I’m quite proud.
I was on Reddit, now I am here. It’s a crazy world.
I’m quite proud.
Too expensive. Not owner repairable. Too much unnecessary tech baked in.
There’s a path forward for EV’s, but I don’t think the current philosophy is it.
Currently using a combination of Plexamp, WinAmp, Bandcamp and Apple Music.
Spotify is an evil company. Bad for artists, bad for consumers. I’m glad to have quit using their service.
Twitter has never been great, just easy to use and widely adopted. It’s gotten worse under Musk and mostly appeals to the worst people left on the platform.
Just another huge ass company that values short term profits over its employees and customers. Probably won’t be buying any more of their products.
Some say the slam was so hard the shockwaves were felt on the other side of the globe.
Tech moves fast ma dudes.
The reasoning they gave me is exactly that. People driving like crazy post pandemic, and the fact that cars have become exponentially expensive.
My auto insurance rose 27% this year. My cars sit in a locked garage 20ft away from me practically all week long as I work from home. I was shocked to find my rates rose so high as I barely even drive at all anymore. Their solution was for me to get their data collection puck. What a fucking racket!
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I do use Windows for a lot of specific programs, but this behavior is really pushing me to Linux and to find alternatives to the software I use.
I’ve been using Thunderbird and loving it. They’re developing a mobile app now as well!
T…. Time to leave?
I got a subscription to nebula, since my favorite creators are on there and YouTube’s subscription costs too much.
Quit Spotify for Apple Music and PlexAmp.
Slowly starting to phase out everything Google but it’s taking some time.
I’m using Google search less and now Ecosia has become my primary search engine.
Next thing on my list is to reduce streaming services. I quit Netflix and HBO in 2023 after having it for many years.
Using a VPN more and more.
I’m using much less Reddit, Facebook and whatever the fuck twitter is now. Instead I’m using Lemmy and Mastodon. Maybe this year I’ll delete all the old accounts finally for good.
Started using RSS again for news.
Absolutely; and this is another example in a long list which should serve as a lesson for people to not share their personal data with any company if possible. Yet, I feel that lesson will never be learned.
“You won’t own anything, and you’ll like it.”
I mean, how else are you gonna make the sandwich anyway?
I drank the carbon capture kool-aid for a time early on. It sounded too good to be true. Unfortunately it was.
People I’ve met that actually tried this said it tastes like shit.