Thank you so much for that!😂
LemmyThinkAboutThat
joined 1 week ago
Thank you from a Lemmy newbie.
When my Android tablet wouldn’t let me do anything unless I was logged in to Google, I ~~ditched~~ gifted it away. Albeit, I like my apple phone, iCloud syncing has screwed me before so I don’t use any of the stock apps. I went full-on Proton (mail, calendar, drive, etc.). I also have a separate email alias FOR EACH account courtesy of DuckDuckGo. It’s been a few years since I’ve had this setup and I have no regrets.
The default browser on my phone is DuckDuckGo only because it has “Duck Player” for YouTube videos. I also have both Firefox browsers, Brave and Startpage (I still have Safari but don’t use it).
Yes, I’ve been using EHDs and USBs since I learned how to use a computer and will do so for the rest of my life. I highly recommend it (redundancy, offline use, Cloudflare chaos).
I wanted to join your de-google team but I don’t have a Signal account (due to the phone number requirement). Speaking of phone numbers, TextNow was my Google voice replacement until the latest update logged me out and demanded that I take down my VPN and subscribe to theirs instead. Such audacity. App deleted and subscribed to MySudo just to have an additional phone number
Instead of Signal we’ve been using Session (The Loki Project). It doesn’t require a phone number to sign up which was my selling point to my fam/friends. My nieces/nephews use Simple X chat (no phone number required).
The Proton Blog has an article about privacy and big tech alternatives which is how I discovered Lemmy:
Wary of US surveillance? Try these European alternatives to Big Tech
Having read your post, I wish that I properly deleted my Google and TextNow accounts instead of just abandoning them. I look forward to learning more. Thanks again.
Make margaritas and empanadas with the Spanish olives.
Make nachos with canned black olives, jalapeños and maybe add the artichoke hearts… maybe.
Make chicken piccata with the capers. Yummm! I love capers! 🥰
Snack on cornichons; put sliced pickles in a sandwich (DIY chik-fil-a sandwich)
Put sauerkraut over kielbasa.
The sun-dried tomatoes and I do not get along but thanks for asking. Please throw them out.