Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to help my parents reduce their reliance on American Big Tech (Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.). They’re not tech-savvy, and I don’t want to overwhelm them or make them feel like I’m forcing a radical change. At the same time, I’m concerned about privacy, data collection, and the monopolistic practices of these companies.

Any ideas? First of all I thought about ecosia, I see that it returns more similar results to google than Qwant.

I want to buy them Threema licence.

I installed Le Chat as chatgpt replacement, moved some documents to Synology Nas

What’s next?

  • Kkk2237pl@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    They are impacted more than you think. My mom uses chat gpt more often than I did.

    Facebook, messenger, google as default browser and search engine. Even when she search for something she chooses „google” app instead of browser Google Chrome- so its harder to switch her to ecosia ;)

    I see how much crap my dad and mom watch from facebook stories. Misinformation is on the other level there… (talking from Poland perspective, we have russian propaganda in our socials)

    • Fedditor385@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Is the problem the content or the platform? I thought it was the platform because crap content can be found everywhere, even in the non-US platforms. But I mean, as average people, what benefit do they have from switching their life? You would feel better, but what about them?