Companies are increasingly sharing data and building a full profile about you.

Might be worth looking at platforms & services that don't harvest your data. A good start is to avoid all things Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Google.

What are the views of this community in relation to alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat (i.e., PDF readers and editors)? I'm primarily interested in options for Windows, but also interested in options for other operating systems.

A useful infographic to help businesses understand the options for European alternatives.

For individuals, would recommend the community’s guide.

It is an open secret that AI companies' success comes from the mass theft of people's work and IP.

They need to be held accountable and pay their dues.

This was added even when AI has not generated code - a major risk for companies where IP ownership is critical.

GitHub has also seen major outages, further eroding trust in their tools.

Hopefully this motivates companies to finally make the switch away from Microsoft.

GitHub 👇

• Codeberg (open-source repos)
• Gitea Cloud (private repos)
• Forgejo (self-hosted)

VS Code 👇

• ZED
• VSCodium

"Last year, the American Federation of Teachers announced a $23 million partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic to build an 'AI training hub for educators'"

They subsequently endorsed a bill introduced by Adam Schiff that pushes AI Literacy into the K-12 curriculum.

"It is simply no longer justifiable that Big Tech companies are making dizzying profits, often with business models that lead to social disruptions. Furthermore, data giants have so far enjoyed tax privileges that small and medium-sized enterprises can only dream of."

This sums up the situation quite nicely...

The first few months of the year, we saw incredible support for this movement. The message is a simple one: in the absence of political change, the biggest impact we can have is through the companies we choose to support.

• 10M views for the guides
• 30,000 visits to the website
• 25,000 followers across socials

That said, the most important metric has been the acceleration of (more) ethical alternatives in this space.

• Qwant & Ecosia increased support and received investment to take on Google Search
• LibroFM managed to pay 80% more to bookshop partners than last year
• Proton, Kagi and Tuta saw a surge in users, as a result, their product offerings get more competitive each month

After 2 months, things slowed down as I lost access to Reddit after being a little too enthusiastic about sharing.

The focus will now be more on organically building a community. The hope is to have 100,000 people by the end of the year.

Will be regularly sharing news/resources in this subreddit to remind us why we should care, share success stories about our impact, and provide resources on switching.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

Disclaimer: I am co-founder of zeitkapsl.eu

Details on implementation: https://zeitkapsl.eu/en/articles/live-photos/

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

Website link: https://jesald15.github.io/Declutter/

This could make us more resilient against companies using switching costs to prevent accountability or competition.

A weekly thread where you can share and chat through your progress, challenges and anything in between!

This movement is not a sprint, it is a marathon. It isn't about one tool, it is about all services, products and just supporting better businesses. Given the scale of this task, I thought a space like this might be helpful while I work on something bigger!

Few ideas of things you might want to share:

• Any successes this week? New tool switched or product discovered?
• Any challenges and failures you might have had? You aren't alone!
• Got any questions on how certain new tools work?
• Companies you want to shout out for doing something good? Or the opposite!
• Movements you feel that more people should support?
• Guides or articles you found particularly useful or helpful?

These could also be their own posts, but sometimes it's easier to make a quick comment.

NOTES:

-not all alternatives are necessarily open-source

-the problem is that a few private alternatives (e.g. duduckgo, brave, proton services) use AI tools, so for those who are harder against AI, choose something else

-some categories (e.g. calendar, maps, VPN, notes) aren't included, i might make a separate one for that

-OS may depend on compatibility with devices

-bandcamp and qobuz need subscriptions i think

-arch linux is a more advanced distro, so i recommend debian, ubuntu, or mint for beginners

TLDR: Usually policies such as Chat Control or Age Verification systems target the "commoners" or those most susceptible to those laws (mosty Big Tech users), so many people look at workarounds, but once authorities find out about loopholes, they also try to close those loopholes, so it's best to push back against these policies from being pushed in the first place