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  1. Peak advertising for Apple. It always bugs me how people constantly announce they took a video or photo on an iphone. Peak example is calling it iPhonography

    It was filmed on a phone camera (which is just a compact camera). How would it have been stated if it were a Xiaomi Android mobile? /rant

    #apple #iphoneisjustaphone #applecult #boycottapple #BoycottBigTech

  2. LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

    Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm.

    #microsoft #linkedin #espionage #surveillance #gdpr #europe #BoycottBigTech

    browsergate.eu/

  3. Claude Code's source reveals extent of system access • The Register

    > More proof that Anthropic is no better than any other silicon valley tech oligarch. boycott them all!

    #anthropic #leakedcode #BoycottBigTech #aiethics #AI #surveillance #privacy #uninstall

    theregister.com/2026/04/01/cla

  4. The #email address is one of the most important services you have: It is not only used for communication, but as part of the login credential for nearly all other services it also serves as your digital identity and backup for most of your accounts (e.g. when you need to reset your password, etc.). That makes it your most important hub for all digital services, and becomes a detailed profile of your digital life in itself.

    It therefore needs to be #secure - but also respect your #privacy. And it should be #reliable and support your #souvereignity.

    The most used email provider #Gmail by #Google might be secure, but most definately neither respects your privacy, nor your #souvereignity as it is one of the #US #BigTech companies that would delete your account if their fascist leader wills it (plus Google's #SundarPichai and #SergeyBrin are openly supporting him).

    Time to switch to an #EuropeanAlternative - after some reserach and evaluating the three biggest contenders, I chose to go with @mailbox_org. It'll cost you at least 1€/month, but this money ensures that they won't try to cover their costs by selling your data.

    As a bonus, #mailbox_org also provides other services you know from Google, like Calendar, Contacts, Drive, Documents (Text, Tables and Presentations), Chat and Webcam Meetings, Polls and Shared Notes. There's a private and a corporate option, as well as a family option (that I have yet to explore - not quite sure how it works and what benefit it brings). But most importantly, it's #German company following #EU laws, has multiple certifications and simplifies the usage of #GPG for non-techi users, while giving techis the freedom they desire.

    Switching one's email is a tedious endeavour - but I believe that this is the most important service to migrating. If there is only one service you want to migrate, let it be the one that gives you access to all other services - or practically cuts you off, if someone else gains access to it!

    #BoycottBigTech #NoGmail #NoGoogle #Security #UnplugTrump

  5. I am tackeling my next project in moving away from #BigTech and #USTech companies. This one is one that is really hard for me, and that pains me a bit: I'm moving away from #GitHub - it's hard for me, because I've been brought up with #SVN and instantly fell in love with #DVCS, and with #git I instantly also started using GitHub. And I **really** used it like their slogan suggested: Like "facebook for programmers". I followed friends and colleagues, followed projects I loved and people that seemd interesting to me, and even had a couple of discussions that started with a commit or new repository on Github. Plus, I love their mascot and have a huge amount of stickers featuring #Octocat - to me GitHub was a crucial part of my programming hobby and upbringing.

    However, since #Microsoft accquired it, my engagement got less, even though I stayed, because no other solution at that time was remotely what I wanted and loved about GitHub.

    Since then, lots of things have happend; GitHub fired people that spoke out against the capitol attack, it does business with ICE, and is now monetizing the works of millions of open source developers with their integration of AI in GitHub that you never agreed to and cannot opt out of. And GitHub's parent company openly supports Trump, and meddles in international juristriction and politics by blocking political enemies of the Trump regime from their accounts (i.e. the E-Mail account of ICC Prosecutors).

    I think I won't delete my old GitHub account; but active and new repositories will be moved to @Codeberg - I am not sure if it is the right home for me, or if I long-term will be hosting my own @gitea or @forgejo instance; but for a start I think it is the right thing to do, and as I am currently working on something I would like to put under versioning, now is the best time to do it. So if you want to follow along, here is my new repository host:

    codeberg.org/pygospa

    #BoycottBigTech #UnplugTrump #privacy #security #souverein #NoAI #AiMisuse #GiveUpGitHub #codeberg #forgejo

  6. I am tackeling my next project in moving away from #BigTech and #USTech companies. This one is one that is really hard for me, and that pains me a bit: I'm moving away from #GitHub - it's hard for me, because I've been brought up with #SVN and instantly fell in love with #DVCS, and with #git I instantly also started using GitHub. And I **really** used it like their slogan suggested: Like "facebook for programmers". I followed friends and colleagues, followed projects I loved and people that seemd interesting to me, and even had a couple of discussions that started with a commit or new repository on Github. Plus, I love their mascot and have a huge amount of stickers featuring #Octocat - to me GitHub was a crucial part of my programming hobby and upbringing.

