In the last week:

I started using Syncthing. I was using cloud storage as a way of copying files from one device to another. Syncthing is so much better.

I signed up with Mullvad VPN yesterday.

Deleted my Surfshark account today which I signed up with over two years ago when I didn’t care about privacy.

Finally convinced my sister to start using Signal.

    • anameEnglish
      17•1 year ago

      Why do you expect Apple to increase your privacy over Google? It’s just moving from one megacorporation to another. You have no reason to expect better privacy.

      • @ritchie@lemmy.oneEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        At least apple uses the data to sell you their stuff to my knowledge. On the other hand, google bombards you with ads from tons of different firms and sells you out to these companies.

        • anameEnglish
          11•1 year ago

          How can you even know how Apple uses your data?

          • @ritchie@lemmy.oneEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            They don’t have an adsense banner on almost every single website or mobile app that tries to sell me something based on the data they have collected from me. This is already an indicator. They even made zuckerberg mad by making it possible to opt out of sharing certain data with them. I am not saying apple is privacy example, but I would definitely put them higher on a list compared to google.

              • @ritchie@lemmy.one
                1•1 year ago

                True. And there seems to be nothing in between big corporations that want to squeeze out every last cent profit and un-/underpaid open source developers trying to figure out how to maintain something requiring more and more resources over time as the user base gets bigger. I am fortunate to have a Samsung S9 passed down to me, on which I can run e/ os, but comes with compromises (e.g. can’t rent e-scooters from a company), plus they did something with the last update that messed up the colours of the screen. When it’s time to replace it, I am seriously considering a used iPhone.

    • @Aetherion@feddit.deEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      did that too are you using a mac and plan to switch to some linux laptop in time? The new M1 Macs are too good :(