@TootSweet Its said a modern human can't live without using Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and f*ckbook.
They dominate that much of our lives.

Wanted to change this notion. So I don't use a single Big Tech service. Why? How about-

1. Their monopoly which stifles innovation
2. Their potential influence which can meddle in anything from politics to even your day to day life decisions
3. Worst of all, their privacy record
4. Addiction problems, especially in kids

Hope that's good enough

@bytor9 yes it can be tricky.

But I really don't have a Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon or F*ckbook account nor use any of their services. Occasionally once in a year I might visit if given a link but that's pretty much it.

As for a list, I might launch a blog soon. Follow me on Mastodon for that! Meanwhile, here are 2 great lists-

1. https://www.privacytools.io
2. https://www.privacyguides.org/en/

You'd want to use FOSS software as much as possible!

@WashedOver @Clymene cant stress just how much I disagree here if you're serious

Parental teaching, while not perfect, is the way to go to atleast lay some groundwork for thigs like sex ed before you step out into world

By the time you reach the playground, its too late and you can easily be taken advantage of

Anyone else, apart from parents, have ulterior motives

@ophy thanks for not being rude about it.

I did mention Sync. Mastodon has word limits after all so couldnt fit all in 1 post. Here's my post right after this one- https://mastodon.social/@abcxyz/110632697269529190

As for Boost, that was announced a few days AFTER my post. Yes I didnt edit it because there was the word limit and I also like to believe my post played some part in making the devs consider ;)

There is a reason why I used the word "ALMOST". All my posts are heavily researched :D

@JshKlsn You are talking about a chicken and egg problem here.

When these devs with millions of users promote Lemmy, is when Lemmy will thrive bringing in even more incentive to build great apps for them

@JshKlsn most FOSS Reddit clients were side projects not intended to bring in money. Atleast those I was hoping would try to promote Lemmy.

RedReader and Sync are 2 clients who have said something positive about developing for Lemmy

@animist Twitter is mainstream. Instagram is mainstream.

Reddit was nowhere as mainstream as you might think. Outside of US.

It had a nice balance between being niche but having enough content.

Atleast that's what I feel

@BrikoX given that all big subreddits are protesting instead of switching. Lemmy has not threatened Reddit even remotely close as Mastodon did forcing Twitter to block Mastodon links.

I 100% agree with you, Lemmy only needs to be a competitor, not a replacement.

But so far, that also hasn't happened

@trifictional People are what make a platform.

Users submit content to fill it
Mods make it liveable

Lemmy has enough mods. But given that 99% of redditors weren't affected by the changes, Lemmy just doesn't have the urgency.

Big subreddits are protesting instead of switching to Lemmy.

One adv is that Lemmy can tap into Mastodon users. But even that I have not seen happenning.

I will be happy to be proved wrong tho. Let's see...

@trifictional I saw support for Mastodon and people moving to it.

Lemmy just hasn't had that yet.

And its apparent why.

Unlike Twitter, core functionality of Reddit has still not degraded