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Full list of alternatives to Big Tech - Rebel Tech Alliance - please share (www.rebeltechalliance.org)
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We have no marketing budget and are trying to get as many people away from Big Tech surveillance as possible. Please share this link with friends and family, and on social media.

It contains a full link index of all our Alternatives pages, as well as links to our Big Tech Walkout programme, and a Quick Start section for those who just want to grab the top choices.

Thank you!

Patrick (Rebel Tech Alliance)

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[–] 10 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

Just a suggestion, it might be better if the site briefly introduced to the viewer on the home page what exactly should be defined as a non ethical big tech product, and why they are not ethical

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    That's a good idea. Fancy helping me word that definition?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    Maybe something like this

    You might want to quit using software produced by big software corporations, namely software from Microsoft, Apple, etc. But why? If we don't usually avoid useful tools and software, why would we make the exception with software produced by big tech-corporations?

    The short answer is that they are not ethical, and they do not respect your freedom.

    Software is made from the source code, written by programmers, in code that's understandable by us, humans. For it to run on our devices, the code needs to be then translated in to a language understandable by machines. When big corporations release software, they often only release the code that's understandable by machines, while keeping the human version to themselves, making their software be able to run on your device while being not modifiable.

    With this restriction, we, the users, do NOT know what is inside of the software, meaning that the software is always possible malware. This situation is ESPECIALLY BAD with BIG corporations, as they often have the resources to surveil and spy on us. Also, many software released with this restriction have paywalls, making certain features only accessible when paid, further disrespecting freedom.

    Software with this restriction are "Non-free" or "Proprietary" software.

    We dedicate this site to encourage and promote software without the restriction. They are called "Free" software or "Open-source". We call it "FLOSS" ("Free/Libre Open source software")

    To reclaim your rights as a computer/mobile user, please use and support FLOSS!

    EDIT: This might be too long to be put on the home page, and now that I look at the home page (I mistaken-ed it with another page) it actually already explains the purpose pretty well. Maybe the above text can be put somewhere else in the website.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago

    Thank you!

    I love the explanation of how software is written, read and whether we can 'see into it' and verify there's no nasty stuff going on.

    For that reason of course we do try to recommend FOSS whereever possible. However, we're not totally against proprietary software, so long as the build in privacy-by-design features e.g. E2EE.

    We actually want to build sofware ourselves, and are looking into how to build it open source. Any advice welcome!

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