@CathyBikesBook Welcome to the neighbourhood!

@Kerplunk Thanks for these tips

@Doomscroll @cbrankin I randomly found AntennaPod after switching to F-Droid and it instantly became my favourite podcast app. I think https://noai.duckduckgo.com is worth a look, right enough, to get away from the constant AI.

@lfzz That was exactly the reference I was going for

@rtn Thank you

@SCampbell Agreed. It truly is a process. We were entangled by and in the Big Tech web for so many decades, it's not a surprise, I suppose, that it is not that simple to just walk away. Sounds like we're walking the same route - Libre and Tuta, and then the photos To Do. Good luck to us both, I think

@mkj Thanks for the supportive words. Much appreciated. And yes, agreed - it can be counterproductive to be either an absolutist or a defeatist. That can apply to politics and the climate crisis as well as enshittification and big tech, I think.

@kcpoole Well done on already being deGoogled. I have bare minimum google on an Android phone, but still have some final steps to do. That'll have to wait until I have rid myself of Microsoft.

Mega for general cloud storage - a new name to me, thanks for mentioning. I must investigate.

@locadeserta Ah this is familiar! Once I got my lovely shiny new SDD, I was startled to discover how sloooowly the process of downloading my images was. It's taking me weeks, bit by bit, to get through the still ongoing process. But it's good because it's made me make better choices about what files to keep.

@EthicalProfessor @chris Agreed. Definitely.

@svedigtype @tanyakaroli Enig. Meget enig. Jeg gjorde opmærksom i samme samtale på, hvor pudsigt at det er, at man aldrig bliver mødt af en 'digital assistent', der har dyb mandestemme og hedder Henrik eller Mikkel eller Jesper. Det havde de andre ikke tænkt over og det syntes de også var lidt sigende. Og ikke om noget godt.

@timtfj Tusind tak Da jeg besluttede mig for bare at flytte lidt efter lidt, i den tempo jeg selv kunne klare og på en måde, jeg selv kunne overskue, så blev det faktisk relativt set 'let'. I hvert fald ikke så overskueligt og overvældende end jeg troede hidtil, da jeg følte, at det var 'alt eller ingenting'. Tak for opbakningen!

@leanderlindahl @metteh Det lyder godt! Nul AI. The dream.

@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.

@mkj @Flatus @andresimous @sebastian I am moving my photos off OneDrive on to my computer and taking a back-up to my new external back-up drive. It's helped me weed the archive, making me think more about what I keep. I use a folder and file structure. Not sure if it's just me (perhaps a GenX thing?) but I can keep track through file names, photo dates and folder tree structures, no problem. I'd struggle more to find individual images from a flat structure grouped through links to albums.

@jwcph Oh that is really good to know. Mange tak. I couldn't find an entry point for NextCloud as a Just Make It Work non-tech end user. Great to have a provider name - thanks. I will look into a free trial account and take it from there. (That's how I moved to Tuta - the free account was so good and simple that I subscribed almost immediately.) Tak for hjælpen.

@mkj Good points. Once I got the back-up external drive, I instantly felt less pressured about finding a new cloud provider. I've started the process, and it doesn't feel as overwhelming as if I had to try and get everything out of one locked-in cloud and into a new, unfamiliar one overnight. 'Something' better than 'nothing' - yes, that strategy works for me.

@sebastian @Flatus

@Bodo Thank you! I really appreciate that.

@mkj Good information. Thanks. @andresimous @sebastian @Flatus

@leanderlindahl @metteh Det lyder lovende. Hvis man kan slukke for AI via én knap, så er det allerede bedre end Big Tech-udgavene.