I appreciate the tough love honesty there and also the supportive words.
I’m taking digital privacy seriously so the money made off my information is not used to fund fascism. It’s extremely hard to do. I’ve offered to help others but people just don’t understand.
Even if you just use another email that sells data, it’s still better than everyone using gmail. I cancelled Amazon Prime, deleted Facebook, deleted a ton of Reddit posts back to 2013, deleted unneeded accounts, deleted Spotify, avoid YouTube except on shared family TV, avoid IoT in my house, and lots of other measures. I’m also working on a self hosting project.
This stuff matters. Best to stop giving your information away. Get away from big tech as much as possible.
I do think realising that connection the capitalism-big tech-fascism blob is really important.
Especially as it gives you multiple targets.
You can boycott big tech. Amazon, netflix, meta etc. that, if enough people do it, weakens their power.
Likewise, realising that you are a resource that powers their machine (they need you more than you need them). That can be physical labour or the data and information you provide them with.
Frequently they take without asking too. Turning off those pipelines puts the power back with you.
I appreciate the tough love honesty there and also the supportive words.
I’m taking digital privacy seriously so the money made off my information is not used to fund fascism. It’s extremely hard to do. I’ve offered to help others but people just don’t understand.
Even if you just use another email that sells data, it’s still better than everyone using gmail. I cancelled Amazon Prime, deleted Facebook, deleted a ton of Reddit posts back to 2013, deleted unneeded accounts, deleted Spotify, avoid YouTube except on shared family TV, avoid IoT in my house, and lots of other measures. I’m also working on a self hosting project.
This stuff matters. Best to stop giving your information away. Get away from big tech as much as possible.
I do think realising that connection the capitalism-big tech-fascism blob is really important.
Especially as it gives you multiple targets.
You can boycott big tech. Amazon, netflix, meta etc. that, if enough people do it, weakens their power.
Likewise, realising that you are a resource that powers their machine (they need you more than you need them). That can be physical labour or the data and information you provide them with.
Frequently they take without asking too. Turning off those pipelines puts the power back with you.
Nice.