This past year, I have been in the process of decentralizing my entire life & embracing the pseudonymous/anonymous lifestyle. ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ I've already burned as much of my Web 2.0 existence as possible; I only keep social media for ease of DMs w/normies, but have discontinued using "news" feeds (other than RSS for research purposes). ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ My life feels so more more unchaotic/uncluttered than ever before & my purpose moving forward is clear. ๐Ÿซก One of the last dominoes to fall is to get rid of #Google products & services. This week I've taken the first steps in completely cutting off the privatized surveillance state by completely discontinuing the use of & uninstalling Chrome from all devices. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ 10/10 recommend this for anyone. ๐Ÿค™

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Current #Google purge status: #Drive? Empty. ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ #Photos? None. ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ #Gmail? Scrubbed. ๐Ÿ“จ #Chrome? Replaced. ๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ #Maps? GPS/History off. ๐Ÿซฅ #Calendar? Barren. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ #Search? DuckDuckGo. ๐Ÿ” #Gemini? Duck #AI. ๐Ÿฆ† #YouTube is a nightmare to replace, but I have history turned off. ๐Ÿ“บ #PlayStore is still there, but I try to use @Zapstore when I can. ๐Ÿ›’ #Keep stays until I can find a better syncing notes app. โœ๏ธ #Translate is still essential since I'm shit w/languages, can't speak the language where I live & deal w/international clients. ๐Ÿค Ditched SIM & data; rocking #WiFi only on #VPN. ๐Ÿ“ถ All app permissions are nerfed to the absolute max (right before the point of making my #Android unusable). ๐Ÿค™ #ProofOfWork image
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