• LordR@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    I started doing all of that when Trump was elected. I switched from Windows to Linux Mint, got rid of Office 365, no longer buying stuff from the US whenever possible. Using Adblockers when I use Youtube and so on.

    It is not hard, you can take one step after the other and slowly get away from all the American stuff.

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      27 days ago

      Exactly. These are steps that we can take to strike the US corporations. And we can do so legally.

      I use Linux on my machines. And even though I use MacOS for my MacBook Air and Mini, I’m figuring out if I should replace it with Linux as well.

      But I got rid of Windows, office 365 and gmail. I use Proton with custom domain.

      Cloud back up? I own my private backup in an European VPS.

      Also have my own Nextcloud set up in European VPS.

      Search engine? I use Qwant.

      Mobile browser? I use Vivaldi.

      Still use an iPhone but also bought a 2nd hand phone and flashed Sailfish OS in it.

      Yes, I do pay for some of these things but at least I’m not being tracked and I know I’m doing my part against these evil US Companies.