Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to help my parents reduce their reliance on American Big Tech (Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.). They’re not tech-savvy, and I don’t want to overwhelm them or make them feel like I’m forcing a radical change. At the same time, I’m concerned about privacy, data collection, and the monopolistic practices of these companies.

Any ideas? First of all I thought about ecosia, I see that it returns more similar results to google than Qwant.

I want to buy them Threema licence.

I installed Le Chat as chatgpt replacement, moved some documents to Synology Nas

What’s next?

  • pedroapero@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Switching to Signal for family group chat is an easy move, as it’s the same user experience than Whatsapp. Note: it’s american but not GAFAM (open source and non-profit).

    • jjpamsterdam@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      This has become increasingly easy in the Netherlands. A lot of people in my parents’ generation has started using the app. It’s now at a level (at least in the social circle of my parents), that everyone seems to use Signal. My father actually never made the switch. Signal is the very first chat app he’s ever used. He used to rely on SMS and e-mail before that.