• The moment Google did the alphabet thing in order to preempt ftc breakups, it was over.

    I degoogled in 2017 (I run my own Synology cloud now with off-site backup to AWS glacier) and while it wasn’t cheap, it was absolutely the best decision.

    • I’m working on moving to local control as much as possible for my smart home stuff. Switched to zwave for my thermostat from nest, excellent move, I don’t lose connection (and automations) randomly anymore.

      Also ripping all my optical media for jellyfin to avoid relying on these assholes deleting stuff from their streaming catalogs for tax breaks.

      It’s not just google, it’s all of these companies.