On Wed, 8 Jan 2020, Mike C. wrote:
I'd be interested in a PLUG-Talk about this topic. But honestly, what I feel like I really need is a support group to help me completely move off the Google platform.
Mike, Modeled on AA? Perhaps called GA? Do you need a sponsor?
And I say support group because Google has made everything so integrated and convenient that I've become deeply habituated to their services and I know that getting off of Google's platform is going to be slow, messy and painful.
'Convenience' is the amber in which the surveillence capitalists try to entomb us. I've always followed the advice of Benjamin Franklin who once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." While this now applies most strongly to electronic communications, public cameras, and the like it was obviously not the context ol' Ben meant when he said it. When you think about it, however, it can be a powerful motivator to alter behavior patterns. I use Google Earth and am on a couple of mail lists for members of google groups. And my mobile phone runs Android. Other than these I've no idea what tools, other than gmail, folks use. If I could help let me know. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
