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How to Gently Move Your Non-Tech-Savvy Parents Away from American Big Tech (Without Starting a Family War) (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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Hey everyone,

Iโ€™ve been thinking a lot about how to help my parents reduce their reliance on American Big Tech (Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.). Theyโ€™re not tech-savvy, and I donโ€™t want to overwhelm them or make them feel like Iโ€™m forcing a radical change. At the same time, Iโ€™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

Whatโ€™s next?

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[โ€“] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

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 โ€žgoogleโ€ 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 thereโ€ฆ (talking from Poland perspective, we have russian propaganda in our socials)

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 9 months 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?

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