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Leave GAFAM
Part 1: the straw that broke the camel's back
Context
- I am paying attention to data privacy for a while. I tried to reduce my usage of the GAFAM 1) products as much as I could for past years. It is pretty hard.
- I am getting more and more exhausted by GAFAM spies: you talked/search for one topic on the internet and right after you got ads about it everywhere on GAFAM products.
- How I can challenge people to quit2) GAFAM products if I don't do it whereas I have the technical skills and I can afford it ?
- I could give more examples, but it is time for action. No more bullshit, no more excuse.
The trigger
In January 2023, I was watching one video about this topic “How to free yourself from GAFAM ? with Framasoft”3).
Really interesting and during the video, one guy from Framasoft was talking about a story of tracking applications in the US:
For 160 US dollars you could buy data telling you if a women aborted, when and where !
WTF?!?
Sad reminder: yes it is now illegal in some US states.
CC BY-SA 2.0 FR: Gee
Everyone has a threshold, they just reached mine. I decided to restart the big fight to quit GAFAM. Show that it is possible and reduce the power that GAFAM companies have on our life, our futur.
Last tries
- ZTE + firefox OS
- blackphone
- Murena
Let's start
- The first step to leave GAFAM I chose is to quit iPhone, iCloud.
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