Is it a day to celebrate light switches? Perhaps! But it’s mainly about switching from corporate-controlled apps owned by horrible techbro oligarchs, to ones that embrace privacy and the fediverse, which is not related in any way to Star Trek.
Looking this over:
- X: Done! I never posted much on X/Twitter, anyway.
- Instagram: Done! I have a Pixelfed account.
- WhatsApp: Done! I never used WhatsApp much and have used signal for years.
- Facebook: Pending! My account is “deleted” in less than two weeks. I have never tried Friendica, though, and the logo makes me think of two people in a 69, which is very friendly, I suppose.
- YouTube: I’ve watched videos on PeerTube, but YouTube has huge piles of good video content. It’s not nearly as bad as the other services.
- TikTok: Done! And by done, I mean I’ve never actually watched videos on TikTok. I have no interest in Loops, either.
