• msage@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    You can try to avoid making calls and send SMS, instead use Signal or Matrix for contacting people.

    Remove Google from your life - gmail is tricky, most use protonmail, search with duckduckgo or searxng or kagi, youtube is basically without 100% replacement, but there is still vimeo and peertube.

    Drop Windows, everyone will help you with Linux on PC.

    Phones go very tricky, iOS has no alternative that I know of, Androids have degoogled versions.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I’ve been TRYING to do the right things!

      ✅ Protonmail

      ✅ Linux

      ✅ Android


      1. In 2019 I tried to switch to protonmail but I was apparently too hypervigilant about it because I didn’t provide a backup email because I was trying to de-google, well my lack of a backup bit me in the behind when protonmail wouldn’t let me get in with my password, they told me my password was wrong, but I swear it was right, and they wouldn’t let me back in ever again.

      2. And last time I bought a laptop I took it to a computer repair place and told them to take off windows and put on Linux. They did it. I didn’t know how to use Linux, anyway that laptop which was supposed to be native with Windows, constantly glitched and rejected every attempt I made at using Linux.

      3. And I exclusively use Android, I have no Apple products whatsoever.

      In summary, as you can see I’ve been TRYING to do the right thing!

      ✅ Protonmail

      ✅ Linux

      ✅ Android