@kikebenlloch full disclosure: I'm slowly moving all my email and some old photos off gmail, and am taking much longer than I should. I don't want to present myself as being better or more pure than I am.

@mariafarrell These processes are never trivial, that's their advantage, once one developed, earlier on their life, a dependency from their "free" tools.
It's easier for those of us who started cancelling G & etc. many years ago.
Moving on is healthy not just for you but for the tech ecosystem as a whole, because alternatives at any level can't, not just thrive, but merely exist if people don't use them.
So this is more important than it may seem at first glance from an invidivual, isolated POV.

@kikebenlloch thank you, that's a really generous and insightful thing to say. I think exiting gmail will turn out to be the 2nd toughest change - and tbf I ditched whatsapp the day facebook bought them, etc. The toughest will be de-duopolising my actual computers, i.e. getting off apple. one thing at a time!

@mariafarrell Since Meta is a no-no for me, I still find it fascinating to meet IT people who won't give in to communicate via Signal, Delta Chat, etc instead of Whatsapp. I mean, people who work *in the field* and yet aren't keen to adding an app in their phone -as if they didn't already have many- ... one that *won't* spy on them 🤷‍♂️