    However, since #Microsoft accquired it, my engagement got less, even though I stayed, because no other solution at that time was remotely what I wanted and loved about GitHub.

    Since then, lots of things have happend; GitHub fired people that spoke out against the capitol attack, it does business with ICE, and is now monetizing the works of millions of open source developers with their integration of AI in GitHub that you never agreed to and cannot opt out of. And GitHub's parent company openly supports Trump, and meddles in international juristriction and politics by blocking political enemies of the Trump regime from their accounts (i.e. the E-Mail account of ICC Prosecutors).

    I think I won't delete my old GitHub account; but active and new repositories will be moved to @Codeberg - I am not sure if it is the right home for me, or if I long-term will be hosting my own @gitea or @forgejo instance; but for a start I think it is the right thing to do, and as I am currently working on something I would like to put under versioning, now is the best time to do it. So if you want to follow along, here is my new repository host:

    codeberg.org/pygospa

    #BoycottBigTech #UnplugTrump #privacy #security #souverein #NoAI #AiMisuse #GiveUpGitHub #codeberg #forgejo

  7. I am tackeling my next project in moving away from #BigTech and #USTech companies. This one is one that is really hard for me, and that pains me a bit: I'm moving away from #GitHub - it's hard for me, because I've been brought up with #SVN and instantly fell in love with #DVCS, and with #git I instantly also started using GitHub. And I **really** used it like their slogan suggested: Like "facebook for programmers". I followed friends and colleagues, followed projects I loved and people that seemd interesting to me, and even had a couple of discussions that started with a commit or new repository on Github. Plus, I love their mascot and have a huge amount of stickers featuring #Octocat - to me GitHub was a crucial part of my programming hobby and upbringing.

    However, since #Microsoft accquired it, my engagement got less, even though I stayed, because no other solution at that time was remotely what I wanted and loved about GitHub.

    Since then, lots of things have happend; GitHub fired people that spoke out against the capitol attack, it does business with ICE, and is now monetizing the works of millions of open source developers with their integration of AI in GitHub that you never agreed to and cannot opt out of. And GitHub's parent company openly supports Trump, and meddles in international juristriction and politics by blocking political enemies of the Trump regime from their accounts (i.e. the E-Mail account of ICC Prosecutors).

    I think I won't delete my old GitHub account; but active and new repositories will be moved to @Codeberg - I am not sure if it is the right home for me, or if I long-term will be hosting my own @gitea or @forgejo instance; but for a start I think it is the right thing to do, and as I am currently working on something I would like to put under versioning, now is the best time to do it. So if you want to follow along, here is my new repository host:

    codeberg.org/pygospa

    #BoycottBigTech #UnplugTrump #privacy #security #souverein #NoAI #AiMisuse #GiveUpGitHub #codeberg #forgejo

  8. I am tackeling my next project in moving away from #BigTech and #USTech companies. This one is one that is really hard for me, and that pains me a bit: I'm moving away from #GitHub - it's hard for me, because I've been brought up with #SVN and instantly fell in love with #DVCS, and with #git I instantly also started using GitHub. And I **really** used it like their slogan suggested: Like "facebook for programmers". I followed friends and colleagues, followed projects I loved and people that seemd interesting to me, and even had a couple of discussions that started with a commit or new repository on Github. Plus, I love their mascot and have a huge amount of stickers featuring #Octocat - to me GitHub was a crucial part of my programming hobby and upbringing.

    However, since #Microsoft accquired it, my engagement got less, even though I stayed, because no other solution at that time was remotely what I wanted and loved about GitHub.

    Since then, lots of things have happend; GitHub fired people that spoke out against the capitol attack, it does business with ICE, and is now monetizing the works of millions of open source developers with their integration of AI in GitHub that you never agreed to and cannot opt out of. And GitHub's parent company openly supports Trump, and meddles in international juristriction and politics by blocking political enemies of the Trump regime from their accounts (i.e. the E-Mail account of ICC Prosecutors).

