Stop supporting the surveillance machine with: 1: Your money, 2: Your data
It's high time we become honest with ourselves: Real protests do not seem to be going to happen any time soon in our country. So what can we do, when elections are not around the corner?
If we keep giving to those companies who collaborate with the NSA...
a) Our money (by buing their products & services)
b) Our data (so they can make money off of it AND surveil us)
...then we'll literally continue to get what we paid for:
If you keep buying Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Skype, etc. products/services, then you actively support the mass surveillance apparatus.
And: The only thing that can make companies change their behavior is: Their bottom line.
Every single one of us has a very real responsibility here.
Think about it.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 9.9 ms ] threadI haven't been able to find a suitable replacement for GMail, even though I'm willing to pay!
I also haven't been able to find anything half as good as a Macbook. Sure, a lot of laptops have better specs at lower prices, but they miss on the little things that I interact with all day: the touchpad, the keyboard, etc.
And even then, I'm supporting Microsoft unless I can find one with Linux pre-installed, like System 76 or Dell's Sputnik.
System 76 doesn't offer a 13-15" laptop with a dedicated Nvidia card, which I need for programming, and I will never support Dell again after the misfortune of owning a top-of-the-line Alienware.