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Mad A. Argon :qurio:When I saw more <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#degoogle</a> - and other <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> detox guides everywhere, I started noticing one thing. It's sometimes mentioned there that users may have to slightly change their habits and this part could be difficult for some people. Or people who tried to be free but couldn't continue their normal workflows so were disappointed with alternatives and wrote about it. For me it was always other way. I used programs and services in different way than expected and because of this I was not compatible with popular services. I had to fight against their default behavior to be able to use them. And I often didn't achieve what I wanted. Especially when I started using more strict <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#privacy</a> settings in Firefox and corporate services started to see it as "unusual activity". I couldn't use them even if I wanted. I would be probably blocked or banned anyway. Maybe it didn't automatically made me compatible with alternative services - but still much more compatible, when I finally could simply do my things instead of constant fighting. Things I did (or these I avoided doing) before I became privacy paranoid I did for purely practical reasons. Maybe it's a problem with outlier when everthing is designed for average, most popular use cases.<a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/OnlineServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnlineServices</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/corpfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#corpfree</a>

Mad A. Argon :qurio:Last night I finally deleted my <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LinkedIn</a> account. It was last <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> owned service I used (and rarely even log in last two years). So am I fully <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/corpfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#corpfree</a> now? :blobcattilt: It was also ethical matter for me, I didn't want to deal with <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a>, so morally bankrupt corporation, in any way. Both for data stealing, <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#privacy</a> violations and disrespect for users and for compliance with authoritarian governments and creating <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> technologies for oppression.Yes, I wrote this in form as a reason, in more detailed way, until I used character limit.Now I feel... More coherent? And it's good feeling.

Mad A. Argon :qurio:<a href="https://functional.cafe/@haskman" class="u-url mention">@haskman</a> Congratulations! I wonder how many people here are also going <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/corpfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#corpfree</a>.

Mad A. Argon :qurio:<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@nakdim" class="u-url mention">@nakdim</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon" class="u-url mention">@Em0nM4stodon</a> Glad to hear I could help. Now I should ditch LinkedIn too and go full <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/corpfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#corpfree</a> :3

Mad A. Argon :qurio:Sometimes people ask me how inconvenient is being a <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#privacy</a> paranoid and avoiding spying corporate services. And of course they say they couldn't do the same, because they want convenience and everything Just Working™. So for me being <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/corpfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#corpfree</a> isn't inconvenient itself. I don't even feel this. I didn't even feel it when I fully finished <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/degoogling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#degoogling</a>. But using <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#encryption</a> is something I feel, when I have to repeat every step every time to access my stuff. And MFA - with not storing cookies and browser history it is real pain in the a** :blobCat_melt_cry: <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#degoogle</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigTech</a>

Mad A. Argon :qurio:When I say I achieved almost <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/corpfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#corpfree</a> life, sometimes I feel like I cheat. Yes, I eliminated spy-services from my life, but I have my VPS with some <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#selfhosted</a> apps and I could also use this as kind of relay and public always available point. Even if I don't use it as a storage itself, I don't have enough resources for this :blobcatfearful2:So I basically replaced online services by my own, custom cloud-like system. But I cannot expect every non-tech person would host everything they need on their own. I cannot imagine my mother/grandma/aunt/one or another non-IT friend having their servers, constantly maintaining it - even if I still want them be free from <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> spying on them.My journey of reclaiming freedom started when I already had my VPS. I don't know how many things I would do different if I didn't have it. Now I cannot say how much harder (if it would be that case) it would be without own <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#server</a>. Is there any easy way to be corpfree in modern technology world without becoming non-paid part-time <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sysadmin</a> during this process? Something available for non-tech people who also deserve freedom and privacy.<a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/admin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#admin</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#degoogle</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#selfhosting</a> <a href="https://is-a.cat/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cloud</a>

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