    I think I won't delete my old GitHub account; but active and new repositories will be moved to @Codeberg - I am not sure if it is the right home for me, or if I long-term will be hosting my own @gitea or @forgejo instance; but for a start I think it is the right thing to do, and as I am currently working on something I would like to put under versioning, now is the best time to do it. So if you want to follow along, here is my new repository host:

    codeberg.org/pygospa

    #BoycottBigTech #UnplugTrump #privacy #security #souverein #NoAI #AiMisuse #GiveUpGitHub #codeberg #forgejo

  9. I am tackeling my next project in moving away from #BigTech and #USTech companies. This one is one that is really hard for me, and that pains me a bit: I'm moving away from #GitHub - it's hard for me, because I've been brought up with #SVN and instantly fell in love with #DVCS, and with #git I instantly also started using GitHub. And I **really** used it like their slogan suggested: Like "facebook for programmers". I followed friends and colleagues, followed projects I loved and people that seemd interesting to me, and even had a couple of discussions that started with a commit or new repository on Github. Plus, I love their mascot and have a huge amount of stickers featuring #Octocat - to me GitHub was a crucial part of my programming hobby and upbringing.

    However, since #Microsoft accquired it, my engagement got less, even though I stayed, because no other solution at that time was remotely what I wanted and loved about GitHub.

    Since then, lots of things have happend; GitHub fired people that spoke out against the capitol attack, it does business with ICE, and is now monetizing the works of millions of open source developers with their integration of AI in GitHub that you never agreed to and cannot opt out of. And GitHub's parent company openly supports Trump, and meddles in international juristriction and politics by blocking political enemies of the Trump regime from their accounts (i.e. the E-Mail account of ICC Prosecutors).

    I think I won't delete my old GitHub account; but active and new repositories will be moved to @Codeberg - I am not sure if it is the right home for me, or if I long-term will be hosting my own @gitea or @forgejo instance; but for a start I think it is the right thing to do, and as I am currently working on something I would like to put under versioning, now is the best time to do it. So if you want to follow along, here is my new repository host:

    codeberg.org/pygospa

    #BoycottBigTech #UnplugTrump #privacy #security #souverein #NoAI #AiMisuse #GiveUpGitHub #codeberg #forgejo

  10. #Raspberrypi 5 16 GB price has almost doubled, #RAM now costs as much as the rest of the PC, GPU prices starting to rise again, NVMe prices through the roof ... Hobby market is once again being destroyed, PCs and gaming machines becoming unaffordable ... all so that Scam Altman can continue his #AI scam a little longer. This is corporate greed at its worst ...

    #PC #Hardware #BoycottAI #QuitGPT #RAMshortage #gaming #OpenAI #BoycottGoogle #BoycottBigTech #FuckAI

    raspberrypi.com/news/more-memo

  11. Ma guarda un po' chi trovo, nella biblioteca cittadina, in bella mostra sullo scaffale degli ultimi arrivi e dei libri di attualità, caro @kenobit

    #libri #biblioteche #BoycottBigTech

  12. I think it's little over a month since I deleted my #meta accounts (among other #bigtech services).

    Right now the only #socialmedia I use is #mastodon.

    I can really feel the #freedom ( no.. not the 'murica version ) of not *having* to open the #Facebook app 100 times a day.

    Also really happy that #Fedora worked out as good as it did after I ditched #Windows 11. ( thanks to @Beiz )

    A shoutout to @Vivaldi for being the greatest #browser. ( and neighbour )

    #boycottbigtech

  13. OpenAI's Altman says defense deal 'looked opportunistic and sloppy'

    > what a loser. So hes back pedaling because people power works! Stop using the #techoligarch services!

    #altman #openai #boycott #BoycottBigTech

    cnbc.com/2026/03/03/openai-sam

  14. Ich weiß nicht wie es euch geht, aber ich empfinde diese Entwicklung als mehr als nur beunruhigend. Mich wundert es, wie wenig dieses Thema bisher in der Öffentlichkeit diskutiert wird. Wir machen uns abhängig von Konzernen, die ihre „Ethik“ dem Pentagon unterordnen sobald der Druck steigt. Das hier ist kein Science Fiction. Hier geht es um Systeme, die über unsere Privatsphäre und in Sekunden über Leben und Tod entscheiden.

    #boycottbigtech #quitgpt #massenüberwachung

    tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digit

  15. Discord soll Auskunftsanordnungen bekommen haben, um Anti-ICE-Accounts zu identifizieren. Communities werden so zu Aktenordnern, Chats zu Beweismitteln, Protest zu Risiko. Wer Europas Demokratie ernst nimmt, macht diese US-Plattformen irrelevant. Kein Server, kein Join, keine Präsenz. Komplett raus.

    #Discord #ICE #DHS #CivilLiberties #Privacy #StopSurveillance #BoycottBigTech

  16. Reddit wird zur Jagdfläche, wenn Behörden Identitäten hinter anonymer ICE-Kritik einsammeln lassen. Anonymität ist Schutzraum, kein Verbrechen. Wenn Plattformen bei der Enttarnung mitspielen, werden sie zu Helfern einer Abschiebe- und Angstpolitik. Also: Reddit löschen. Nicht lesen. Nicht kommentieren. Weg.

