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[–] 20 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

So many companies had better get broken up for anti-compete when the dems take power. They won't, but I can dream.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    I mean if we just started to break CEOs and Board Members, I bet the survivors would beg for anti-compete laws and higher taxes. Just something for us to keep in mind as, life gets harder and more dystopian.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Until they get broken up (if ever) you can reduce their power by avoiding them as best you can.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I don't use AWS which is where Amazon makes most of their money. I order from them a couple of times a year for stuff I can't otherwise find. I don't use anything by meta at all.

    MS Windows are another matter, but I'm not giving them money at least. I have software that is flakey to unavailable on Linux and breaks on any update. I work two jobs so not a lot of time to mess with it.

    Google is the hardest one, but they also don't get a ton of money from me and I plan on avoiding them for my next phone if possible (though everything is terrible that works with Felica which I need to be able to function in Japan). I was going to move my mail to Proton and start there, but Proton has made a lot of decisions that pushes me away from that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Sounds like you're on a great path!
    Regarding email: have you considered getting your own domain and having emails associated with that domain hosted at a nice place?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    I used to self-host email way back in the day. Spam filtering apparently is more of an issue. As of right now, whether or not I have a job after January is very much unknown so no spending for me for now.

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