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RE: https://mstdn.social/@osnews/116028835126489114

Daily reminder to #Apple enthusiasts that claim it's too hard to transition to other options: The Enshitification will only get worse.

YOU are CHOOSING in part because you don't want to make an effort. It's easier to complain and weakly protest. Americans are really good at this while they avoid any actual action. This is how we got here (hand wavy gesture).

YOU control YOUR COMPUTING. YOU.

Yes, it requires effort. Why not start now with small steps to begin a process to gradually replace Apple Services and apps. Download the #FOSS apps that can replace the Apple's Mac apps:
- LibreOffice to replace Pages, Numbers, Keynote
- Mullvad which better protects your privacy compared to Safari
- Thunderbird for an email client
- Proton to replace iCloud email, calendar, iCloud Drive
- Ente.io for cloud photos and sharing

Don't give up before you try. Your #freedom and #privacy are worth the effort.

#Tech #Google #Amazon #Microsoft

Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’

@grammasaurus@mastodon.social replied · yesterday

@dennyhenke I’ve been using Proton for a few years now.

However: 1) if someone sends me a google doc, and later I need to send it to someone else, I end up defaulting to gmail because of some incompatibility issue. (I suspect it’s intentional by google)

2) My city’s government runs on gmail, and their security won’t accept a Proton email because “Proton’s servers are out of the country.” I have to default to gmail.

Does anyone have suggestions?

Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸

@dennyhenke@social.coop replied · yesterday

@grammasaurus

I still have a Google account for exactly this reason. Well, and to catch any email from old friends, etc. But 99% of the time it's not used.

That said, I think we should creatively, proactively nudge, prod and agitate when we encounter blocks. Especially what you describe with your town rejecting Proton. I guess it comes down to a pick your battles situation.

One thing I'm doing going forward in relation to contacts and clients that still use Google services is that, where possible, I'm suggesting a switch to Proton and explaining why. Try and try again. I have one such client that continues to use an Apple Numbers document shared via iCloud and a couple documents in Google. I'll keep suggesting otherwise and where possible with that client I'll use Proton instead.

It's a process, we just have to keep trying. 🙂