Ask HN: How can people with ties to anti-privacy software switch to FOSS?

2 points by crusader1099 6 years ago | 2 comments

Many of us use social media and other online services significantly in our lives. Many of us are FOSS/privacy advocates who have made the difficult switch to only using such software. Some of us (including myself) are somewhere in between. We know the benefits of reducing our links to privacy-disrespecting companies, but we are tied to using such services because of work or ease-of-use or some other reason. How can we make the great leap in an easy and (mostly non-disruptuve) manner?

lm28469 6 years ago |

There is no easy way out, you'll have to make many trade-off. You gave your privacy for convenience, the only way to get it back is to give back the convenience. Practice what you preach, or stop preaching.

Same thing with ecology really, "I want to save the planet but I don't want to change my life at all", well it simply isn't possible.

SamReidHughes 6 years ago |

The answer would depend on what software you use and want to use, not that this was a serious question anyway. Forget about software and focus on more important things in life, like reproduction.