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Re:The GNU Name System by folkrav on Monday July 25, 2022 @12:23PM (#32226632)
> Having recently fully de-Big-Teched all my devices, I have the luxury of agreeing with that philosophy.

I'm curious as to what this entailed for you. To me this sounds like I'd cut off contact with over half my family. The social media I could get around/ignore altogether, but I never figured out how I'd manage the messaging situation.

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Re:The GNU Name System by piaste on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @11:40AM (#32239805)
I was inaccurate, sorry. My devices only run either Linux or rooted LineageOS, but I do run some hostile Big Tech apps on them like WhatsApp or Tinder. However, I use tools like TrackerControl and Insular to prevent them from calling hosts other than those I have explicitly whitelisted, or from accessing data they shouldn't.

I still avoid installing them when possible. Facebook, Airbnb, and many others work just fine via their websites.

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Re:The GNU Name System by NullPrefix on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:46PM (#32229960)
Is anything wrong with Matrix?
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Re:The GNU Name System by folkrav on Thursday July 28, 2022 @08:45AM (#32263541)
Honestly just never explored it much, but my whole family and friend circle is on Facebook Messenger. Does this work through Matrix in some way?
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