Comment on Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
String 'em up. If you haven’t Degoogled your life what are you waiting for? Throw convenience to the fire and dance to the cycles of the moon again.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Ya but what’s the alternative? You only have a few large players in any space Google operates in and guaranteed they’re no better in terms of wages and worker rights.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There are multiple alternatives to everything google offers. It may not offer it under one account and place like google, but its better than feeding the beast trying to swallow the internet.
LibreOffice for an office suite, KeyPass as a password manager, firefox and its derivatives for non-chromium browsers. There are plenty of options that do not contribute to the downfall of the open web.
SoftScotch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Amen to degoogling! I think the broad enshittification driven by big tech and their monopolistic behavior actively invites their own demise, just as they disrupted those that came before. I’m definitely an optimist, hopefully not naive. Also we should take things into our own hands. Don’t like it? Build it better!
To add to your list: Peertube: federated platform that could compete with YouTube if it wasn’t for network effects. Keepass & SyncThing: password manager + file synchronization to keep passwords across all your devices
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I should confess I’m a bad boi and use Firefox as my main password manager for browsing, and the rest I write down in a notebook because honestly nowadays that is pretty secure.
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 year ago
Check out /e/OS and if you have a pixel Grapheme OS and Calyx OS