cutting some ties with big tech
Friday, 8 May 2026 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
myveryown_nemesisGood Morning, you Beautiful People!
Today I need to do some house cleaning, launder sheets, take care of a couple of returns and maybe mow the lawn. Or might mow over the weekend...I haven't decided yet.
On a SMART-adjacent note, I'm trying to remove all known Meta-related apps from my computer and phone. Each time I read a news story about the company, I just feel a little bit sick to stomach. I just don't want to be part of it anymore. I know I can't scrub Google out of my life (though I don't use their search engine anymore, I use DuckDuckGo instead), I'm limiting my connection there, as well. The big one on the Google front for me is YouTube. We switched from DirecTV to YouTube TV a couple of years ago, and I'm not going to push my husband to change that, since Google doesn't get under his skin like it does for me, but I think I might delete my personal account. I'm also exporting my information out of IMDb to TMDB, and I'll be dropping that account, as well. I don't know what else my Gmail account is attached to, so I'm going to hold to on that for now.
I'm not recommending that everyone try to cut ties with BIG Tech; I'm doing it because when I think about it too much, I get a pit in my stomach. And I suspect that if I'm always carrying a pit in my stomach, I'm likely making myself more vulnerable to engaging in bad actions (reckless eating and reckless spending).
So, there you go--these are my ponderings for today. I hope you find something beautiful in your day, and as always, thank you for being here!
Today I need to do some house cleaning, launder sheets, take care of a couple of returns and maybe mow the lawn. Or might mow over the weekend...I haven't decided yet.
On a SMART-adjacent note, I'm trying to remove all known Meta-related apps from my computer and phone. Each time I read a news story about the company, I just feel a little bit sick to stomach. I just don't want to be part of it anymore. I know I can't scrub Google out of my life (though I don't use their search engine anymore, I use DuckDuckGo instead), I'm limiting my connection there, as well. The big one on the Google front for me is YouTube. We switched from DirecTV to YouTube TV a couple of years ago, and I'm not going to push my husband to change that, since Google doesn't get under his skin like it does for me, but I think I might delete my personal account. I'm also exporting my information out of IMDb to TMDB, and I'll be dropping that account, as well. I don't know what else my Gmail account is attached to, so I'm going to hold to on that for now.
I'm not recommending that everyone try to cut ties with BIG Tech; I'm doing it because when I think about it too much, I get a pit in my stomach. And I suspect that if I'm always carrying a pit in my stomach, I'm likely making myself more vulnerable to engaging in bad actions (reckless eating and reckless spending).
So, there you go--these are my ponderings for today. I hope you find something beautiful in your day, and as always, thank you for being here!