I feel like #degoogle seems to embody a greater movement to leave bigtech. Here are the crazy things I’ve done over the last month or so.
- Installed Arch on my laptop about a month ago
- re-engaged my Mastodon and Bluesky while deleting Twitter and unfriending everyone on Facebook
- Installed GrapheneOS on my Pixel
- Moved email to custom domain and Tuta from Gmail
- Moved to NextCloud in place of Google Drive
- Moved photos from Google Photos to Ente Photos
- Moved my PKM and Notes to Logseq
- Moved from Chome and Google Search to Firefox, Tor and DuckDuckGo
- Just deleted Reddit and started a Lemmy account.
It’s been a ride and I’m open to other suggestions and guides.
I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen a Pixel phone, plus they are way out of my price range. Where I reside, your choice is basically Chinese or Samsung.
Ah interesting. Mind if I ask where at? Where I’m located, you can find great deals on refurbished pixels (with a 1 year warranty!) on ebay for as little as 100USD.
Southeast Asia. For $100, I could buy a fairly hi-end used OPPO or Vivo, or for $200, a new Realme. I just checked for used Pixels (and new) on Lazada-Shoppee-LINE and there was nada. They never had a market here. If Asians are going to spend that kind of money on a phone, they’ll buy an iPhone.