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comment by Brenticus
Brenticus  ·  1869 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I Cut the 'Big Five' Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell

To the extent that she did? Hell yeah. Between AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud I can't even begin to guess how much of the internet you'd lose. A lot. I've done some annoying stuff to test out how dependent I am on various services and I definitely wouldn't bother.

But I think we should be more mindful about our internet and electronic usage. It's good to be aware of where our information is going and what it could be doing. Your information is used to inform search results and ads. It curates your social media feeds and changes product recommendations. It's not inherently a bad thing, but if you're not cognizant of the way you interact with these technologies then the internet starts turning into a bubble that specifically acts to reinforce what you like and want to spend money on. And that's a dangerous rabbit hole to crawl into.