You’re right. I’m one of the ones who got offline from the big social media sites. Honestly, I feel like it’s a civic duty and have tried to convince everyone of Fediverse accounts and have failed. I also don’t know what’s going on in my friend’s lives, and I even got off Bluesky due to tracking or some other offense I can’t remember. But I can tell you for sure, once the US gov becomes destabilized enough, that data collection from all these years will be abused to the point that all the people in the “I have nothing to hide” club are seriously going to regret being on Facebook and Instagram, etc. This surveillance state is going to be awful when they succeed, and they will.

Well, if the penalty for an antitrust violation is a penny for every billion dollars made while screwing mom and pops small businesses and destroying competition, then there might as well be no anti trust laws at all. They just don’t work. Why should I care about a fine if it’s only 0.001% of what I made while commiting the violations.

Every citizen should have to do a year waiting tables just to know not to be a dick.

Dumb question, but is it not a security issue to list your open ports?

I must be one of those. This shit is not okay, yall. Whole psychological profiles, humiliation tactics, and dystopian forms of control are right around the corner. Why would they keep Epstein alive when Palantir automated the job of the blackmail broker?

It’s so overwhelming. I just want to be able to use Wireshark well to figure out wft is going on at my house with outbound surveillance data.

Bought the gov means you’re rich.

So if someone says Windows, everybody gets a Bingo somehow?

Samsung is partnered with google and is filled with bloat. I might just try to offload all my data on a backup and then try to reset it to default to see what happens.

If I can get the OS on my Samsung then that will work.

Thanks for that! Do you have to put the .apk on the device before you start it, like through usb to your laptop?

From what I’ve read, the other Android OS’s do not work with any US carriers. I think some folks got them to work with a Pixel/T-Mobile/Graphene combo, but that is not only literally buying a Google phone, it is also limiting me to one carrier. I would get a Pixel, but the whole point is to get away from google, not give them more money.

So can google track users if you watch a youtube video on Peertube?

This is a better list than the ones I’ve seen previously. Thanks for sharing.

I’m in the US so I can’t. Unless I get a Pixel, made by stupid google.

Wait what? Really?

I just use mapquest. It’s not the best, but it’s a step in the right direction, I guess.

More like inherit the dystopia we failed to fight. It’s cruel.

Kollabnow.com You don’t need to buy a domain. Also, it’s not that Proton is that much better, but more that it is not Gmail. Google has too much power, and that is dangerous. For those of us degoogling, Proton is a good baby step. Every little bit helps.

Congrats! Good job! I’m right behind you. So close…

What country are you in, and what type of phone/OS did you use?

Also, congrats!