Jim Daws has lots of DIY advice on switching from Big Tech services to alternatives offering more privacy and less bias. His plan, posted at American Thinker, can be implemented incrementally, to make the transitions as painless as possible.
. . . Big Tech is wholly owned by
the Left and they’re using that power -- unprecedented in human history -- to
muzzle any effective opposition.
The sad part is that Big Tech’s
control over the free flow information is almost entirely illusory and based
wholly on our submission to it. Much in the same manner that consumers become
zealously brand-conscious, we have come to accept that Microsoft, Apple,
Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have some innate value that makes them
indispensable. We forget that Big Tech’s dominance has come about in just one generation and we can track a direct trajectory
between the rise of Big Tech and the radical Left’s ascendancy.
To have any chance of reversing
this ruinous tide, traditional Americans must awake from their stupor and stop
feeding the beast that’s devouring them. Thankfully, that’s much more easily
done than say, defeating the British Empire, a bloody civil war to end slavery,
or storming the beaches at Normandy. All it takes is a few afternoons at your
desk to break the Big Tech habit and transition to emerging Alt-Tech options. But if we’re unwilling to do even that,
we’ll prove unworthy of our legacy of freedom and prosperity and will get
exactly what we deserve.
Ditch Windows and Mac operating
systems in favor of Linux. This may seem the most difficult and disruptive
action required of your Big Tech jailbreak but it’s far less so than you may
think and absolutely essential. By allowing Microsoft and Apple control of your
computing ecosystem you allow them to track your activities and collect private
information. Once the government has labeled dissent as “domestic terrorism,”
you can bet that the lefties in Redmond and Cupertino will be there to help
monitor your political beliefs.
Linux is a free, stable, secure,
open-source operating system not controlled by Big Tech. . . .
On the web browser front, if you're
using Google Chrome or Apple Safari, you should know that your online activity
is being tracked, recorded, and sold to thousands of data brokers. Most of that
data is used for marketing, but the sites you visit are a good indicator of
your political leanings and activities and the collection of that data is ripe
for abuse.
A good alternative is the Brave browser. . .
For the love of God, stop using
Google search and Gmail. These two services provide the bulk of Google's ad and
tracking revenue, which they then use to censor Google search results to block
content their woke and H1B visa workforce find objectionable. Google search is
the most powerful gatekeeper of information ever created and Google
unapologetically uses algorithms to promote politicians and ideas they agree
with and crush those they oppose.
Good alternatives are DuckDuckGo and
ProtonMail . . .
If Jeff Zuckerberg’s and Jack
Dorsey’s promotion and protection of leftist politicians and dogma during the
2020 election hasn’t convinced you to get off Facebook and Twitter, allow me to
remind you that, among many outrages, Zuckerberg spent nearly a half-billion
dollars subverting the 2020 election and both Zuckerberg and Dorsey censored
stories of the Biden crime family’s blatant graft and corruption. Then, after
the election, both banned the 45th President of the United States from their
platforms for objecting.
More than any other tech service,
users seem slavishly devoted to Facebook and Twitter and willing to sacrifice
the nation and their freedoms to them. This effect is what empowered Zuckerberg
and Dorsey to offend about half their customers… er, products, without fear of
reprisal.
. . .
Your transition need not be done
all at once but make a list and begin your migration away from Big Tech. Choose
tasks that are most easily accomplished and check it off. You will be surprised
at how quick and painless the process is and how good responsible citizenship
and freedom feels.
Read
the full article here.
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