Especially for those of us with no coding background, who can’t just build/edit an app.
For example, I like using Gadgetbridge to replace my fitness tracker app: https://gadgetbridge.org/
It’s not nearly as full-featured as a regular fitness app, but it literally can’t connect to the internet so there’s no way anyone can get my health info.
It may be surprising and it may not be a viable solution for many here but, as much as I can, I try to use… analog tools.
Analog tools have zero tracking, zero spying, zero code. They’re also reliable, sturdy, long lasting, don’t need daily charging, update, upgrade or subscription fees. They work great. There is no one to tell me what I’m allowed to do and to not do with my analog tool or how I must do it.
I have been drawing with pencil since the 1980s and I have tried and tried and tried to get used to digital, but nothing compares to physical pencil and paper for me.
Yep, as well as for writing I must say. I’m no stranger to high-tech but I have yet to find a digital writing tool tool that makes me consider retiring my fountain pens.
Agreed. I’ve been working with computer tech since I was a kid. I wrote by first program on an Apple in like 1985 or so. But some things don’t have to be teched-up, and although lots of people use it, I personally could never get used to how it feels.
Some people don’t realize this was the starting point for Netscape that later became Firefox. They wanted to create a browser that would be faster and better than Mosaic. A Mosaic-killer, if you will. So they named it Mozilla.
I had no idea about that.
I do remember how much I liked their various logos, be it those of Netscape and how madly I loved the old Mozilla t-rex logo — I still wear their old t-shirt from time to time, just because of that stupid but gorgeous head ;)