’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech.
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
@CiaraNi in case it's helpful to anyone, I finally managed to get my entire workflow to be open source software, and have listed it here:
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Why is no one asking these questions:
Why are the wealthiest corporations shoving AI so hard?
Why are billionaires so keen on this dubious product?
Why are billions of investment dollars being wasted on this white elephant?
Why are politicians running away from AI issues?
@Npars01
@anonymous over on Instagram has been posting some very interesting ideas about how AI will be able to control mass behavior. That is what they are working on with their surveillance network. Complete control. Neural implants are coming. William Gibson is a visionary.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/musk-says-neuralink-start-high-volume-production-interface-devices-by-2026-2026-01-01/ -
@BashStKid Thanks for the tips. I don't know what a NAS is, so I am probably not the right one for that. I don't audio stream anything. I listen to CDs and the radio. And I never watch TV or films, so no alternative to streaming needed there either. Only now that you mention this do I realise that my analogue (/dull/old-fashioned) habits must make it easier for me to make digital changes than others. I have fewer things to consider. I'm lucky there.
@CiaraNi @BashStKid wow, another one with "less than average" needs
Last year I started to wonder if my tips and answers could be helpful (sometimes people asked me about degoogle during more public BigTech migration waves) as I did everything very easy mode. Was already full Linux long time and listened to local music files when I decided to consciously cut Big Tech off my life for privacy and ethical reasons. And most degoogle/migration manuals are long and detailed because of so many services and apps people use.
And wow, someone else not watching in this video-everything-cursed era!
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Before I could pick my 2026 goal for #DanmarkSkifter, I did a digital status. I was mildly surprised when I saw my 2025 digital changes together. I looked at the list and thought: ’Tell me you hang out in the Fediverse without telling me you hang out in the Fediverse.’
From Outlook to Tuta
From Office to Libre
From MS Authenticator to Ente Authenticator
From Google Play to F-Droid
From Spotify to AntennaPod
From Firefox to Vivaldi
From DuckDuckGo to NoAIDuckDuckGo
And I bought a back-up drive.@CiaraNi I think switching from Firefox to a hardened-Firefox like Waterfox or Firefox is a better option.
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@CiaraNi @BashStKid wow, another one with "less than average" needs
Last year I started to wonder if my tips and answers could be helpful (sometimes people asked me about degoogle during more public BigTech migration waves) as I did everything very easy mode. Was already full Linux long time and listened to local music files when I decided to consciously cut Big Tech off my life for privacy and ethical reasons. And most degoogle/migration manuals are long and detailed because of so many services and apps people use.
And wow, someone else not watching in this video-everything-cursed era!@madargon @BashStKid 'Less than average' needs
Am happy to be below average in this case, because it means I have slightly less work to do 'dis-enshittifying' my digital life, so to speak. -
@sebastian @Flatus Thanks for the tip. I did browse around in NextCloud's solutions but couldn't see a simple off-the-shelf one for a non-tech person like me who just wants it to plug-and-play work. I've been waiting to see Tuta's drive. Then the DanmarkSkifter campaign nudged to me to stop faffing around - get off OneDrive now, get the photos backed up, then pick the right cloud solution after that. Otherwise I'll never take that final step.
@CiaraNi @sebastian @Flatus
I use hetzner's storage share ( https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/ ), 5€ a month for 1 TB not just for storage but a full nextcloud instance that's a steal. I have not just my backup there but also my photos, with the Memories app I have all the things I would expect from Google Photos or whatever -
@CiaraNi in case it's helpful to anyone, I finally managed to get my entire workflow to be open source software, and have listed it here:
https://johnoestmannmusic.com/tooling/@johnoestmannmusic That's a great at-a-glance list based on experience. Thanks for sharing it.
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@CiaraNi I was in the exact same situation - I can't remember how I found The Good Cloud but it works & customer service works well, too
Held & lykke!@jwcph Tak!
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@madargon @BashStKid 'Less than average' needs
Am happy to be below average in this case, because it means I have slightly less work to do 'dis-enshittifying' my digital life, so to speak.@CiaraNi @BashStKid And less data already leaked to US companies
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@CiaraNi @BashStKid And less data already leaked to US companies
@madargon @BashStKid That too, I suppose!
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@CiaraNi @sebastian @Flatus
I use hetzner's storage share ( https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/ ), 5€ a month for 1 TB not just for storage but a full nextcloud instance that's a steal. I have not just my backup there but also my photos, with the Memories app I have all the things I would expect from Google Photos or whatever@rakoo @sebastian @Flatus Great information, thank you. I saw something somewhere about the Memories app but couldn't figure out if it fit into the NextCloud world. That sounds like a good solution, both as regards storage and synching images. Thank you for the recommendation and tips.
