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by throwawayboise 1746 days ago
I put all of the companies you name in pretty much the same basket, and avoid them as much as I can. I don't shop on Amazon, I don't use Netflix, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter. I don't use Apple products. I do use Android and Google Docs/Drive/Mail but my next phone will probably be an open one and I could drop the GSuite stuff without too much pain, mostly laziness that I haven't already.
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streamofdigits 1746 days ago
In a few years this will be considered the only sane approach to digital life. There is still some road to travel though in terms of making it easy for the majority of people.

In retrospect the "big tech" era will be such a sad, dark, insidiously toxic period. So much hypocrisy, so much in-your face failure to honor basic social contracts, so much misallocated talent...

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davidkellis 1746 days ago
I'm in the same boat. Trying my best to de-FAANG my life. Self hosting as much as possible, with as little management overhead as possible, but I'm still stuck on Android and I don't know how to break free.
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schiem 1746 days ago
It's not quite ready for the prime time, but there are some open source phones in the works. The two most notable are the Librem 5 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-5-usa/) and the Pinephone (https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/).
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retro64 1746 days ago
Flip phone. People laugh at mine, whatever. Honestly though I use a flip because it does what I need and it's tough as nails.
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IntrepidWorm 1746 days ago
De-Googled android distros are definitely out there, but I also think flip phone plus small portable laptop is a very powerful combo.
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armagon 1746 days ago
Which self-hosting software do you recommend?
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davidkellis 1746 days ago
I'm self hosting Ghost for blogging, Home Assistant for smart home controller, and in the middle of setting up Vaultwarden for passwords. I also run a lot of stuff off my Synology - Synology Drive instead of Dropbox or Google Drive, Synology Photos instead of Google Photos. I don't have a great solution for email or phone - emails is paid hosting through Zoho and use Android for phone. I'd like to get off those. It's all a long drawn out process.
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