Breaking Free from Big Tech
Breaking Free from Big Tech
After years on standard Android with Google services running the show, I took the plunge: GrapheneOS on a Pixel 9a as my daily driver. Here’s what I learned in the first week. The Setup: Jolla Devices Delivered I ordered my Pixel 9a with GrapheneOS pre-installed from Jolla Devices. I can’t recommend them enough. Fast service, […]
Let me be clear upfront: you don’t have to switch from Windows or Mac to de-Google your life. You can replace Gmail with Proton, use LibreWolf on Windows, run Signal and Bitwarden on macOS, and achieve most of your privacy goals without touching your operating system. But I’m choosing to make the switch anyway—in the […]
This is a list of services I need to replace as I leave the Google ecosystem and broader big tech. For each one, I’ll explain what I’m currently using, what I’m switching to, and why I made that choice. Consider this a roadmap. I’ll dive deeper into each service migration in dedicated posts down the […]
This project isn’t driven by a single reason or a blanket hatred of technology companies. Each of the big tech giants—Google, Microsoft, and Meta—presents its own set of concerns that, taken together, make staying in their ecosystems untenable for me. Google: The Best Product, The Worst Privacy Let me be clear: Google still has the […]