    #Reddit #ICE #DHS #ACLU #Privacy #Anonymity #BoycottBigTech

  17. Another laptop in the household that runs Ubuntu from day 1. Bought it without Windows (with freeDOS, whatever that is). #BoycottBigTech #boycottusa #buyeuropean

  18. @kuketzblog

    Für Produkte außerhalb des digitale Realm empfehle ich die App "BuyEuropean".

    Es ist erstaunlich, wieviele Produkte des täglichen Lebens von US-Firmen stammen. Mein Kaufverhalten seit Pedophiles Wiederwahl hat sich stärker verschoben, als ich ursprünglich vermutet habe. Und etliche nicht--US-Marken habe ich wiederentdeckt.

    #BuyEuropean #BoycottUSA #BoycottBigTech

  19. @gerd

    #BoycottBigTech würde sich sicherlich auch gut machen. In Kombination mit #UnplugTrump ein - wie sage unser Ex-Kanzler? - ein Double Whammy.

  20. Crazy idea: building a service that lets people sell their data for profit.

    Link your e-mail or social media account, fill in an account number for payout and hit the button. The service will automatically extract history and personal info from the services, and sell it to advertisers and data brokers. The service retains 10-20% and pays the rest out to the user.

    The EU ruled that #payOrOkay is legal, so this is too, right?

    #privacy #compliance #boycottBigTech #evil

  21. YouTube is blocking me from watching videos through my VPN without logging in.

    YouTube is blocking me from creating an account through my VPN using a throwaway email.

    #boycottbigtech #boycottgoogle #boycottyoutube #privacy #vpn

  22. The #email address is one of the most important services you have: It is not only used for communication, but as part of the login credential for nearly all other services it also serves as your digital identity and backup for most of your accounts (e.g. when you need to reset your password, etc.). That makes it your most important hub for all digital services, and becomes a detailed profile of your digital life in itself.

    It therefore needs to be #secure - but also respect your #privacy. And it should be #reliable and support your #souvereignity.

    The most used email provider #Gmail by #Google might be secure, but most definately neither respects your privacy, nor your #souvereignity as it is one of the #US #BigTech companies that would delete your account if their fascist leader wills it (plus Google's #SundarPichai and #SergeyBrin are openly supporting him).

    Time to switch to an #EuropeanAlternative - after some reserach and evaluating the three biggest contenders, I chose to go with @mailbox_org. It'll cost you at least 1€/month, but this money ensures that they won't try to cover their costs by selling your data.

    As a bonus, #mailbox_org also provides other services you know from Google, like Calendar, Contacts, Drive, Documents (Text, Tables and Presentations), Chat and Webcam Meetings, Polls and Shared Notes. There's a private and a corporate option, as well as a family option (that I have yet to explore - not quite sure how it works and what benefit it brings). But most importantly, it's #German company following #EU laws, has multiple certifications and simplifies the usage of #GPG for non-techi users, while giving techis the freedom they desire.

    Switching one's email is a tedious endeavour - but I believe that this is the most important service to migrating. If there is only one service you want to migrate, let it be the one that gives you access to all other services - or practically cuts you off, if someone else gains access to it!

    #BoycottBigTech #NoGmail #NoGoogle #Security #UnplugTrump

  23. The #email address is one of the most important services you have: It is not only used for communication, but as part of the login credential for nearly all other services it also serves as your digital identity and backup for most of your accounts (e.g. when you need to reset your password, etc.). That makes it your most important hub for all digital services, and becomes a detailed profile of your digital life in itself.

    It therefore needs to be #secure - but also respect your #privacy. And it should be #reliable and support your #souvereignity.

    The most used email provider #Gmail by #Google might be secure, but most definately neither respects your privacy, nor your #souvereignity as it is one of the #US #BigTech companies that would delete your account if their fascist leader wills it (plus Google's #SundarPichai and #SergeyBrin are openly supporting him).

    Time to switch to an #EuropeanAlternative - after some reserach and evaluating the three biggest contenders, I chose to go with @mailbox_org. It'll cost you at least 1€/month, but this money ensures that they won't try to cover their costs by selling your data.

    As a bonus, #mailbox_org also provides other services you know from Google, like Calendar, Contacts, Drive, Documents (Text, Tables and Presentations), Chat and Webcam Meetings, Polls and Shared Notes. There's a private and a corporate option, as well as a family option (that I have yet to explore - not quite sure how it works and what benefit it brings). But most importantly, it's #German company following #EU laws, has multiple certifications and simplifies the usage of #GPG for non-techi users, while giving techis the freedom they desire.

