A lot of people are moving away from Big Tech. Many more would like to do so, but they do not know that it is really easy to do so and that there are good options.
You do, given that you are here. Maybe time to help your friends?
Some good options, that I use myself :
OS : Linux.
Browser : Vivaldi.
Mail client : Vivaldi.
Calendar client : Vivaldi.
Mail Service : Proton, FastMail.
Social : Mastodon & Fediverse in general.
Office package : Libre Office.
Video conference : Whereby.
Feel free to suggest more options and share with your friends!
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@jon The problem here is assuming that people care. I often bring this up to both people around me and to journalists, and except for when Trump was ranting the most about blocking europe from US cloud services (at which point I did manage to get an article published) _no one cares_.
I think people in general are not smart, and they hate change. I've given up completely on democracy and the capabilities for independent thought, when it comes to the common man.
@h4890 , my experience is that people really care. It is a question of helping them realize that there are options. We have seen significant growth in Europe, when there are articles letting people know that there are options.
@jon That is very promising and I wish you the best of luck.
Most of my customers, I have to force into non-Microsoft options, and every single year, there comes a Microsoft homo to their board and spreads FUD, and every single year I have to dismantle the fud.
Then we of course have the problem that Microsoft gives away their products for free to push out small companies, like mine, from the market.
What makes this even more hilarious, is that one of my customers got hit by a crypto
@jon miner causing them 50k in unexpected cloud costs over a weekend. On top of that, they had 3000 old, active, accounts in their AD.
I offer them my environment, where a crypto miner would never be able to do the same... but oh no... it's not microsoft.
At least I am able to force a non-microsoft option on them for 1/3 of the year, that's always something.