We have no marketing budget and are trying to get as many people away from Big Tech surveillance as possible. Please share this link with friends and family, and on social media.
It contains a full link index of all our Alternatives pages, as well as links to our Big Tech Walkout programme, and a Quick Start section for those who just want to grab the top choices.
Thank you!
Patrick (Rebel Tech Alliance)
Hi everyone, thanks for your comments.
Our main aim is getting large numbers of people away from the main big tech companies. We’re less bothered about precisely which alternatives they choose, just that they do make a move.
For the comments about Vivaldi - their anti-surveillance and anti-AI stance, coupled with their great functionality, makes them a perfect off-ramp from big tech browsers. We’re aware that there are hardened browsers with even more privacy, but they can be restrictive - certain sites not opening - and right there you’ve lost a bunch of people who aren’t ready for that kind of trade off (yet).
Our focus is trying to convince those who really don’t care about privacy, that there is a larger problem created by ad surveillance. It’s a tough sell. Probably I’m too far gone to explain at that level. All suggestions welcome!
By big tech we mean the big ones: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Apple. But you can widen that as you see fit e.g. the AI companies, Netflix etc
A lot of these suggestions aren’t great. A ton of US-based or 5-eyes companies and closed source software.
Ppl on lemmy already maintain far better recommendations.
Why Vivaldi? its partially closed source and still chromium based
(Not me but) if someone wants a chromium based browser, what should they choose?
Brave is decent but alot of people have problems with the creator which is understandable
I use to use ungoogled-chromium back in the day not sure if its still around
I hear things about helium nowadays but don’t have any experience
what happened w its creator?
Just a suggestion, it might be better if the site briefly introduced to the viewer on the home page what exactly should be defined as a non ethical big tech product, and why they are not ethical
That’s a good idea. Fancy helping me word that definition?
I’d swap the order of swap Firefox for LibreWolf, maybe switch the order between that and vivaldi since Vivaldi is still chromium IIRC.
LibreWolf is awesome. I wish they had an android app, but I’ve been using IronFox since that’s what the LibreWolf developers suggest.
i’m going to be using mozilla until after they lock the doors and shutting off the lights; just like i did with netscape decades ago.
Define your terms. What do you mean by “big tech”?
