So, I swapped to SoundCloud from any other platform, because other platfroms suck and on SoundCloud I get more art made by humans rather than corporate slop, or at least that's my goal. I'm not big on music, so I'm fresh in the platform, but it's easier for me to find anything new than it was before, and I hate the "same old".

I also got Droidify to replace the apps I can with non-corporate, as Google started pushing their ads in all the default apps they provide (I wish that was illegal - fuck the fucking ads in the gallery app).

I wanted to delete Linkedin, but I found myself forced to use it, as I am job seeking, and it's sadly the best platform for job offers (still bad, but job websites are fucking terrible). I wish it had an option to opt out of the social media part.

I moved to Proton, but that was a while ago. Outlook and Gmail suck.

I also swapped to Firefox a while ago after using Vivaldi, because fuck Google.

I am personally not a privacy oriented person, but the way big corpos are moving to major enshittification due to acknowledging own market domination is stark. I also don't like corpo slop (e.g. music), so I appreciate being able to find man-made art.

And on that topic, I abadonned Google search for Ecosia, because fuck Google's AI bullshit.

My de-corpoing is a very loosely applied term, as you see.

Oh, and obviously I abadonned Reddit a while ago.

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
    ·
    9 months ago

    One thing I did recently was switch my phone keyboard to Thumb-key. When my computer's working again I'm going to switch it over to Linux Mint. I've been watching more PeerTube lately, mainly through NewPipe.

        • Dꫀꪑꪮꪀᥴ᥅ꪖᥴꪗ@lemmygrad.ml
          ·
          9 months ago

          I hate Mint because imo it looks shitty to a point where if I installed it on a random non-tech's person who is used to W10/W11/Mac system, they'd get put off Linux. I am quite vain and beauty oriented though.

          • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
            ·
            9 months ago

            Can't you just... Change the icons or something? I mean, I don't have a problem with the way Mint looks out of the box, but I'd imagine that for those who do, it doesn't take much to change it to something more appealing.

            • FOSS_Propagandist [none/use name]
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              9 months ago

              They (the people being recommended to) are just coming to linux and don't think about computers being so adaptable. They want a first impression that is already superior to windows or they will dismiss it as just a toy for nerds. Zorin holds your hand a bit with several themes and ready to use layouts it specifically introduces you to.

          • zkrzsz [he/him]
            ·
            9 months ago

            People are visual animal. I also prefer introducing Zorin for new Linux user from Win/Mac, official supported theme so you don't have to worry about update + theme/icon mismatch or not fit as a whole.