I’m getting a bit sick of large corporations a) demanding excess data as a condition of doing business with me, b) allowing it to be stolen, and c) giving zero fucks about it.

What are some things that us netizens can do to make our displeasure known.

Extra points for funny ideas.

  • granolabar@kbin.melroy.org
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    4 days ago

    Deny engagement and profit. It a takes a mind set change but a lot of shit can go avoided.

    Streamimg can be replaced with Yarr

    Use products you have longer until they break or not longer don’t fit use case

    Start your shopping on the second market.

    Generally Corpo’s and government are centralized and get benefits of that system, working class is decentralized naturally so we need to lean into that.

    • Norin@lemmy.world
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      Absolutely.

      Buy things used, repair and jailbreak what you can, and learn to make things for yourself.

      We can’t, at least as individuals, divest from every exploitative system. But, we can remove ourselves from more than we think.

      Often enough, you get a better experience out of the homemade and secondary market than whatever the new thing you’re being pushed can give.