https://www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide
"The United States has become the world’s biggest bully, threatening any
country that doesn’t do as it demands with tariffs, and its tech companies are
taking full advantage by flexing their muscle and trying to avoid effective
regulation around the world. The drawbacks of our dependence on US tech
companies have become more obvious with every passing year, but now there can
hardly be any denying that where we can pry ourselves away from them, we should
make the effort to do so.
For the past couple months, I’ve been slowing trying to replace the services I
use with alternatives that are not based in the United States or heavily tied
to it. I won’t lie: it’s not always an easy process. There are some services
that have plenty of alternatives, but others where drawing back from those
offered by US companies means retreating from communities that don’t exist
elsewhere or have far less functionality. And that’s not even to get into how
many non-US services are still hosted on servers owned by Amazon, Microsoft, or
Google.
Being a purist isn’t possible, but what’s important is making the effort. If we
can reduce the customer base for the dominant players and show there’s a market
for a different way of approaching digital technology, that could help
incentivize more non-US options and even get governments to put real resources
behind a push for digital sovereignty.
The point of this article is to bring together what I’ve learned these past few
months and to try to give you an idea of alternatives you can adopt to begin
your own journey away from US tech companies."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
