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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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In the Midst of eliminating Amazon and Google from my life. Came here because I felt like this community would appreciate! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm in the midst of eliminating anything from my life that is connected to big tech. I'm going to delete my Amazon, and Google Accounts. I already deleted my Facebook. I'm working on getting my purchases downloaded and converted from Amazon as of writing this.

I'm going to get rid of Reddit as well. Sadly reddit has become super contaminated with censorship, and that is one of the hardest platforms for me to leave. It must be done though, i can no longer support their platform. Gmail will probably be the last thing to go. Already switched email services and i'm trying to get everything moved over. Years of connecting services to Gmail leaves me in a tangled mess.

I didn't have a point really. I just wanted to tell people who might appreciate, and solidify my actions in my own mind. I'm trying to create a new self identity in a privacy focused environment.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (2 children)

I've lived for a good two years without Google on my phone, this summer I had to put it back because of exposure notifications. I'm planning to get rid of it again shortly.

As for Amazon, it's really hard to avoid to buy from them as we are in the middle of a pandemic and sometimes other alternatives are too expensive, even if I live in a western country (Italy). I'm trying to buy as much second hand products as I can and I'm actually surprised of how much I've been able to save for objects that are often still good and usable. Buying second-hand still involves big tech corps (eBay/Subito mostly) but at least it's not Amazon and at least I'm not supplying further demand for new goods. And a lot of times I just rather go to the nearest physical shop instead of buying online (now it's almost impossible since I have no time to go during the week and during the weekend most shops are closed). How's going with Amazon though? What kind of products are you going to buy from somewhere else? I was using Amazon mostly for books, home stuff (like small furniture and disposable goods) and tech stuff (pc components, cables, hubs and this sort of things). Tech stuff are definitely the most comfortable to shop for because of the enormous choice Amazon offers

Sadly reddit has become super contaminated with censorship

What have they been censoring lately? Last time I've heard about communities being removed was with the ban wave that involved r/ChapoTrapHouse and other smaller subs. I'm a bit out of the loop, did they close other subreddits too?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

MicroG supports exposure notifications! You could replace Google services with MicroG and only activate the exposure notifications and it'll be like almost having a non-Google phone all over again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Its just that Reddit is connected to all the other big tech conglomerates and its watched to closely, its getting creepy. I don't really think i can point out specific examples. They banned Trump though, and for me that was the red flag. They are just censuring at their leisure now. As for Amazon, my plan is to try to buy direct from manufactures. I might use Amazon's interface to browse, and then go else where to buy