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
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Before I could pick my 2026 goal for #DanmarkSkifter, I did a digital status. I was mildly surprised when I saw my 2025 digital changes together. I looked at the list and thought: ’Tell me you hang out in the Fediverse without telling me you hang out in the Fediverse.’
From Outlook to Tuta
From Office to Libre
From MS Authenticator to Ente Authenticator
From Google Play to F-Droid
From Spotify to AntennaPod
From Firefox to Vivaldi
From DuckDuckGo to NoAIDuckDuckGo
And I bought a back-up drive.@CiaraNi
A handy list! (“ ’Tell me you hang out in the Fediverse without telling me you hang out in the Fediverse.’ “)
I can tick 3 off as well! (More to come, obviously.)
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@Npars01
@anonymous over on Instagram has been posting some very interesting ideas about how AI will be able to control mass behavior. That is what they are working on with their surveillance network. Complete control. Neural implants are coming. William Gibson is a visionary.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/musk-says-neuralink-start-high-volume-production-interface-devices-by-2026-2026-01-01/William Gibson's early work never envisioned a future where such devices would be manufactured by companies that go regularly bankrupt, stranding their consumers, vendors, & patients.
He did predict a world where the hacking, data theft, & data harvesting would be used to threaten, coerce, surveil, extort, & blackmail.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/the-koch-brothers-intelligence-agency-215943
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/cloak-and-data-cambridge-analytica-robert-mercer/
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Talking from experience I'd add one thing (if it's a manual action):
Regular calendar reminder to actually do the backup.
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William Gibson's early work never envisioned a future where such devices would be manufactured by companies that go regularly bankrupt, stranding their consumers, vendors, & patients.
He did predict a world where the hacking, data theft, & data harvesting would be used to threaten, coerce, surveil, extort, & blackmail.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/the-koch-brothers-intelligence-agency-215943
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/cloak-and-data-cambridge-analytica-robert-mercer/
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The scale of the manipulation of public sentiment against vaccines and democracy are just two reprehensible examples.
https://therecord.media/chatgpt-health-draws-concern-privacy-criticsHe did predict a world where societal trauma is deliberately manufactured then weaponized for corporate & ideological gain by the rich.
https://wp.nyu.edu/greenestreetreview/2019/12/04/hard-wired-traumas-a-retrospective-review-of-william-gibsons-neuromancer/He saw the "DNA hacking" capabilities of AI
DNA-enabled disassemblers as a tool of "judge, jury, & executioner" police forces & kleptocratic warfare "The Peripheral"
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/prescriptionsforabrokensystem/114977
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@Peterspruijt Tresorit is a new name to me. Thanks for the tip. I will investigate it.
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@sebastian @Flatus Thanks for the tip. I did browse around in NextCloud's solutions but couldn't see a simple off-the-shelf one for a non-tech person like me who just wants it to plug-and-play work. I've been waiting to see Tuta's drive. Then the DanmarkSkifter campaign nudged to me to stop faffing around - get off OneDrive now, get the photos backed up, then pick the right cloud solution after that. Otherwise I'll never take that final step.
@CiaraNi @sebastian @Flatus Check Hetzner's Storage Share. That's basically a hosted and very affordable Nextcloud. I'm using it myself.
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The scale of the manipulation of public sentiment against vaccines and democracy are just two reprehensible examples.
https://therecord.media/chatgpt-health-draws-concern-privacy-criticsHe did predict a world where societal trauma is deliberately manufactured then weaponized for corporate & ideological gain by the rich.
https://wp.nyu.edu/greenestreetreview/2019/12/04/hard-wired-traumas-a-retrospective-review-of-william-gibsons-neuromancer/He saw the "DNA hacking" capabilities of AI
DNA-enabled disassemblers as a tool of "judge, jury, & executioner" police forces & kleptocratic warfare "The Peripheral"
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/prescriptionsforabrokensystem/114977
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#pluralistic "Unauthorized Bread" very well worth reading about tech bankruptcies, anti-refugee sentiment, & ramping up social dissatisfaction
The indoctrination of children was predicted by both Orwell & Aldous Huxley.
Koch Network has successfully dismantled public education as a public interest & common good.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-giants-pushing-ai-schools -
@CiaraNi
A handy list! (“ ’Tell me you hang out in the Fediverse without telling me you hang out in the Fediverse.’ “)
I can tick 3 off as well! (More to come, obviously.)@Su_G Until I saw them listed together, I hadn't realised that I had already made (relatively speaking) quite a few changes. I've been radicalised by the Fediverse
I have more to do too, same as you. It's such a palaver of a process! But we're getting there.
