’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech.
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@sebastian @Flatus Thanks for the tip. I did browse around in NextCloud's solutions but couldn't see a simple off-the-shelf one for a non-tech person like me who just wants it to plug-and-play work. I've been waiting to see Tuta's drive. Then the DanmarkSkifter campaign nudged to me to stop faffing around - get off OneDrive now, get the photos backed up, then pick the right cloud solution after that. Otherwise I'll never take that final step.
which makes a lot of sense _ not everything has to be shiny cloud, all the time.
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Sooner or later it's going to get really bad for the Americans, unless they get the hang of things.@lassegismo There does seem to be a momentum at the moment to just get away from US tech as quickly as possible
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Before I could pick my 2026 goal for #DanmarkSkifter, I did a digital status. I was mildly surprised when I saw my 2025 digital changes together. I looked at the list and thought: ’Tell me you hang out in the Fediverse without telling me you hang out in the Fediverse.’
From Outlook to Tuta
From Office to Libre
From MS Authenticator to Ente Authenticator
From Google Play to F-Droid
From Spotify to AntennaPod
From Firefox to Vivaldi
From DuckDuckGo to NoAIDuckDuckGo
And I bought a back-up drive.@CiaraNi noiaduckduckgo. Den kendte jeg ikke! Tak for tippet!
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@sebastian @Flatus Agreed. I was pleasantly surprised at how relatively inexpensive a very large back-drive was. And doing manual back-ups and removing my too-large photo archive from the cloud manually has forced me into better habits, making me think about what I keep and what I delete. (For years, I was blissfully unaware of the environmental cost of digital storage.)
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@CiaraNi noiaduckduckgo. Den kendte jeg ikke! Tak for tippet!
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
@CiaraNi I am thinking of switching the family from Google calender to Tuta calender, as I already use Tuta mail. We use gcal to coordinate our days, so it really has to work. Do you have experience with a shared Tuta Calender?
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@CiaraNi I am thinking of switching the family from Google calender to Tuta calender, as I already use Tuta mail. We use gcal to coordinate our days, so it really has to work. Do you have experience with a shared Tuta Calender?
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
Do this switch fast, because the wealthiest people on the planet are funding efforts to put AI everywhere.
AI is international state surveillance & malign influence campaign generator.
AI is spyware & these billionaires don't give two hoots about anyone's "economic mobility" but their own.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/07/17/bill-gates-charles-koch-and-three-other-billionaires-are-giving-1-billion-to-enhance-economic-mobility-in-the-us/https://www.barrons.com/articles/shopify-stock-price-ai-gemini-copilot-8091a3bf
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5683359-artificial-intelligence-future-war/
https://www.customerexperiencedive.com/news/google-cloud-agentic-ai-brands-build-bots/809260/
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@metteh Jeg tror, jeg selv hørte om noAI-Duck i første omgang her på Mastodon. Det var befriende at flytte over til!
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”42% of Danes want to try alternatives to Big Tech. 68% would like to reduce their screen time. But far fewer act on it.
Habits hold us back. Network effects bind us to the same platforms as everyone else. This only changes if we shift collectively. When we shift together, new habits become easier to maintain.
When enough of us shift simultaneously, alternative platforms gain the critical mass they need. When we act collectively, change is possible.”
@CiaraNi Unfortunately, it's not only habits, for some switching you need a computer literacy that many people don't have. And many are alone with that problem. So we also need helping structures, independent from families.
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@leanderlindahl @metteh Ah! Godt at vide. Tak. Dem må jeg undersøge. Jeg håber, de har en noAI-udgave - det har været den afgørende fantastisk med noAI-Duck.
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@sebastian @Flatus Thanks for the tip. I did browse around in NextCloud's solutions but couldn't see a simple off-the-shelf one for a non-tech person like me who just wants it to plug-and-play work. I've been waiting to see Tuta's drive. Then the DanmarkSkifter campaign nudged to me to stop faffing around - get off OneDrive now, get the photos backed up, then pick the right cloud solution after that. Otherwise I'll never take that final step.
@CiaraNi Getting *something* done is absolutely a lot better than doing nothing.
If you want cloud storage for one copy (*don't* make that your only copy! always have at least one completely separate backup; and since you have that backup drive, you're practically all the way there already), there are several European providers that will sell you either bare storage space or something like a managed Nextcloud instance (where you can also store arbitrary files).
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
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@CiaraNi @sebastian @Flatus
What's your opinion about Jottacloud? They are a Norwegian company.
https://jottacloud.com/nb/@andresimous @CiaraNi As I recall (haven't double-checked this time around), Jottacloud requires that you use their software; they don't make a standards-based API (like WebDAV, SFTP, S3, or something similar) available. That makes their offer a no sale at least for me.
Moving from one vendor that locks your data in to another vendor that locks your data in is not really an upgrade IMO. Especially when there are so many vendors who will happily sell something standardized.
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@leanderlindahl @metteh Det lyder lovende. Hvis man kan slukke for AI via én knap, så er det allerede bedre end Big Tech-udgavene.
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@CiaraNi You are welcome!!!
If you have further questions you are welcome to tooot me ore, better for you I think, have a look at the great forum of Synthing.
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@andresimous @CiaraNi As I recall (haven't double-checked this time around), Jottacloud requires that you use their software; they don't make a standards-based API (like WebDAV, SFTP, S3, or something similar) available. That makes their offer a no sale at least for me.
Moving from one vendor that locks your data in to another vendor that locks your data in is not really an upgrade IMO. Especially when there are so many vendors who will happily sell something standardized.
@mkj Good information. Thanks. @andresimous @sebastian @Flatus
