Not April fools.
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@chu there is nothing else like Subway around, and even the "small businesses" are captured by these delivery services. there is a small take-out menu catalog that gets dropped in everyone's mailbox here a couple of times a year, and it used to be about as thick as a zine. now it's about five pages, and none of what's in it is of any interest to me. we used to get flyers for all kinds of local take-out, now we get just Pizza Pizza, Harvey's, or MacPuke's. the options just aren't there anymore.
in my region a lot of the smaller restaurants do seem to have their own drivers, but still outsource the delivery logistics/website bit to the corporates.
Online purchases are near impossible to avoid, even when using local businesses as many don't keep large stocks and use the website to offload stock control/ordering work to the customers (a few years ago I bought a couple of power tools online and the company was about an hours drive from me, but they don't sell directly from their warehouse). One problem is no one seems to want the burden of dealing directly with the public if possible (hence why Amazon etc capture so much of the market)
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu 6) Buy physical or indie-published media, instead of continuing your streaming subscriptions. Personally I'm partial to audioshows!
This one also hurts big media (Disney, etc), since at this point they're in bed with the tech bros!
For those who need somewhere to start, I reckon if you're a techie & haven't heard https://arsparadoxica.com/ you're missing out.
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu
Sounds like a normal day in my life.Add:
Don’t use any social media platform owned by a single organization (or at least don’t log in/comment/engage).
Don’t share any tracking links. Strip out anything past the question mark in a URL before sharing.
Report every promotional email as spam.
Use ublock origin in all your browsers (don’t use chrome)
Read a paper book instead of streaming something
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@chu
Sounds like a normal day in my life.Add:
Don’t use any social media platform owned by a single organization (or at least don’t log in/comment/engage).
Don’t share any tracking links. Strip out anything past the question mark in a URL before sharing.
Report every promotional email as spam.
Use ublock origin in all your browsers (don’t use chrome)
Read a paper book instead of streaming something
@chu
Ditch your mobile phone service that spies on you and sells your data; switch to Phreeli (you’ll probably pay less, too). -
Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
did anyone say, 'quit streaming?'
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu Thanks for the list. I could (and should) get rid of food delivery apps.
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu
But you haven't considered that some people with disabities or seniors may well need such services. -
Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu Why just for a week? Of this list the only one I do occasionally is online purchases and that’s only when the product can only be had that way. Even then it’s only a few times a year I do that.
I would give allowance on delivery for people with mobility and health issues. Grocery and take out delivery has been a godsend for my father.
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@chu Why just for a week? Of this list the only one I do occasionally is online purchases and that’s only when the product can only be had that way. Even then it’s only a few times a year I do that.
I would give allowance on delivery for people with mobility and health issues. Grocery and take out delivery has been a godsend for my father.
@Chigaze @chu
I agree that most of these practices should be ongoing, where reasonable. I also order items online only occasionally, and when they can't be obtained otherwise. I appreciate that many stores have maintained the ability to order items to pick up at a specific store, a helpful option when items aren't readily available.
I have used grocery delivery during the winter months over the last couple of years, and it's been very helpful. -
@chu
But you haven't considered that some people with disabities or seniors may well need such services. -
Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu Do a (little) music gig or theatre, etc., in a setting where cell phones are an unusual sight. Then it's unlikely to be stolen by them.
Maybe even organise such events, that sort of thing might become popular in a couple years.
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
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@chu Buy books from your local book shop. Via bookshop.org or similar, if you can't get there in person.
@johnhenrythe3rd @chu do you supply the difference in price?
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@chu Well, I'm from Bogota, Colombia, and all of this can still be done effortlessly.
Who knows how long it will last, but at least for now its not hard ask to do all of this here.
@glitchypixel @chu except for using an ai coding assistant from time to time, all those seem pretty easy for me here in Denmark as well
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
Made my last online purchase over 10 years ago and have never ever done anything else from your list.
Adding to your list:
Repeatedly write to your political representatives on all levels and demand to drop and finally ban the use of US tech fashs products and services (non-US resident here).
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@chu Why just for a week? Of this list the only one I do occasionally is online purchases and that’s only when the product can only be had that way. Even then it’s only a few times a year I do that.
I would give allowance on delivery for people with mobility and health issues. Grocery and take out delivery has been a godsend for my father.
Could your father order directly from the restaurants and supermarkets?
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu I’d add, “Pay cash.”
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Could your father order directly from the restaurants and supermarkets?
@proscience For grocery delivery the orders are directly with supermarkets through their online ordering systems. For restaurants more and more are dropping their own delivery as the online delivery companies have swamped the market.
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Not April fools.
Here's a screw a tech bro for a week challenge
1) don't make online purchases. Walk into a store or call /email a small business owner.
2) no using any food delivery apps, call a local restaurant and pick it up. The tech companies take a huge cut and you'd be doing the local small biz a huge favour by doing this.
3) no using Uber or Lyft. Call a cab if you need it
4) don't use AI tools. If your employer threatens your job, give them the slop they deserve, but nothing outside of that.
5) add in the comments anything else you think of.
I honestly wonder how painful this list is for many people. Is a week doable or have they fundamentally taken control of us so hard we already lost our old systems of living?
@chu
Lol this has been my everyday life since forever. I've never ordered mediocre food to my door or never installed any cab app into my phone. Also my online purchases are less than 5 a year.
️. Amazon Prime is an example.
