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Pre-enshittification tech. [discussion/fun] (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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What kind of pre-enshittification tech do you all use? Stuff where ppl look at you like you're an alien b/c nobody does it that any more.

Me ->

Oldschool offline mp3 player rather than Spottify or other streaming or phone app, to use when running.

Paper books rather than e-books.

DRM free games I buy on GOG to avoid rootkitting my own comp.

Wired speakers rather than smart speakers.

Old ass pre-connected car.

Prob more but I can't think of it all rn.

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[–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

i genuinely don’t understand why people ‘self-host.’

I self host an XMPP server for family and friends. No electron anywhere near it. It's tiny, will run on a potato. But it's ample for the 16-ish of us on the thing.

I do it because it let us avoid big tech surveilence IM services.

I also self host web pages. I am 100% sure they have no tracking pixels, no analytics scripts, no enshittification of any kind. The moment I use a commercial "build your web site with our super easy app!" thing, enshittification gets bundled right in behind the scenes.

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