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Abandon The Stacks
parallel, partial and open alternatives to FAAMG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet's Google) infrastructure in the age of surveilance capitalism.
reading
- “Goodbye Big Five” https://gizmodo.com/c/goodbye-big-five
- “Opt out of global data surveillance programs” https://prism-break.org/en/
- convenience, hybridity, purity and conceptual cohesion…
overview/scatter
a list of software you can use in Cutting Google out of your life.
online/software/hardware/layers
| service/brand/mindshare | FAAMG | otherwise | hosted options | selfhosted options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| search | MG | ddg | ddg | ? |
| gmail | G | fastmail, hushmail, selfhosted IMAP | + | + |
| ios/android/trackers | yes | tin cans and string, yoldeing, quiet conversation, etc | + | + |
| etc | FAAMG | + | + | + |
self-hosted
see also fediverse, indieweb, nextcloud notes, etc+
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