• Resistai@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Pixel phone running Calyx, VPN, physical maps, second name, second phone number, leaving most platforms, trying to take my people with me

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    Use waifuAI to upscale my old p0rn collection sleeping deep inside that odly named directory for 20 years and think about the good old time of emule and razorback.

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    I’ll avoid the ID demanding sites. Feels similar to how I never got into iPods because I didn’t like iTunes.

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    I’ve gone long years without using any social media associated to my identity, as many others do, and i’ll eat my cooked shirt if I start thinking, “hey sure why not let me into this shitty internet”.

    I’ll be fine without using the internet if it comes down to it, at that point it’d be a liability. Dinosaurs think they can control the internet which is a hilarious proposition in the first place.

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    I don’t use any “big brother” services. At work, it’s a different story, I guess.

    I wish that the internet was removed from every day reality. Or at least I wish it wasn’t so invasive and obligatory.

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    As of now I only visit a handful of privacy respecting sites on a regular basis. For all others I use web archive links rather than actually visiting the site.

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    Hope that this will completely kill the corporate Internet and switch to exclusively using FOSS federated or decentralized services for everything.

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    Stop using any sites that require ID.

    Ditto. Also:

    • Try to use Memoji to make fake ID
    • Go to the mall =O
    • Go to the library
    • Go to the brick and mortar places I used to visit before getting everything online (eg. bank, fam owned businesses)
    • Talk to people instead of AI (going to practice that this weekend)
    • Go for a walk outside instead of updating the firmware on treadmill
    • Buy stamps! (and stationery, no more ecards or evites)
    • Learn to plant food in addition to flowers
    • Use iPhone to make phone calls
    • Maybe buy a newspaper… maybe
    • Use my cookbooks more (after I dust them off)
    • Think of a new name/alias(es) for myself and start acting the part

    …just to name a few.

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      Honestly, this makes me happy to hear. I wish I could meet people and make friends like I used to before everything got enshittified.

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      Don’t use iPhone, use Fairphone with /e/OS or any dump phone, even the old Nokia in your drawer, which for sure still works, and only for calls.

      Use the I2P network

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        Fairphone is expensive. You can get a used Motorola G7 Power and flash /e/ on it, if you like. Just need to find one is OEM unlocked, or know how to unlock it yourself.

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          Not so expensive on long term and anyway cheaper than a iPhone with similar specs, the advantage of Fairphone is, it’s modular, you can substitute or fix easy everything in the phone by yourself.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UJ5k3yMvA

          If you use Murena mail, Murena (e-Foundation) is a EU Cloud provider (OpenSource, selfhostable, encrypted, no-knowledge, green energy) and author of /e/OS and NextCloud, apart asociated with FairPhone, you can buy it there (Murena Phone) with /e/OS by default. It’s by far the best alternative of GDrive, made in the EU.

          Murena Workspace

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        I’ve been seriously thinking about going back to Nokia. De-googled a few years ago, stopped using iCloud and switched to cross-platform and open-source software.

        Currently, the Murena Fairphone 4 is the only one you can use in the US (Fairphone doesn’t directly deal with US customers) and incompatible with Verizon and AT&T. They recommend T-Mobile for US coverage.

        Also heard about Cape here on a Lemmy post But Fairphone is “not eligible yet”.

        This is the old Nokia 3650 that’s in my drawer. I loved it! Then AT&T made me upgrade because they were no longer supporting the old networks.

        Thank you, Zerush! It’s nice to know that someone else thinks the same way.