    Switching one's email is a tedious endeavour - but I believe that this is the most important service to migrating. If there is only one service you want to migrate, let it be the one that gives you access to all other services - or practically cuts you off, if someone else gains access to it!

    #BoycottBigTech #NoGmail #NoGoogle #Security #UnplugTrump

  24. The #email address is one of the most important services you have: It is not only used for communication, but as part of the login credential for nearly all other services it also serves as your digital identity and backup for most of your accounts (e.g. when you need to reset your password, etc.). That makes it your most important hub for all digital services, and becomes a detailed profile of your digital life in itself.

    It therefore needs to be #secure - but also respect your #privacy. And it should be #reliable and support your #souvereignity.

    The most used email provider #Gmail by #Google might be secure, but most definately neither respects your privacy, nor your #souvereignity as it is one of the #US #BigTech companies that would delete your account if their fascist leader wills it (plus Google's #SundarPichai and #SergeyBrin are openly supporting him).

    Time to switch to an #EuropeanAlternative - after some reserach and evaluating the three biggest contenders, I chose to go with @mailbox_org. It'll cost you at least 1€/month, but this money ensures that they won't try to cover their costs by selling your data.

    As a bonus, #mailbox_org also provides other services you know from Google, like Calendar, Contacts, Drive, Documents (Text, Tables and Presentations), Chat and Webcam Meetings, Polls and Shared Notes. There's a private and a corporate option, as well as a family option (that I have yet to explore - not quite sure how it works and what benefit it brings). But most importantly, it's #German company following #EU laws, has multiple certifications and simplifies the usage of #GPG for non-techi users, while giving techis the freedom they desire.

    Switching one's email is a tedious endeavour - but I believe that this is the most important service to migrating. If there is only one service you want to migrate, let it be the one that gives you access to all other services - or practically cuts you off, if someone else gains access to it!

    #BoycottBigTech #NoGmail #NoGoogle #Security #UnplugTrump

  25. The #email address is one of the most important services you have: It is not only used for communication, but as part of the login credential for nearly all other services it also serves as your digital identity and backup for most of your accounts (e.g. when you need to reset your password, etc.). That makes it your most important hub for all digital services, and becomes a detailed profile of your digital life in itself.

    It therefore needs to be #secure - but also respect your #privacy. And it should be #reliable and support your #souvereignity.

    The most used email provider #Gmail by #Google might be secure, but most definately neither respects your privacy, nor your #souvereignity as it is one of the #US #BigTech companies that would delete your account if their fascist leader wills it (plus Google's #SundarPichai and #SergeyBrin are openly supporting him).

    Time to switch to an #EuropeanAlternative - after some reserach and evaluating the three biggest contenders, I chose to go with @mailbox_org. It'll cost you at least 1€/month, but this money ensures that they won't try to cover their costs by selling your data.

    As a bonus, #mailbox_org also provides other services you know from Google, like Calendar, Contacts, Drive, Documents (Text, Tables and Presentations), Chat and Webcam Meetings, Polls and Shared Notes. There's a private and a corporate option, as well as a family option (that I have yet to explore - not quite sure how it works and what benefit it brings). But most importantly, it's #German company following #EU laws, has multiple certifications and simplifies the usage of #GPG for non-techi users, while giving techis the freedom they desire.

    Switching one's email is a tedious endeavour - but I believe that this is the most important service to migrating. If there is only one service you want to migrate, let it be the one that gives you access to all other services - or practically cuts you off, if someone else gains access to it!

    #BoycottBigTech #NoGmail #NoGoogle #Security #UnplugTrump

  26. @jeffcliff @p @smallcircles on what parallel universe is nuclear energy considered "clean" energy with "zero emissions"? one where the narrative and language has clearly been co-opted by the corporate modern slavery purveyors, ie. bigtech and the military industrial intelligence media academia thinktank complex.

    a result of years of indoctrination into a school of thought that #carbondioxide is the only problem.... a simple single problem for simple people....so sit back and let your corporate masters defile u now while saying they are serving you the godlike #AI you're told to crave.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20241009005615/https://x-energy.com/ #technofix #stopnuclear #boycottbigtech #boycott #bds #cagemafia #xenergyllc

  27. Ma guarda un po' chi trovo, nella biblioteca cittadina, in bella mostra sullo scaffale degli ultimi arrivi e dei libri di attualità, caro @kenobit

    #libri #biblioteche #BoycottBigTech