I got caught up in the ‘privacy’ crowd on Reddit and went all out for a bit.
Same.
Even de-googled my Android phone at the time.
I went from iOS and OSX to linux mobile and Qubes OS.
It is inconvenient as fuck.
It certainly can be, living my digital life on my own terms like this. And yet I persist.
And you’re going to be spending more time tinkering and looking for workarounds and alternate software than actually ever getting anything done.
I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t feel that I’m held back by FOSS. I feel strengthened by the wide array of free software available to me. I have no use for anything from google other than their free noto fonts.
All just to stop an advertising company from detecting what you clicked on, or for the website owner to never get any telemetry.
It’s far beyond that. From the moment I began my journey into understanding and attaining privacy, security, and freedom, I was challenged. It was as if the world itself denied me the right to walk that path. And so I persisted.
I will continue to make decisions for myself based on what I want and what I’m willing to sacrifice. Sites which require javascripts aren’t even a sacrifice. I do not like them. I do not value them. I lose nothing by avoiding them. I have rare exceptions, and those are handled in disposable qubes.
The world has hardened me into defiance in many ways, and I won’t be bullied into compliance by corporations.
Same.
I went from iOS and OSX to linux mobile and Qubes OS.
It certainly can be, living my digital life on my own terms like this. And yet I persist.
I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t feel that I’m held back by FOSS. I feel strengthened by the wide array of free software available to me. I have no use for anything from google other than their free noto fonts.
It’s far beyond that. From the moment I began my journey into understanding and attaining privacy, security, and freedom, I was challenged. It was as if the world itself denied me the right to walk that path. And so I persisted.
I will continue to make decisions for myself based on what I want and what I’m willing to sacrifice. Sites which require javascripts aren’t even a sacrifice. I do not like them. I do not value them. I lose nothing by avoiding them. I have rare exceptions, and those are handled in disposable qubes.
The world has hardened me into defiance in many ways, and I won’t be bullied into compliance by corporations.