhone Pro, and probably soon LineageOS on my Samsung phone.

For Email, Calendar and Contacts I use Runbox (Norway), via IMAP/SMTP and CalDav/CardDav.

@parismarx The newer generation "Element X" is actually a pretty good app to use for Matrix federated chat, including voice and video calls.