Why I'm getting off US tech
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Why I'm getting off US tech
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#2I don't even know how people can argue this with a straight-laced tone when their header image is a Mac screenshot. On a Substack blog.
It's like selling your "Boycott Amazon" bumper sticker with free Prime shipping.
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#3> I’m also not getting rid of my Macbook and iPhone, at least for now
I say it far too much on here but it's a right shame that there's still no decent alternative to these devices. No operating system offers the same battery life, stability and power as they do, not to mention the ecosystem that while annoying, forces devs away from the downfalls of modern code (mostly). If the EU really wants sovergnity, they aren't getting it from linux alone, either they work with a tech giant there to bolster a stack or they continue ambling along with Microsoft technicians around their ankles and Amazon around their neck.
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#4I don't even know how people can argue this with a straight-laced tone when their header image is a Mac screenshot. On a Substack blog. It's like selling your "Boycott Amazon" bumper sticker with free Prime shipping.
Did you read the rest of the article? They are openly admitting that they won't be able to get off all US platform. For now at least.
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#5> I’m also not getting rid of my Macbook and iPhone, at least for now I say it far too much on here but it's a right shame that there's still no decent alternative to these devices. No operating system offers the same battery life, stability and power as they do, not to mention the ecosystem that while annoying, forces devs away from the downfalls of modern code (mostly). If the EU really wants sovergnity, they aren'…
Last time i used a phone with GrapheneOS, it was a very good experience.
The Macbook hardware is tough to match, but if you are looking at budget notebooks, Apple has very little to offer.
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#6I wonder how viable Mac + Asahi Linux is right now. While I personally prefer AMD + Linux, for Macbook users perhaps Asahi can help break the dependency on MacOS.
As for smartphones, ironically the best option for to break dependency on Google services is to get a Google Pixel + install GrapheneOS + F-Droid. Google Pixels are some of the very few devices with a fully unlocked bootloader, so it's viable to install alternative operating systems.
Re: Why I'm getting off US tech
#7I don't even know how people can argue this with a straight-laced tone when their header image is a Mac screenshot. On a Substack blog. It's like selling your "Boycott Amazon" bumper sticker with free Prime shipping.
Did you read the rest of the article? They are openly admitting that they won't be able to get off all US platform. For now at least.
And with the commitment to come back and tell us what they found as alternatives. JFC, TFA wasn't even all that long.
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#8I don't even know how people can argue this with a straight-laced tone when their header image is a Mac screenshot. On a Substack blog. It's like selling your "Boycott Amazon" bumper sticker with free Prime shipping.
The author's online identify seems to revolve around being critical of tech and Silicon Valley. I guess employees of Silicon Valley companies should be relieved that not even life long critics of our companies seem to be able to escape providing revenue for our services.
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#9I wonder how viable Mac + Asahi Linux is right now. While I personally prefer AMD + Linux, for Macbook users perhaps Asahi can help break the dependency on MacOS. As for smartphones, ironically the best option for to break dependency on Google services is to get a Google Pixel + install GrapheneOS + F-Droid. Google Pixels are some of the very few devices with a fully unlocked bootloader, so it's viable to install alt…
I think there are some issues recently with the M4 chips: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/04/08/asahi-linux-m4-su...
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#10tl;dr -- "I'd go protest, but it's so annoooooying. I might drop my latte!"
FFS: getting out of the Apple ecosystem is the easy part.
Avoiding the Windows ecosystem, for me, has been much harder. Generally, there is somebody that will incidentally pull you into it for work.