[jacquesm]

> So, like, what phone OS do you use?

Nokia N800.

> Do you pick airlines based on what planes they fly?

I stopped flying entirely.

> Do you choose Bing over Google?

Still using Google but working very hard on moving away from it.

Yes, I too live in the real world and I'm a really annoying customer for banks, insurance companies and my government by insisting they serve me without bending over and adopting some eco-system that I do not subscribe to. I have a need to interact with my bank, my government, my insurance company and my kids schools and I point blank refuse to be sucked into any of their app driven eco systems.

I'll take it to court if that's what it takes.

[bruce511]

I applaud your dedication to not succumbing to the appification of everything.

Unfortunately you are an outlier and society is not built for outliers.

Equally, unfortunately, the opinion of outliers does not really help the argument for a more open web. Yes there's some small number of people on mastodon but telling my hairdresser to not use Facebook is not terribly useful to her.