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This post doesn't have much to do with the Fediverse, but if you like the Fediverse because it is social media without an evil tech giant behind it, then you might like the other tools and services mentioned here.
This post doesn't have much to do with the Fediverse, but if you like the Fediverse because it is social media without an evil tech giant behind it, then you might like the other tools and services mentioned here.


This is my (PaulaToThePeople's) personal list of tools to avoid '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism Surveillance Capitalism]'''.
This is my ([[Fedizen:PaulaToThePeople]]) personal list of tools to avoid '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism Surveillance Capitalism]'''.
Wherever possible I will recommend privacy-friendly, free (as in freedom) software, but if no such software is available the main goal is just to get you away from the worst offenders, a.k.a. #GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple & Microsoft) or #FAANG (incl. Netflix) or #GMafia (incl. IBM).
Wherever possible I will recommend privacy-friendly, free (as in freedom) software, but if no such software is available the main goal is just to get you away from the worst offenders, a.k.a. #GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple & Microsoft) or #FAANG (incl. Netflix) or #GMafia (incl. IBM).
Personally I'm also including eBay, Twitter, Yahoo & Cloudflare on the list of evils.
Personally I'm also including eBay, Twitter, Yahoo & Cloudflare on the list of evils.