Quitting Google isn't just a technical process—it's a massive project. Here's some advice on how to tackle it.
  • toastal@lemmy.ml
    91·
    5 months ago

    Now do Microsoft.

    Remove Microsoft Windows & slap on your favorite distro. Stop communicating with Microsoft Teams & Microsoft Outlook. Run a local LLM to remove ChatGPT. Switch to LibreOffice from Microsoft Office. Move your code away from Microsoft GitHub & Microsoft npm to Codeberg, Notabug, Radicle, Nest, Darcsden, Smederee, etc. …or self-host. Find a different cloud provider than Azure (or Amazon). Play games literally any way that doesn’t involve Xbox. And it shouldn’t have to be said, but deleted your LinkedIn account—it’s just spam.

    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      5 months ago

      The choose is:

      Apple iOS: Propably being spied by manufacturer, can be spied by NSA, can’t do anything to improve this.

      Google Android: Know you’re spied by Google, know you’re spied by manufacturer, know you’re spied by third-party, can be spied by NSA. But most of times you can cut them all (except NSA) off.

    • zingo@lemmy.ca
      3·
      5 months ago

      Except for the statements that Apple is a better option for privacy. Its not.

      Any OS or app that is not opensource code can’t be trusted.

      • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        I agree. I don’t know why people believe Apple and their privacy fasaude. There is plenty of evidence to show they’re a monopoly on the data to make all the money for themselves, as well as closed source means you can’t trust or verify anything they claim.

      • Lightfire228@pawb.social
        01·
        5 months ago

        We should have more “source available, but you still need to pay for it” licenses

        Best of both worlds, the company still gets to sell a product, and we can inspect the source, or even submit PR’s (and maybe get a little kickback (but that’s pie in the sky))

        Granted, it’s super easy to remove the license restrictions with the source available

        • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
          3·
          5 months ago

          Best of both worlds

          Only in term of security/privacy. Not control and freedom. And without freedom to modify, share and reuse software we are in a straight path to the lack of privacy again.

        • zingo@lemmy.ca
          2·
          5 months ago

          That’s what donations are for.

          Also, many opensource services can be selfhosted for free, while the company/developer gets they payment via donations and/or charging a support service fee to enterprises/people.

          That and exposure to the homelab community which in turn can lead to future implementation in enterprise.

          • Lightfire228@pawb.social
            1·
            5 months ago

            The downvotes aren’t surprising; it’s not a very popular idea

            I still think it’s an idea worth exploring, though

            Businesses won’t support Linux if they can’t sell something, and it gives us access to the code

            • youmaynotknow@lemmy.ml
              1·
              5 months ago

              Yeah, the downvotes are unsurprising, but at least I don’t see a reason to downvote on an idea unless it is inherently an intentional insupt or something along those line.

              I don’t think your idea is the best, but it is an idea, and that alone makes it worth exploring, as you mentioned. My disagreement with your idea comes precisely by your point. There are plenty of people that do not move away from Windows or Mac precisely because the software they “need” is not available. If these companies made their software available on some Linux distros, there’s a very good chance some of their “hostages” will still pay for them. DaVinci resolve is good example of this.