Mastodawn

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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RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)Mar 1

@parismarx @pluralistic Shouldn’t we retain some nuance? There are still ethical and progressive developers in the US, right? It is the entitled gorillas that I most want to get away from.

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Paris Marx

@RockerDoc Individuals are welcome to make their choices. I’m providing them with options. My choice is to avoid US products where I can, though even in the guide I acknowledge Signal is worth making an exception for.