Comment on Discussion Thread Saturday 19 đ April 2025
kudra@aus.social â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago@melbaboutown @YarraByte in the process of DeGoogling and it's similar. Though so far I'm only partway through Photos. It was always the intention to bait and switch and capture financially once the difficulty of leaving became extreme. I was always aware of Facebook which seemed blatant to me: Google and M$ actually more subtle.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oh man⌠I want to de google but Iâm absolutely drowning at the moment and barely managing life admin let alone a task like that.
I still have to go through my Facebook to make sure I get everything before I deactivate or delete with the under 16 ban (because Iâm not giving Meta or other platforms my id). And because the download doesnât work I have to do it manually.
My respect goes out to people who are able to stay on top of all this
kudra@aus.social â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
@melbaboutown I am glad I don't have to think about FB as have never given them my data. I need to anonymise on several services to at least try and thwart the AI feeding frenzy, though I'm rarely active anywhere except on Fedi these days. But I need to move Gmail as well. It's more than many people are even equipped to try, sadly.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yeah I regret. And itâs probably more than Iâll ever be able to attempt.
Right now I just need to get my stuff backed up to physical media in time and make sure I can continue to use my main email.
kudra@aus.social â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
@melbaboutown yeah when you realise "the cloud" is just other people's computers and "free" SM & other lockin has always been designed from the outset to bait & switch and basically enslave you it makes you realise the real costs of not being free and open. I remember when I genuinely believed Google was a force for good.